New research suggests upcoming housing investor taxes will have a less dramatic impact than many fear. But some, especially retired investors, will be worse off.
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Expecting backpackers to work in tough conditions for months, only to be entered into an uncertain visa ballot, is a gamble for farmers and regional communities.
The election has produced competing prescriptions for NZ’s grocery market – each targets a different barrier to genuine competition.
The report counts on a lot of factors turning out for the best: AI boosting economic growth and global warming meeting the Paris goals for a start.
Opportunity’s ‘citizen’s income’ policy would do the least for the worst off, and retains many of the current system’s targeting complexities.
In a hostile trading world, mid-sized nations are forging new relationships. Canada has the right idea.
Most career changers rely on their networks to move to a new industry, new research shows.
Trusting AI too blindly could end up costing you money – and see your legal case dismissed.
This year’s El Niño is likely to be the strongest on record. That would boost some fruit supplies – but it could also push up wheat, sugar and beef prices.
Almost one in seven jobs in Nepal rely on tourism. Travellers need to consider these things before planning a return to Nepal.
The rush to build data centres brings investment and the promise of a sophisticated digital economy. But it also creates new pressure on housing and skilled workers.
Reducing the number of people on student and graduate visas may reduce migration numbers, but it could also weaken demand for Australian goods and services.
Governments can curb corporate power. But first we need to understand how corporate law allows private ventures to accumulate power that can endure for generations.
A survey of young New Zealanders finds four in ten didn’t view buy now, pay later as debt. That perception can influence how they use it.
In a stubbornly male dominated field, how brilliant did a woman have to be to succeed?
Australia’s laws don’t deal with all the ways local profits are shifted offshore. The ATO aims to close that gap.
Private investment promises new money and expertise for NZ netball. But its success will depend on who benefits – and what happens to the wider game.
Anxiety about automation dates back hundreds of years.
With food inflation over 128%, ordinary households are seeing – and documenting – the impact of sanctions at the checkout.
Ideas are cheap. Getting major reforms through is the hard part, but we’ve done it before.
The illicit market for tobacco is not an inevitable result of high excise taxes.
Businesses are increasingly turning to AI and personalised data to become more efficient. Will that leave workers earning less and customers paying more?
Until we do more to tackle the causes of high construction company insolvencies, we’ll keep seeing more headlines about builders going bust.
Australia and New Zealand should introduce a mandatory impact-risk statement for funds making explicit claims about their environmental or social impacts.
The alleged theft of thousands of sheep in Queensland shows how difficult it can be to detect and prevent farm crime.