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Richard Prebble: Christopher Luxon, successful abroad and woeful at home

OPINION: Luxon needs to step up and be a leader not just a negotiator.

Opinion: Why more generation won’t solve NZ’s energy woes

OPINION: New Zealand's electricity demand could nearly double by 2050.

Liam Dann: If this is a recovery, why does it feel so bad?

OPINION: We're out of recession but consumer confidence has slumped again.

Mary Holm: We borrowed to invest in shares and now we’ve lost money

OPINION: Fire your adviser and lay a complaint!

Matthew Hooton: Luxon’s India trade push could secure second term

OPINION: The PM might gain from trying the same approach he used in New Delhi back home.

Michael Johnston: Better paths vital to get people into training for a trade

OPINION: Just 6% of Kiwi school leavers go straight into an apprenticeship.

Richard Prebble: How I would fix the free school lunch programme

OPINION: Give the money to the schools and make them responsible for making decisions.

Auckland’s biggest landfill set to stay open 7-8 years longer than expected under new proposal

The Redvale landfill at Dairy Flat is NZ's ninth biggest gasfield.

Matthew Hooton: Why Winston’s the right person to lead us through transition to Trump’s new world order

OPINION: No Foreign Minister is better prepared to deal with Donald Trump than ours.

Ernie Newman: Nicola Willis has the power to regulate supermarkets but will she?

OPINION: If not, consumers may need to rely on a class action.

Richard Prebble: Trump’s challenge to NZ’s independent foreign policy and what to do about it

OPINION: Phil Goff would not have been sacked under different US leadership.

Nadine Higgins: Navigating parental leave - financial tips for new parents

The financial fishhooks in parental leave policy.

Sasha Borissenko: Gender equality in law remains elusive despite initiatives

Women hold 34% of equity partner positions, up 1% since 2021.

Liam Dann: Adrian Orr was never boring - perhaps that was his biggest problem

OPINION: Orr leaves in a political climate unsuited to his style.

Steven Joyce: How the Reserve Bank can get back on track

The next governor should focus on traditional central banking roles.

Mary Holm: What’s the best way to keep a family heirloom from being sold

OPINION: Such a situation can’t be remedied by simply saying in a will.