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Richard Prebble: Why NZ's trade with Brazil remains limited
OPINION: Navigating Brazil's complex market for New Zealand businesses.

Falling birth rates raise prospect of sharp decline in living standards
Financial Times: Warnings people must produce more and work longer to plug growth gap.

Matthew Hooton: Time for a 12.5% company tax rate?
OPINION: Glad-handing and dating services will never attract the major investment we need.

Concern over housing costs hits record high across rich nations
Financial Times: Rising mortgage costs, rents meet building shortage to stoke crisis.

Richard Prebble: The folly of issuing parking fines
OPINION: Are we really going to start people on the path to prison for parking?

New Zealand falls behind in OECD ranking of most regulated countries
It's becoming far more difficult to do business in New Zealand .

Finance Minister unreceptive to calls for new finance monitoring unit
New Zealand warned it's not immune from the risk that Budgets start lacking credibility.

Property Insider: NZ tops OECD rent chart; tenancy law change coming
At least we got more rental properties since an 'upzoning' overhaul.

How can your employer help if you're burnt out?
Here's how your employer can help you 'reintegrate' after burnout.

Govt fails to calm carbon market jitters, flagging forestry review
It is unsure of the impact land use rule changes will have on how many trees are planted.

OECD warns NZ Govt it shouldn’t borrow to pay for tax cuts
Organisation calls for a capital gains tax, better education and more competition.

Must do better - NZ students among worst behaved kids in OECD: report
The report found that behaviour issues are 'particularly severe' in larger schools.

'Serious class disruptions': NZ students 'worst behaved' - report
Kiwi teens got bottom score among developed countries for classroom behaviour.

Matthew Hooton: This Government’s most important minister - it isn’t Luxon or Willis
OPINION: The National Party high-flyer is NZ's long-term productivity czar.

Editorial: Australian surplus adds frisson to May Budget
Opinion: Our editorial on Australia's remarkable economic recovery.

NZ's child poverty rate still above EU average - report
Green Party calls report 'sobering', urges Government to plug gaps in the welfare system.

How NZ education compares to other OECD countries
The percentage of 25 to 34-year-olds with tertiary qualifications rose 16 per cent.

Liam Dann: Why interest rates will likely go up to 7%
Where are interest rates headed? And how worried should we be about the economy?

Liam Dann: Economy has 'headroom' to handle challenges
Kiwis are getting gloomy but S&P Global Ratings retains confidence in NZ economic outlook.

Liam Dann: Tight labour market points to more inflation ahead
Unemployment is low but how is it defined and how does it compare to benefit numbers?

I will soon migrate to NZ as part of an experiment. Here's why I'll invest in the country
There isn't any place on earth with more opportunity than Aotearoa, writes Doug Steiner.