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NZ Budget 2025: tax cuts and reduced revenues mean the government is banking on business growth

Not a lot is known about the government’s plans for taxes in the 2025 budget. Few tax policies have been announced so far, and what has been revealed involves targeted tax cuts for business interests.

The Conversation · May 21, 2025

10 reasons why banning social media for New Zealanders under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too

Government coalition partners National and Act are at odds over proposed restrictions on social media use by New Zealanders aged 16 and under.

The Conversation · May 7, 2025

Behrouz Boochani: ‘I was not a victim. I was a fighter’

In a bohemian corner of Wellington, the former Manus Island detainee has found his way through writing and walking – despite, he insists, being properly lazy

The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2024

England chase magnificent seven as New Zealand battle with Bazball

England aim to continue winning run while the Black Caps will hope to counter tourists’ tactics at their Wellington stronghold

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Selfies, sendoffs and star power as Jacinda Ardern has her last day in the sun

New Zealand is still deciding what her political legacy will look like, but the crowds at her last engagement gave the sense of the end of an era

The Guardian - AU · Jan 25, 2023

Leading New Zealand was ‘greatest privilege’, says Jacinda Ardern at final event

Outgoing prime minister given rapturous welcome at political gathering as she dismisses claims that abuse and threats contributed to her departure

The Guardian - AU · Jan 24, 2023

Jacinda Ardern did things her own way—including her candid resignation as New Zealand prime minister

The New Zealand PM says she no longer has "enough in the tank" to do the job.

Fortune · Jan 19, 2023

New Zealand Labour expels MP Gaurav Sharma from caucus

PM Jacinda Ardern said caucus voted to expel Sharma over ‘repeated and calculated’ breaches of its rules

The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2022

From viral art to tennis balls of protest: New Zealand museum collects Covid’s living history

Even as the pandemic rolls on, Te Papa Tongarewa is assembling objects that will chart Aotearoa’s coronavirus journey

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2022

‘Ultimate honour’: remains of hundreds of Moriori returned in biggest repatriation yet

Remains returned from UK Natural History Museum as well as from across New Zealand, a century after being dug up as curiosities by explorers

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2022