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Kerre Woodham: If we want progess, we need to make it easier to get things built
We’ve got roads, we’ve got mines, we’ve got housing developments, we’ve got 22 renewable energy projects, we’ve got aquaculture farms, we’ve got a ro…
2 years ago
Peter Thompson: Barfoot & Thompson Managing Director on the growing confidence and optimism of the sector
Real estate agents are among the businesses feeling more upbeat.
The Herald's latest Mood of the Boardroom survey shows that business owners are mor…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kerre Woodham: The ideologues are responsible for the education mess
There was a headline in The Post: ‘Scathing survey results from teachers on NCEA level 1 roll out’. That was the headline. The story goes on: “A surv…
2 years, 1 month ago
Chris Abercrombie: PPTA President on the dissatisfaction with the NCEA Level 1 roll out
Teachers say they are shocked with how new curriculum material is being rolled out.
Changes to NCEA Level One are being put in place before changes…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kerre Woodham: I'm so glad I have health insurance
I am really not surprised to see more people signing up for health insurance, even though we're going through a cost of living crisis and the premium…
2 years, 1 month ago
John MacDonald: The speed limit argument is looking wobbly
I reckon the Government’s argument in favour of increasing speed limits is looking more and more wobbly.
There’s no question that it’s going to happe…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sandra Hazlehurst: Hastings Mayor on the youth council being given the ability to vote at a committee level
The Hastings youth council has made a successful bid to get voting rights.
Hastings District Council has narrowly voted in support of giving unelecte…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kerre Woodham: Just introduce a capital gains tax and be done with it
For the love of all that is holy - can we just introduce a capital gains tax and be done with it?
I am so sick of it dominating the headlines. The i…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kerre Woodham: How was violence against bus drivers allowed to become such a problem?
Whatever happened to a ‘morning driver’ and a ‘thank you driver’ as you hopped on and off the bus? The violence and racial abuse of bus drivers and i…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kerre Woodham: The Public Service Commission should be keeping track of who's working from home
The big corporations have already started ordering their staff back into the office, now the Government’s had enough too. Nicola Willis made the anno…
2 years, 1 month ago