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![NZ students pay 7th-highest fees in OECD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
NZ students pay 7th-highest fees in OECD
NZ students are paying the seventh-highest tertiary fees in the developed world.
![Election 2017: Parties share science, hazard policies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Election 2017: Parties share science, hazard policies
Where do political parties stand on science funding and natural hazards?
![Passions high over natural assets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Passions high over natural assets
What policies are parties proposing to manage and protect our natural resources?
![Fact or fiction: NZ's 41,000 homeless](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Fact or fiction: NZ's 41,000 homeless
Does NZ really have the worst record on homelessness in the developed world?
![Why is NZ no longer creating wealth?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Why is NZ no longer creating wealth?
The Economy Hub: What is the productivity recession? And why is it worrying brokers?
![TOP offers $200/week to young Kiwis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
TOP offers $200/week to young Kiwis
The Opportunities Party extended its plans for a $10k basic income to 18 to 23-year-olds.
![NZ tax deal with US 'great news'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
NZ tax deal with US 'great news'
NZ will soon net $100m a year by closing tax loopholes for foreign multinationals.
![Government should give up on TPP deals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Government should give up on TPP deals
COMMENT: New trade agreements should not be modelled on the TPP, writes Bill Rosenberg.
![Kiwi teens online for 6+ hours a day](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Kiwi teens online for 6+ hours a day
One in six Kiwi 15-year-olds is now online for at least six hours every weekday.
![New environment watchdog an ex-Nat MP](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
New environment watchdog an ex-Nat MP
Parliament's next environment watchdog will be a former National MP.
!['Fail grade' for NZ's environmental future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
'Fail grade' for NZ's environmental future
NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.
![NZ to consider joining shipping standard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
NZ to consider joining shipping standard
A researcher says it's embarrassing our country hasn't yet made the move.
![Revealed: New Zealand's best universities](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Revealed: New Zealand's best universities
New Zealand universities have again scored high rankings in the annual QS World University Subject Rankings.
![PM turns Super into political football](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
PM turns Super into political football
Bill English hints at changes as the cost of NZ Super is expected to triple in the next 20 years from $11 billion to $36 billion.
![PM's comments on pensions 'alarming'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
PM's comments on pensions 'alarming'
Prime Minister Bill English is being urged to give voters some certainty about whether he plans to change superannuation eligibility.
![Troubling teen suicide rate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Troubling teen suicide rate
The suicide rate among young Kiwi men aged 20 to 24 in recent years was double the rate of Australian men of the same age group, a study has found.
![Burns victim launches safety campaign](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Burns victim launches safety campaign
As a 2-year-old, Jack Dragicevich, 11, suffered third degree burns to 11 per cent of his body - now he wants to warn others.
![Where do NZ students rank in OECD?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Where do NZ students rank in OECD?
NZ students rank above OECD average, but girls and rich students have seen their results drop.
![NZ's end of year report: Could try harder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
NZ's end of year report: Could try harder
COMMENT: While we score high in the indices for peace and transparency, our poverty and inequality gaps have grown.
![Our kids at risk: Calling time on trouble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Our kids at risk: Calling time on trouble
NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.
![Years to rebuild investor trust - FMA boss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Years to rebuild investor trust - FMA boss
It will take years to restore trust in the finance industry says the boss of New Zealand's investment regulator.
![Minister qualifies super affordability](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Minister qualifies super affordability
The cost of superannuation would rise from 5 per cent of GDP to 7 per cent of GDP by 2045, Commerce Minister Paul Goldsmith said.
![Kiwis in world top five for money know-how](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Kiwis in world top five for money know-how
The study found New Zealanders underestimate their ability and know more about financial matters than they realise.
![Interest rate spike biggest risk - Key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Interest rate spike biggest risk - Key
John Key has signalled a rapid and unexpected rise in interest rates and "something big that happens internationally" as the biggest threats to the NZ economy.
![Income tax in New Zealand lowest in OECD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
Income tax in New Zealand lowest in OECD
A Kiwi family with two children on a single income pays the least amount of income tax in the OECD.
![OECD points finger at rising inequality](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
OECD points finger at rising inequality
Growing gap between rich and poor drags economic growth lower.
![How Uber-type jobs are driving inequality](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=773)
How Uber-type jobs are driving inequality
Non-standard work has grown much faster than traditional employment following the economic crash of 2008.