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2 years
Fund manager turned global human rights campaigner Bill Browder has issued a plea for New Zealand to introduce legislation allowing sanctions against Russian individuals responsible for the war in Ukraine. @TimHunter5
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Fund manager turned global human rights campaigner Bill Browder has issued a plea for New Zealand to introduce legislation allowing sanctions against Russian individuals responsible for the war in Ukraine. @TimHunter5
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8 years
Kim Dotcom's eight-week appeal starts Monday – and he wants it live streamed
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Sir Bob Jones' latest column has been removed from NBR's website, due to inappropriate content ^CK
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The @NZGreens look set to defy the odds. @jamespeshaw says a Greens/Labour-only government could do more on the long-term challenges facing the country. #nzpol 🔗:
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3 years
Act leader @dbseymour has put government departments on notice, signalling he would get rid of those that could not justify their existence. @journobedwards
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7 years
'Last Jedi" dominates box office but Waititi's 'Thor' is top for the year
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#OPINION w/ @geoffsimmonz UBI would give a post-Covid workforce the ability to easily move to where labour was needed.
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Prime Minister @jacindaardern has announced a move down to alert level 1 from 11.59pm tonight. #nzpol Ardern said while the job is not done, there’s no denying this is a milestone and “thank you NZ”.
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8 years
"I have seen the error of my ways." Professor Geddis responds to Brownlee:
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3 years
@ACTparty leader @dbseymour is frustrated the government is not sharing all the information it has on the current Covid-19 outbreak. @journobedwards
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It is understood @JudithCollinsMP ’s former press secretary @aniobrien has signed on to @SeanPlunket 's new The Platform media venture, as has former talkshow host, author and local government politician Michael Laws. @KeepingMum
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Public health orders detailing the rules under the new Covid-19 traffic light framework will come out tonight or tomorrow morning, but @actparty leader @dbseymour says that is not good enough. Watch the full interview at: @journobedwards
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@ActParty is calling on the government to drop its Covid-19 elimination strategy and instead shift to one of minimising harm. @journobedwards
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8 years
Remember: best advice is don't ever buy an extended warranty. The Consumer Guarantees Act has you covered (3/3)
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3 years
The @actparty wants to amend the Companies Act 1993 to give directors the ability to opt out of publicly displaying their residential address, a measure it believes is a privacy breach.
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3 years
New Zealand’s top 200 technology companies recorded more than $10 billion in exports for the first time, underpinned by double-digit export growth in Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America.
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6 years
Political Roundup: Chelsea Manning visit exposes hypocrisy on left and right
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NZ Taxpayers’ Union in $80k ‘fiscal hole’ and warned it may need to shut down. Read the full story, visit #TheNewNBR :
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8 years
Key & Adams venture up north for Hawaiki Cable’s symbolic sod-turning. We'll have analysis/video/audio tomorrow at .
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6 years
WATCH: Winston Peters berates female critics of the Government.
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5 years
How effective is a welfare system that 'dehumanises' those using it, questions Phil O'Reilly. “If you look at the evidence on benefit payments, we’re simply not paying people enough to survive.” Watch the full analysis here, subscribe to the NBR:
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4 years
@dbseymour says the government should focus on the quality of its spending. The @actparty leader is urging the government to move quickly to alert level 1 rather than slowly relax restrictions under level 2. #nzpol 🔗:
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8 years
Some incredible footage of the Kaikoura coastline post-quake. Ohau Point, Pinnace Rock, Waipapa, and the stranded cows. (By Canterbury Maps)
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4 years
Former PM and current ANZ chair Sir John Key says he worries about a growing housing bubble making it “tremendously difficult” for first-home buyers. Watch the full INFINZ conference here 🎙️:
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4 years
The @NZNationalParty wants safe border before considering international education. @JudithCollinsMP says the disorganisation at the border needs to be fixed. #nzpol 🔗:
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4 years
If legalised, recreational cannabis would create about 5000 jobs and provide $923 million in government revenue, according to economic reports commissioned by the @justicenzgovt . 🔗:
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10 years
Internet Mana's 'F**k John Key' video "could be wildly successful" - Edwards http://t.co/tKyhnkzeZ5 http://t.co/Jdr1CiHExU
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7 years
Technically expansive economy and productivity is a popular economic theory #keynes #LeadersDebate
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7 years
BREAKING: Winston Peters forms government with Labour and Greens.
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8 years
A handy list of accounts to follow, along with live coverage on RNZ 101FM: @NZcivildefence @geonet @WeatherWatchNZ @nzpolice @NZGetThru
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8 years
Helen Clark emerges as bookies' favourite for top job at UN . .
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7 years
“Bill, it was called early intervention and Labour was built on it” - zinger from @jacindaardern
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7 years
. @pmbillenglish going on about Kiwisaver being helpful. Did he forget @NZNationalParty stripped the scheme back? #leadersdebate
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5 years
Getting girls past 'sweaty boy gamer geek' image of tech industry. With only 23% of IT workforce female, something needs to change, says tech business owner Victoria MacLennan. Many girls and their parents don’t know what a job in technology looks like in reality. @optimalhq
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3 years
@actparty says everyone should worry about the broad powers given to Inland Revenue Watch the full interview with @actparty leader @dbseymour at: @journobedwards
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2 years
#NBRSummer : Act’s policy priorities for #election – and for National. Watch @dbseymour explain why he has no confidence National will back a bold reform agenda. Sign up for a free NBR trial today.
