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Christopher Niesche: ASB parent targets Afterpay

OPINION: A measure of the threat that fintech poses to the major banks.

Opinion: We need to change the conversation on home ownership

The property conversation is ultimately a wellbeing conversation.

Business Insider: Could this be Auckland's next mayor?

Plus, Air NZ's good news lost in the breeze.

Mary Holm: Rents — is this why the only way is up?

Rents around New Zealand are rising faster than incomes.

Steven Joyce: GDP figures show the true cost of Fortress NZ

Shrinking economy won't be turned around until we open our doors to the world.

Hooton: NZ's foreign policy is a mess. Why new minister is an inspired choice

Mahuta is well-equipped to restore a sense of realism to NZ's international relationships.

Brian Fallow: Covid savages tourism income

Exports of services in the December quarter were only half as much as a year earlier.

Opinion: Tourism bodies plead for transtasman bubble progress

The price of keeping us all safe is being paid disproportionately.

Richard Prebble: How to fix the housing crisis

It is a plight of both demand and supply.

Brian Fallow: Jobs bouncing back from Covid? Not so fast

PAYE data suggests employment hasn't recovered as strongly as believed.

Matthew Hooton: 100% Sure? How NZ tourism can reinvent itself

Growth has been all about numbers, not increasing each visitor's spending.

Ardern wants informal Apec Leaders meeting on Covid

Apec is a long game. It is New Zealand's challenge to give it a very big nudge.

Opinion: Vaccine deployment a challenge to supply chain

Deployment of vaccines will challenge our cold chain network on a scale rarely seen.

Richard Prebble: A road map out of the pandemic

OPINION: Yo-yoing lockdowns shows we need a new Covid strategy, argues Richard Prebble.

Cecilia Robinson: Enough talk. It's time to move the port

New Zealand is good at talking but slow to act, argues Cecilia Robinson.

Juha Saarinen: When will these mega hacks end?

Recent exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities are as bad as it gets.

Fran O'Sullivan: Quake a rollicking reminder to share the reins

New Zealand faces more threats than Covid — and PM needs to divvy up leadership burden.

Mary Holm: On mortgages, managed funds and investing in Kiwi shares

Is it better to buy a lifestyle block or keep on saving? Why not follow your dreams?