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Student allowance recipient numbers drop 40% in a decade
Concerns financial assistance programme for further study is not reaching those that need it as enrolments continue to fall, ...
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As 2024 ends, central banks take victory lap as interest rate relief buoys sentiment
In the US and in NZ inflation returned to within its target band faster than predicted but experts worry Donald Trump’s plans ...
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Somewhere along the line someone always pays
'The costs you tried to avoid will not have gone away. A bit like ferries, or hospitals or public housing really.' Photo: ...
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Conservation staffer fired after tampering with jobs system
Details of a malicious privacy breach at the Department of Conservation have been released following the Ombudsman’s ...
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The Treaty principles bill – bad execution of a good idea?
Comment: If Act's Treaty principles bill's flaws prevent a future attempt by Parliament to resolve such issues that would be the the worst possible result, writes Ross Stitt ...
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NZ forestry holds up as China’s property crisis drags on
New Zealand exporters may have to deal with lower prices in the Chinese market for at least another year, with the Asian superpower’s troubled property sector unlikely to stabilise until 2026 ...