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Inside Economics: RBNZ's big rate call today, plus are flat whites cheaper now than in the 1990s?

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.

Opinion: The 5 best workout tights for all Kiwi budgets, tried and tested

I tested 5 popular activewear leggings, here are the ones Kiwis should actually buy.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of May 26 - June 1

Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Richard Prebble: Labour's support of Te Pāti Māori over haka punishment will be defining issue for next election

OPINION: Te Pāti Māori leaders skipped the Budget debate despite protests on their behalf.

Not a lot for farmers in Budget 2025 - Dr Jacqueline Rowarth

Opinion: Tourism, holidays and eating out will not get New Zealand out of debt.

Opinion: Auckland's second harbour crossing could be practical and a thing of beauty

OPINION: A proposed second harbour link could destroy key parts of Auckland's waterfront.

Editorial: Nicola Willis' choice of Budget day attire is a sideshow to policy debate

OPINION: The Finance Minister's dress has become a distraction from her policies.

Letters: We need cross-party agreement to create the health system that is the best for our people

OPINION: Health should not be a political football.

Andrew Dickens: What's really to blame for Smith & Caughey's closure

OPINION: Smith and Caughey's on Queen Street is closing, upsetting many Aucklanders.

All-Kiwi Super Rugby final looms - Phil Gifford

It would be extraordinary if the final of Super Rugby Pasifika wasn’t played in Hamilton.

Editorial: Council rates are the tax we love to hate

OPINION: The only certainties in life are death and taxes – and both are expensive.

Letters: Greens, Labour need to say how they would fund programmes

OPINION: The Greens and Labour need to explain how they will pay for programmes.

Opinion: Navigating the ups and downs of long-term market investing

The S&P 500 saw double-digit declines in almost two-thirds of years.

Opinion: Budget changes undermine KiwiSaver's core purpose

OPINION: About 40% of KiwiSaver members aren’t actively contributing to their accounts.

Paul Lewis: The power struggle at play in new America's Cup protocol

OPINION: The protocol suggests an America's Cup partnership for joint event decisions.

Nadine Higgins: My biggest financial mistakes and what you can learn from them

OPINION: Three financial lessons, including investing, spending and life admin fail.