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Minimal commercial pain

Shelley Marshall argues Meta’s US$18 billion settlement echoes past tobacco lawsuits, including how they avoided harsh penalties

The Tale of Economics

James K. Galbraith reviews a new book, Everyman: The Untold Story of Economics, by Antara Haldar, that reckons with the origins of economics and…

A tax return that's incorrect does not automatically establish tax evasion

Dave Ananth points out while Inland Revenue has identified widespread expense claim fraud, a false return does not automatically establish evasi…

Why the South Pacific needs to build a shelter together

Anne-Marie Brady argues Pacific Island states should seek collective regional security

Rethinking labour market policy management

Brian Easton says instead of allowing labour issues to remain swallowed up within MBIE, the Government should consolidate labour policy manageme…

One Nation's focus turns east after a big win in Western Australia

Fresh from its Western Australia triumph, how will One Nation do in the eastern trenches?

Daily NZX update, Monday, August 31, 2026

Here are the key changes to know about in the NZX equity market; Gentrack, SkyTV, Vista Group, and Kathmandu lead a rebound, while Vulcan Steel,…

Travellers becoming 'accustomed' to the domestic airfares Air NZ 'needs to charge to recover'

Air New Zealand's departing chief financial officer says the airline's domestic customers are starting to 'become accustomed' to the higher fare…

How much does your insurer really know about you?

Insurers have a lot of data about us. Fei Huang looks at where they get it from, and how they use it

Winners and losers in the 2026 mortgage market

Results of the hand-to-hand combat in the fight for home loan market share suggest two nimble and smaller banks are winning against their three…

Ex-FMA chairman Craig Stobo to run for NZ First against Christopher Luxon

Former Financial Markets Authority chairman Craig Stobo unveiled as a NZ First candidate, looking forward to 'speaking freely on issues of publi…

Genesis Energy’s net profit halves to $85 million, gross margin jumps

Lower wholesale electricity prices drive 50% profit drop for Genesis Energy, despite 14% rise in operating earnings to $518 million

The risk for Kiwibank in absorbing TSB may outweigh the reward

Gareth Vaughan argues Kiwibank's parent Kiwi Group Capital might be wise to back off TSB and dust off another growth plan for the bank

Daily NZX update, Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; NZX50 rises +0.2% as Scales, Napier Port, Skellerup and Vulcan Steel ga…

The impact of not getting things done as intended

The House faces 100-bill logjam as government scrambles to pass legislation before Parliament dissolves

Who's who in the Opportunity Party

The Opportunity Party's polling above the key 5% MMP threshold. If this holds until the election, who will the party bring to parliament?

Inside the Capital: National pushes ahead on U16 social media ban without coalition partners

National pushes ahead on under 16 social media ban without NZ First or ACT, Labour's slogan, Opportunity in kingmaker's seat

National pledges no new taxes

National rules out proposed bed tax and bank tax in promise of no new taxes if the party's reelected in November's election