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Jim McElwain: Realise assets to fund more infrastructure

OPINION: New Zealand has a poor and declining record of productivity growth.

Colin McKinnon: NZ private capital resilient despite global challenges

OPINION: Private equity and venture capital maintained their momentum in 2024.

Opinion: The 'Trump effect' on markets

OPINION: Market volatility surged with new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.

Barbara Edmonds: Foreign investment requires adequate public safeguards

OPINION: Labour welcomes foreign investments that align with the national interest.

Opinion: NZ's strategic edge in a tumultuous global market

OPINION: Trade tensions are reshaping how investors deploy capital.

Oliver Hartwich: The missing piece in New Zealand's growth puzzle

OPINION: Something fundamental is still holding New Zealand back.

Opinion: Prisoner voting ban shows how few parliamentary power checks there are

OPINION: It will damage a critical but fragile check on Government power.

Opinion: Nicola Willis should challenge the RBNZ on prudential rules

The minister should interfere in RBNZ regulation, say Simon Jensen and Andrew Body.

Roger Brooking: What prison statistics get wrong on violent crime rates

OPINION: Our current prison rate is 187 per 100,000 people.

Phil Gifford: The Super Rugby Pacific final to put your money on

OPINION: In a potential dress rehearsal for the final, Damian McKenzie provided the spark.

Editorial: Government must keep its 500-extra-cops promise

OPINION: This is a policy promise the coalition has to keep.

Opinion: 'Fund hope, not hype' – what secondary teachers need from Budget

OPINION: Erica Stanford announced $53m for teacher registration fees for three years.

Letters: Time to abolish rebates for charities

OPINION: Begging is a sad reality of New Zealand life today.

Opinion: Why a US recession could be on the horizon

Opinion: A major bank suggests there's a 60% chance of a US recession soon.

Cecilia Robinson: 'Why didn't we learn this at school?'

OPINION: The Government is embedding financial education from Year 1 in the curriculum.

Ryan Bridge: Our high airfare curse is one of economics not competition

Eighty percent of New Zealand's land is uninhabited.