Opinion
'Come in. We’d like to show you how this works': The Swedish idea NZ needs
OPINION: Every Swedish student completes at least 10 days of workplace experience.
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Do our children a favour – why Labour should steal National’s best idea
OPINION: New Zealand may finally get on a better path to collective wealth creation.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Resurrecting Michael Laws feels desperate
OPINION: New Zealand First now polls near 10%, down from earlier highs of 14%.
Bevan Graham: NZ needs a retirement income strategy, not three separate debates
OPINION: KiwiSaver has become one of NZ’s most successful public policy initiatives.
Coalition rows must not mar Indian PM's visit to seal deal
OPINION: After years of talks, New Zealand and India have secured a free trade agreement.
Compulsory 12% KiwiSaver's a bad idea, despite what chattering classes say
OPINION: The nub of the issue is that New Zealand isn’t a high-income economy today.
Eric Crampton: The Govt shouldn't be able to tell you where to invest your KiwiSaver
OPINION: Critics warn compulsion could force low-income workers to save when they can’t.
Richard Prebble: The MPs who aren’t getting out enough
OPINION: An MP’s travel bill can reveal how well they’re doing their job.
What’s going on with petrol prices – and will they fall enough to turn the economy around?
OPINION: Westpac and ASB now expect first OCR hike in September, after a fuel price fall.
Diana Clement: How to spot a get-rich-quick scam
OPINION: Investments with get-rich-quick-style returns come in a variety of wrappers.
Darcy Ungaro: Why investing beyond Earth could soon feel down to earth
OPINION: Investors want to boldly go where no one has gone before. Will it end well?
Cecilia Robinson: Primary care funding overhaul shows system can change
OPINION: Health reform is finally making quiet but meaningful progress.
Fran O'Sullivan: Time to tap China’s low-cost capital to fix our infrastructure gap
OPINION: We shouldn't open the floodgates, but it should be an option.
Paul Goldsmith: Chris Finlayson should follow his own advice and tone down hyperbole on Crown-Māori relations
OPINION: Finlayson left the building six years ago, but can’t let go of the chisel.
Oliver Hartwich: When stopping the cheque counts as a cure
OPINION: The ACC counts recovery from the day payments stop, not when people heal.
Richard Prebble: Banning under-16s from social media would harm more than it helps
OPINION: Tech firms, not governments, are best placed to remove harmful content.
Ali Adams: The secrets to Christchurch’s economic success
OPINION: When Auckland sings your praises, you know you're doing something right.
Liam Dann: Never mind caution, NZ needs a dose of reckless optimism to grow again
OPINION: If the war is over, let's get back to that recovery. We can't afford to wait.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Labour going for warm fuzzies over policy substance
OPINION: Free prescriptions and $20 weekly transport caps reach few voters.
Bridget Snelling: Confidence gap holding back small business AI adoption
OPINION: Nearly two-thirds of users say AI saves them about a day of work each week.
Slade Robertson: Why NZ's economy is primed to beat Australia
House prices in Auckland now equal 7.5 times income, down from 8.7 in 2019.
Fran O’Sullivan: Why Canterbury’s ambition matters for New Zealand
OPINION: Business Canterbury’s new ‘Canterbury Ambition’ plan sets regional growth vision.
Mary Holm: Falling home ownership shows it has got harder to buy
OPINION: But there is still ray of hope for would-be first-home buyers.
Benno Blaschke: Government cannot fix housing until it can take its hand off the brake
OPINION: Sir Bill English says risk is 'something that you take', not something to fear.
Liam Dann: No pain, no gain – why the property crash might be good for our economy
OPINION: House values have plunged 35.5% in Auckland and 40% in Wellington.
Diana Clement: How younger investors are using Sharesies to get ahead
OPINION: The median age of first-time investors for the 18-30 group on Sharesies is 22.
Cecilia Robinson: NZ is done waiting - Kiwi firms are backing themselves again
Younger owners and new firms are far more optimistic than their older counterparts.
Fran O’Sullivan: The $94b fund that could power NZ’s next economic transformation
OPINION: The NZ Super Fund now pays more in tax than the Government puts in.
With 'cheap' World Cup tickets at NZ$1700, a Kiwi fan asks: Have billionaires ruined football?
OPINION: Pep Guardiola says football belongs to the people. Fifa doesn't see it that way.