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Watch: 'The current system fails' – Govt investing $140m to boost dire school attendance rates

Most of the Government's funding will go towards creating a new nationwide service.

Liam Dann: After Orr – is it time for a Reserve Bank reset?

OPINION: The challenges facing the Reserve Bank.

Beyond the Budget: Brutal truths

OPINION: Treasury forecasts permanent Budget deficits, starting in 2030.

The hunt for equity: Kiwi expats wanted

Christopher Luxon met key investment fund leaders in London recently.

The hunt for equity: NZ pushes for renewable investment

Grant Bradley looks at the hot sectors that were promoted at the infrastructure summit.

Govt appoints high-powered group to guide Invest NZ's set-up

The group will help design a system to match investors with opportunities.

Barbara Edmonds: Foreign investment requires adequate public safeguards

OPINION: Labour welcomes foreign investments that align with the national interest.

Jim McElwain: Realise assets to fund more infrastructure

OPINION: New Zealand has a poor and declining record of productivity growth.

Act triggers rarely used coalition clause amid row with National on firearms registry

It's only been invoked a small number of times.

Police goal of 500 extra officers by November unlikely

A new police campus in Albany will start training recruits on June 30.

Swift destruction of boy racer vehicles proposed, more powers for police

Boy racers currently get multiple warnings before their cars face being destroyed.

Nadine Higgins: How to safely invest in off-the-plan properties

New builds allow a 20% deposit instead of 30%, easing entry for buyers.

'Gut-wrenching': Fury as Hawke's Bay pay equity claims dropped

'Money is more important to them than women.'

'Crisis': Labour's new tech spokesman on the digital challenge

Reuben Davidson criticises funding cuts in science and innovation.

Just 0.3% of submitters support David Seymour's regulation law – why he's charging forward anyway

The Act leader believes social media campaigns led to 'totally off-topic' submissions.

Inside Economics: How much Government debt is too much?

OPINION: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.