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Women students demand action over pay gap survey
Women students are demanding government action after a survey showed men with the same tertiary qualifications start earning more after one year.
<i>Catching up with Australia:</i> Annah Stretton
Annah Stretton, clothing designer, entrepreneur and publisher on how New Zealand can catch up with Australia.
R&D 'not enough to make innovation pay'
New Zealand underperforms when it comes to innovation but spending more on R&D is not necessarily the solution.
<i>Anthony Doesburg:</i> Cellphone newcomer playing a waiting game
Anyone waiting for cellular network newcomer 2degrees to add on-account services to the prepaid plans it launched at the start of August shouldn't hold their breath.
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Tinkering won't fix creaking tax system
The tax system has deteriorated beyond the point where tinkering and tweaking are enough, was the message this week.
<i>Adam Gifford:</i> Real competition rings changes
Determined newcomer 2Degrees forces the big two telcos to seriously court Kiwi consumers.
Australians face 'most expensive groceries in the world'
Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are being blamed for Australians paying exorbitant prices for groceries.
Tough decisions needed to avoid crisis -Treasury
Tough decisions about prisons, education, pensions and tax need to be made if NZ is to avoid a looming Government debt crisis, says Treasury.
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Lucky country moving further out of reach
How can we expect an Australian standard of living when their productivity is about 40 per cent higher than ours, asks Brian Fallow.