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Obama tells bankers to give in
President outlines plans to slice up the banks, reduce profits and bring cheer to taxpayers
Shoppers face GST price-rise rort
Consumers face price increases beyond the likely 2.5 per cent rise in GST later this year, small businesses say.
Extra $1.8b for education and health in Budget
Bill English says $1.8bn of "low quality" spending will be redirected education, health and law and order in next month's Budget.
Greens' bill protecting conservation land drawn from ballot
Metiria Turei's Member's Bill to protect schedule four land has been drawn out of the ballot.
Spending cuts, tax cuts on way
The Govt is adding another $1.8bn in spending cuts to the $2bn already announced over the next four years, Bill English has announced.
Govt considers national guidelines on child witnesses
A report on child witnesses in criminal courts has identified concerns about the systems aimed at protecting them.
Commuters to pay for resurrection of KiwiRail
Auckland commuters will be among the first to be called on to pay more for KiwiRail services under a 10-year turnaround plan.
<i>Alasdair Thompson:</i> Councils' shares move poor value for ratepayers
Stake holdings in Auckland Airport suppress value and opportunity, says Alasdair Thompson.
Duo 'out to slay defector'
Authorities arrested two North Koreans for allegedly posing as defectors to South Korea.
<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Financial hub is a distant dream
On the face of it there is something risible, if not absurd, about any sentence with "New Zealand" and "financial hub" in it.
<i>George Thomson and Helen Wilson:</i> Policymakers overlook children who sit in smoke-filled cars
George Thomson and Helen Wilson ask why the Government is lagging on smokefree car laws.
Rudd blasts dole ban proposal
Australia's Opposition Leader says cutting the dole for people under 30 would reduce the need for skilled migrants to staff mines.