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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.

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E-bikes for everyone: 3 NZ trials show people will make the switch – with the right support

Anyone who uses city roads will know e-bikes have become increasingly popular in Aotearoa New Zealand. But we also know rising e-bike sales have been predominantly driven by financially well-off households.

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New Zealand stuck in red as government chases growth

New Zealand is mired in deficits and debt, with Finance Minister Nicola Willis's second budget showing the nation's economic pain.

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Jacob Bethell ‘has done himself world of good’ – Ben Stokes hints at Test recall

The 21-year-old made a strong impression in his debut series against New Zealand before Christmas.

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England vs Zimbabwe LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Zimbabwe in England 2025

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New Zealand's 'growth budget' set to cut, cut, cut

New Zealand's finance minister says her budget will be a "no BS budget" which funds the things Kiwis can afford, and no more.

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Pacific must not become a ‘military zone’ amid rise of China, New Zealand’s deputy PM warns

In an interview with the Guardian, Winston Peters says the world faces the ‘most uncertain time’ in 80 years ahead of talks with Australia's foreign minister

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NZ Budget 2025: science investment must increase as a proportion of GDP for NZ to innovate and compete

A lack of strategy and research funding – by both the current and previous governments – has been well documented, most comprehensively in the first report by the Science System Advisory Group (SSAG), released late last year.

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United Arab Emirates vs Bangladesh LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Bangladesh in United Arab Emirates 2025

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The Independent UK

Supporters rally with haka as Māori MPs face sanctions

A protest haka by Māori Party MPs in New Zealand’s parliament has sparked deep political division and could lead to record suspensions.

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The band is breaking up: has the Coalition stopped making sense?

I remember seeing footage, several years ago, of a jubilant Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister and Liberal leader, speaking in Tamworth to loyal members of the National Party. These were the rank and file who had spent weeks stumping for their man in New England, Nationals leader and deputy prime…

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Ireland vs West Indies LIVE: Cricket score and updates from West Indies in Ireland 2025

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The Independent UK

How controversy over Maori haka sparked chaos in New Zealand parliament

The haka is a cherished cultural symbol, but this one has ignited a fiery debate

The Independent UK

Couple tried in New Zealand after escaping on business class flight after $2m fraud

Neha Sharma remains in jail in New Zealand with her baby while husband awaits sentencing

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NZ Budget 2025: anything less than a 5% increase in health funding amounts to merely standing still

Minister of Health Simeon Brown claimed earlier this year that health funding in New Zealand has never been higher and that suggestions of underfunding are “fake news”.

AAP

Ardern lashes US isolationism in Yale address

Calling the world a "dumpster fire", ex-New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has attacked various strands of Donald Trump's leadership in a US address.

The Conversation

‘Greenlandisation’, sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world

Most of us know there’s more than one version of English. What English people call a tap, Americans call a faucet; New Zealand’s jandals are Australia’s thongs. As well as British English, there are regional versions of Australian English, New Zealand English, and a significant number of other versions of…

The Conversation

NZ Budget 2025: economic forecasting is notoriously difficult, but global uncertainty is making it harder

This year’s budget will be one of the tightest in a decade, with the New Zealand government halving its operating allowance – the new money it has available to spend – from NZ$2.4 billion to $1.3 billion.

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Richard Goodman obituary

Other lives: Wine rep who played a leading role in introducing New Zealand producers to Britain

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United Arab Emirates vs Bangladesh LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Bangladesh in United Arab Emirates 2025

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United Arab Emirates vs Bangladesh LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Bangladesh in United Arab Emirates 2025

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The Guardian - UK

Brits are shocked I’ve chosen Norwich over New Zealand – but there are reasons so many Kiwis are leaving

Despite the food and scenery, on a visit home this year I was struck by the many drawbacks, from housing to transport, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt

AAP

Brain drain back as New Zealand confronts economic woe

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders are leaving each year for Australia, owing to unbalanced economic conditions and an easier path to Australian citizenship.

The Conversation

The space race is being reshaped by geopolitics, offering opportunities for countries such as New Zealand

The space economy is being reshaped — not just by innovation, but by geopolitics. What was once dominated by state space agencies, and more recently by private ventures, is evolving into a hybrid model in which government priorities and commercial capabilities are intertwined.

The Independent UK

Ben Stokes eager to ‘dominate every situation’ when he returns to England action

The 33-year-old captain has not played since tearing his hamstring in New Zealand before Christmas.

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