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Biggest foreign investment deals of 2023

Which countries are most active, what sectors are they buying in and what prices are paid?

Matthew Hooton: Why education reforms will be the most important change this government makes

OPINION: Complete disengagement from school is growing and average performance is falling.

ELE group collapse: Māori workers caught out

Crown entity paid the money to support more Māori getting into the workforce.

ELE Group collapse: Immigration NZ seeks direct contact with fired workers

Visas give the workers the right to remain in this country while they are working.

ELE Group collapse: Pay cut, redundancy threat came before receivership

Collapsed company ELE was a 'good employer in a tough industry' - but now wages are gone.

Rob Campbell: Self-serving managers and scared civil servants need an overhaul

OPINION: The left is often wrongly too defensive of poor performance - and I'm a leftist.

Whanganui alternative transport unaffected by NZTA funding halt

Use of shared pathways and bus services in Whanganui has increased over the year.

Cyclone Gabrielle: First two homeowners accept buyout offers

Across Napier and Hastings, 147 properties were too unsafe to live in.

Govt and councils agree to kill $7.4b Wellington transport plan

The Government and Wellington councils have put LGWM out of its misery.

'Embarrassing': Simeon Brown criticised for halting cycling and walking initiatives

The Transport Minister said cycling and walking initiatives are a waste of time and money.

'Inherited a toxic trifecta': Nicola Willis blames GDP disappointment on Labour

'Grant Robertson poured fuel on the inflation fire.'- Finance Minister.

Liam Dann: Never mind the technicalities, New Zealand is in recession

OPINION: If there's an upside to grim GDP data, it may be we'll get through this sooner.

Passenger hits out at Govt's decision to can Cook Strait ferries

"What is the Government waiting for? An actual disaster where people lose their lives?"

Is Shane Jones the 'champion' the fishing industry wished for?

Fishing policy a trade-off says Jones, but misinformation is in his gunsights.

New Government passes first bill, Reserve Bank back to single mandate

The new coalition has passed its first law.

Four key facts for thoughtful people when it comes to NZ poverty

OPINION: I'm a capitalist and I can see why investing to solve childhood poverty matters.