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Tourism's faltering recovery relies on foreign workers to sell NZ

With winter closing in, there's not enough work in restaurants and bars for the workers hired to fill shortages in summer's tourism hotspots. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Ruapehu skiers to decide fate of mountain

The value assigned to each life pass holder means they are kingmakers in upcoming vote.

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Wrong headspace? Govt launches small business mental health tool

A new internet-based tool is aimed at helping small business owners deal with stress, particularly around prioritising their time

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Polarising carbon capture tech back on NZ radar

The energy sector wants Government to urgently introduce regulations enabling carbon capture and storage in New Zealand, as a way to cut CO2 emissions. But as Nikki Mandow finds out, others have very different opinions.

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Budget 2023 won't move dial on R&D 'hole'

The Govt is committed to a target of getting investment to 2% of GDP as a way to “help build a high-skill, knowledge-based and more productive economy”. This is not a Budget to get us there.

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The future of net zero property is refurbs, not new builds

The climate crisis is encouraging some property owners, developers and tenants to retrofit, not demolish older buildings. The Government needs to do more.

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Cabinet set to break up Ruapehu ski fields for sale to investors

Two NZ consortiums are officials' preferred bidders for the insolvent Turoa and Whakapapa, but the investors are yet to persuade iwi. Andrew Bevin and Jonathan Milne report.

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NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets

New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates 28% of New Zealand’s energy-related emissions.

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The questions over government contractors and consultants

Government spending on consultants and contractors is back in the news - but what are they actually paid to do?

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Accelerated depreciation key to boosting manufacturing: EMA

The Government should introduce accelerated depreciation for manufacturing technology in this year’s Budget, if it wants to kick-start manufacturing businesses’ investment in advanced equipment and boost productivity. That’s the message from Employers and Manufacturers Association boss Brett O’Riley.

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The real reason nobody will take on the supermarkets

Local investors, iwi Māori and major global supermarket brands share the view that establishing a third supermarket chain is not commercially viable. The Govt's supermarket divestment review is the last hope.

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The High Court and the Ombudsman have found fault with NZ’s MIQ system – should the government apologise?

Although it has yet to begin work, the first finding of the forthcoming royal commission into New Zealand’s COVID-19 response has probably just been written by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.

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Govt investigating China peach dumping claims

Kiwi officials look into allegations of product dumping from China which could threaten local producers, in a move with political sensitivities.

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Govt offers ultimatum to Ruapehu life pass holders: pay up or shut down

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts' biggest creditors have agreed to write off their debts – if life pass holders pay $2500 each.

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Plan to restore MIQ if needed

Quarantine at the border could be restored within four weeks as a 'minimum viable product' if the need arose, according to a new readiness plan for MIQ.

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Fair pay in the balance

Employers are hanging their hopes on a change of government next year, which would ensure a short shelf-life for Labour’s Fair Pay Agreement legislation.

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Troubled Ruapehu skifields put into administration, owing millions to Govt

Taxpayers are unlikely to ever be repaid $15 million the Government loaned the North Island ski fields, that were once New Zealand's busiest. A winter of poor snow was the final straw.

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Business borrowing hampered by credit contracts rules – BNZ

WATCH: Unresolved problems with the credit contracts law could be addressed by better targeting lending restrictions to problem lenders, says BNZ's chief executive

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We need to get serious about fuel supply resilience – and fast

The extension of excise cuts on high pump prices highlights the NZ's vulnerability. It would cost hundreds of millions of dollars a day if we were to run out of fuel, says Simon Terry.

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The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can’t or won’t move online

We hear the phrase “digital transformation” a lot these days. It’s often used to describe the process of replacing functions and services that were once done face-to-face by human beings with online interactions that are faster, more convenient and “empower” the user.

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Shaw to MBIE: Don't delay insulation regulations

Pushing the new energy efficiency regulations back by six months could see 200,000 tonnes of additional greenhouse gas emissions.

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Questions over transfer of $1m public funding

A Government department is facing questions after it transferred a job training contract for Māori to a new organisation despite highly public fallout over the Māori Council elections la

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Bringing the tūī back to town – how native birds are returning to NZ’s restored urban forests

Urbanisation, and the destruction of habitat it entails, is a major threat to native bird populations. But as our new research shows, restored urban forests can return native birds to our cities and improve species richness.

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The mouldy misery of Wellington’s rental market

How a hamstrung Tenancy Tribunal and weak rental laws are leaving tenants at the mercy of landlords who won’t fix run-down rentals.

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Hold firm on timing of tougher home insulation rules, Govt urged

Some in the building sector want a delay to rule changes intended to improve energy efficiency, but green building advocates say we can't wait.

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