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The electricity market is doing what it is supposed to do. Wholesale prices have come off their highs, forward curves...
The Department of Conservation has formally called for "contemporary" climate change information in NZSki's proposed Remarkables expansion. On the surface...
New Zealand Police did not have a technology problem. It had a governance problem, and the result was predictable. Official...
Most New Zealand export stories are about volume. More milk solids, more logs, more lamb, priced by someone else on...
Labour leader Chris Hipkins used the TVNZ leaders' debate to restate his party's commitment to abolishing charter schools if it...
Two fee rises in nine months have lifted the price of becoming a New Zealander from $470.20 to $641 for...
Five weeks after the City Rail Link opened on 13 September, 1News is asking the question every CBD retailer, landlord...
The national house price figure has become close to useless. It blends two different property cycles, one sliding in the...
Roughly 400,000 New Zealanders now live alone, and the financial system has barely noticed. That is not a lifestyle footnote....
1News asked this week whether health insurance is still worth having. That is the household version of the question. For...
Labour's capital gains tax is a 28% flat tax on gains from selling residential and commercial property. It only covers...
Real estate regulation in New Zealand is built on a simple premise: licensed people, audited trust accounts, a regulator watching....
ACT has moved the primary care debate onto firmer ground. Its $400 million plan to retain more doctors and incentivise...
Six professional dog-walking operators have now been served abatement notices, with three more under investigation. On its own it sounds...
Councils are not on the ballot this year, but the 2026 general election will shape how local government is run...
The NZ Herald's Election 2026 feature on Raetihi goes back to a town that made headlines for a few weeks...
