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Claire Trevett: Nats' tax cuts hope 'squeezed middle' take money over the bag

OPINION: The simplicity of tax cuts makes them a potent political weapon.

'Not great for consulting firms': PM fronts on public service spending crackdown

Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson announced a sweeping package of public service savings.

'Bittersweet' birthday for ski fields: Parties, ploughs and discount passes

There are bumper birthday celebrations at a couple of ski fields this week.

How Govt's Ruapehu lifeline curdled to a horrible hash of bad debt and new Crown spending

OPINION: How the Crown came to write cheque after cheque for Mt Ruapehu's ski fields.

Govt announces $4b in savings, National says 'too little, too late'

Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson will announce savings.

‘Go back, go hard’: Deputy mayor on tough negotiations with Govt over $2b flood buyout

"Little to be positive about” in the Govt's terms a week ago, according to deputy mayor.

Debt blowout: Govt expected to borrow $35b more than planned eight months ago

Economists warn the next government won't have much cash to splash.

Thomas Coughlan: National's concerning lack of climate policies

OPINION: National's main climate policy is to repeal Labour's.

Fiscal Hole Battle Royale! Peters v Seymour v Willis v Robertson

Winston Peters says there's a fiscal hole - he's mostly right.

Public service bosses called in as Govt accounts plunge

Finance Minister Grant Robertson's office denies the rumours.

Three reasons Epic Craft Beer failed

Brewer got $210,000 Covid cash for 14 staff - even that wasn't enough for it to survive.

Candidate claims Labour invested 150 times more than National in Rotorua

But a National MP says the figures are wrong and it "invested significantly" in city.

The 10 Kiwi companies paying back $200m in Covid wage subsidies

Cash-strapped, or cashing in? Some big firms have repaid all the Covid money.

Public Purse: The new Three Waters bosses and why their pay is so extraordinary

OPINION: Money like water - the execs now presiding over diminished Three Waters fiefdoms.

Cyclone-hit homes buyout: Mayors expect 'some concerns' from community

Govt offer to help HB councils buy out damaged homes is still far from a done deal.

Teresa White: 80 per cent of all attachment orders collected from beneficiaries

MSD attachment orders just keep punishing the poor and Māori.