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Kate MacNamara: Labour shortage an unnecessary blight on the harvest season

Scarce labour this season stems from another chronic shortage: fresh Government thinking.

Mary Holm: What makes a winning KiwiSaver fund?

Has a winning KiwiSaver fund picked the best course — or just enjoyed a good breeze?

Bruce Cotterill: It's time we said gidday again to our mates

The Tasman bubble needs to open — and not just for the tourism benefits.

Grant Bradley: Tourism industry waiting for the $1 billion prize

Aussies want to come here, rate NZ's health response highly but tourism operators on hold.

Matthew Hooton: Ardern and Luxon, so close, and yet so far apart

Luxon and Ardern are similar on many issues — but there's one big difference.

Brian Fallow: Shooting the property investors' sacred cow

It's better to limit runaway house prices now, before they do even more damage.

Opinion: Why the Government's housing policy is shambolic

Some of the things that are wrong with closing the "interest deductibility loophole".

Duncan Bridgeman: Could Westpac juice up the New Zealand sharemarket?

With the right governance and price, Westpac would attract significant investor appetite.

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.

Fran O'Sullivan: Ardern needs to convert spin into action

Ardern's political brand has been built on empathy, but she has discernible gaps.

Juha Saarinen: Samsung and Spark's 5G wireless push

A lot to unpack in terms of technology and business models.

Opinion: Emissions offsets can protect our heritage better than Climate Commission

The Climate Commission threatens a number of sectors.