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Paul Catmur: I was young and stupid. I'm not young anymore

Paul Catmur looks back how close he came to making a terrible decision.

Building green: Nash on right side of history

Dubbed "wood first" policy by lobbyists, history to prove Nash right on building products.

Bruce Cotterill: Raise the bar for better results

To boost NZ's performance, we need to start by lifting our expectations.

Fran O'Sullivan: Businesses need less podium performance and more facts

We know the drill Jacinda, so just the facts please.

Steven Joyce: This time, let's try a little humility

Talk of 'elimination' has bred smugness. Now it's time for new thinking on Covid.

Mary Holm: Could a decades old term deposit yield any treasure?

Will digging up a long-forgotten term deposit be all hunt and no treasure?

Matthew Hooton: Covid response can't look past lockdown

Beehive should stop blaming bureaucrats for Covid failings.

Brian Fallow: Go easy on the bubble-bursting, Adrian

Latest Covid outbreak is a reminder of how vulnerable the economic recovery really is.

Kate MacNamara: Government's Covid spin spend masks a failure to deliver

MBIE paid $500,000 for help with vaccine procurement, and another $133,00 on PR.

Mary Holm: Over-saving for retirement? Treat yourself now

Some people take saving to extremes and miss out on life's finer things.

Opinion: Getting the Apec region the right way up

Business group wants to make it easier to do business anywhere in Apec region.

Hamish Rutherford: Robertson's heavy hand on Air NZ

Robertson's intervention further confuses the airline's relationship with the Government.

Matthew Hooton: Ardern shows courage, but will she hold her nerve?

Before the end of summer, Ardern will face her toughest decisions yet.

Brian Fallow: Power games prolong climate danger

Electricity companies have a perverse incentive to keep Huntly burning coal.

Richard Prebble: Chris Hipkins is failing in both his portfolios

Our Covid policy relies on luck, while education standards across the board have fallen.

Opinion: We are all 'richer' for innovation and productivity

New Zealand can't afford to fall further behind in our productivity.

Juha Saarinen: Save the environment and cut crime: drop crypto currencies

Parliamentarians could earn stars for being tough on crime while saving the planet.

Hamish Rutherford: Electricity outages should come as no surprise

Blaming rolling blackouts on a commercial decision takes a narrow view of sector problems.