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Politicians in New Zealand are wedded to the idea of the activist state, but despite...
One of the great fiscal institutions in New Zealand is the Pre-election fiscal update (PREFU)....
Growing up in New Zealand, where the labour market was deregulated (in 1991) when I...
Privatisation in New Zealand is a political swear-word. Its very mention is meant to invoke...
The NZ Labour Party has been languishing in the polls ever since it lost government...
It was disappointing that Prime Minister John Key’s visit to Australia was dominated by breathless...
In 1902 New Zealand’s first Minister of Labour, Pember Reeves, described the Australasian states as...
One of the first substantive measures of public sector reform undertaken by the 1984-1990 Labour...
Minerals, the land above them and the surrounding environment are scarce resources. If they are...
Although privatisation of state-owned enterprises made great progress in New Zealand and elsewhere throughout the...
In New Zealand as in many other Western countries, pressure for women’s groups has increased...
Between 1984 and 1988, the Fourth Labour Government undertook the most comprehensive and far-reaching revisions...
This week’s budget will be the biggest spend-up in New Zealand’s history. Even in the...
Finance Minister Dr Cullen is in an enviable position, despite his protestations of poverty. Every...
Unlike Paris Hilton though, Finance Minister Michael Cullen doesn’t have to pay for it himself....
Does the Government actually do any good? This might sound like a strange question, but...
Am I the only one who feels uncomfortable at the latest Working for Families ad...
The New Zealand economy is one of the freest in the world. This still holds...
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One of the great fiscal institutions in New Zealand is the Pre-election fiscal update (PREFU)....