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Key at his post-cabinet presser: Obama has a lot of respect for Helen Clark "but we'll see how it goes"
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4 years
@WeirdlyHub has completed a $1.8 million investment round and is finalising a contract with Vodafone UK.
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2 years
Wealthy businessman Yikun Zhang has been named as one of six people charged in relation to donations made to the Labour Party. @journobedwards
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6 years
WATCH: Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says opposition parties lack the character and experience provided by having MPs from a wide range of professions and that their existing MPs are, philosophically, neo-liberal clones. (0:20)
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Microbiologist Dr @SiouxsieW hopes a move to alert level 2 will last for a fairly short time, with further moves dependent on Covid-19 not being around. The scientist told the @BusinessCircle_ that alert level 2 was about keeping as safe as possible. 🔗:
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. @jacindaardern keeps relying on others or “the experts” to inform her in this capital gains discussion, shows her lack of tax knowledge
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#NZNat 's housing spokesperson @JudithCollinsMP has dismissed the #govt 's ‘reset’ of KiwiBuild. @Megan_Woods who said "It created the perverse incentive to build homes in the wrong places just to get the numbers up," was criticised by Collins. Full video:
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The tipping point of change in NZ politics as captured by NBR’s Jerry Yelich - O’Connor.
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. @Timely lands $7m investment
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Booting youth off the couch and into employment. @williejlabour launches a programme to help employers hire jobless youth and brought two UK entrepreneurs, @TowersBen and @TheYouthGroupHQ 's @JackParsons_CEO to the country to help with the launch. 🔗:
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"I suspect Kim Dotcom and his lawyers will be visiting the Supreme Court more than once.” – @lawgeeknz on NBR Radio
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5 years
As the NZ #govt assigns new funds to censor online content, @EFF 's @jilliancyork advocates more caution to avoid any unnecessary loss of internet freedom. NBR spoke with her while she was in NZ for @internetnz ’s NetHui conference. Full interview:
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New and exclusive to NBR. Former Opposition Leader @simonjbridges joins our unmatched roster of columnists from 12 May.
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The Government is putting more pressure on big companies to pay small firms on time by requiring them to publicly report every six months on their payment practices, particularly late payments. @journobedwards
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Statement by NBR Editor Duncan Bridgeman on the Five Boroughs story, which has now been removed from NBR's site ^CK
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Legislation paving the way for the public holiday went through Parliament under urgency last night, with @actparty voting against it. Watch the full interview with @actparty leader @dbseymour at: @journobedwards
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5 years
New Zealand tops world in ease of doing business. Read the full article at #TheNewNBR here:
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7 years
James Shaw hits the government over Peter Thiel: "He's done twice as well as that Saudi sheep farmer..Give me a break party of business"
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#BREAKING The Serious Fraud Office filed criminal charges today against four people in relation to donations paid into a @NZNationalParty electorate bank account. #NZPol
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"Change is coming," says the Greens' @jamespeshaw
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7 years
NBR RADAR is a watchlist for people to stay up-to-date with the next generation of successful businessmen and women
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4 years
@actparty leader says businesses need more information about moving out of lockdown. @dbseymour said he just had no idea when the economic recovery might begin and how strong it might be. #nzpol 🔗:
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Economic reports on the proposed cannabis legalisation are being withheld by the Ministry of Justice until after the October referendum, according to a denied OIA request. 🔗:
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At the end of May tax revenue was $79 billion, $1.5b above forecast, while government spending was marginally lower at $97.3b. #nzpol
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#AucklandMayoralElection2022 : Business may not love his left-leaning policies but he's prepared to take up the cudgels for Auckland. Watch the full interview with Auckland mayoral candidate @efesocollins at:
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While the National and Labour parties are arguing about budget deficits and debt, @top_nz says the most alarming economic statistic is the one tracking the rise in house prices. Watch the full interview with Geoff Simmons here 🎙️:
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Former Labour Party MP David Shearer arrives in South Sudan to lead the United Nations' peacekeeping efforts.
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Of 46 Google reviews of Du Val Group, 11 were posted by people with the same names as Du Val employees featured on its website. @SladeIrving
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#DuncanDisorderly : @chrisluxonmp 's first steps have been sure but opposition leader is a tough gig. Watch the full interview with NBR columnist @DuncanGarnerNZ at:
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Xero founder on his preferred PM
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Got to know @pmbillenglish Super smart, thinks/acts on root cause. Get change mood, feel Bill best for NZ right now
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With #climatechange on the world stage at the @UN , Climate Change Minister @jamespeshaw has answered some of our questions on the progress of #nzpol efforts here. And what of Swedish teen activist @GretaThunberg ? Watch the #TheNewNBR interview here:
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“There have been no detailed discussions.” A snippet of the two (almost) identical memos after ComCom’s decision ($)
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🔈Have networks always been more important than hierarchies? @nfergus discusses his new book with @AndrewP_NZ
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"We will ban foreign speculators from buying in the NZ market" — @jacindaardern on Labour's housing policy.
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Six short months ago, Jacinda Ardern looked NBR's Susan Wood in the eye and said no to Labour leadership.
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The Opportunities Party, which started with a big donation from its founder Gareth Morgan, wants to put a stop to large political donations. Watch the full interview with Shai Navot here:
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National’s finance spokesperson @simonjbridges said it was further evidence New Zealanders were getting poorer because wage increases were trailing well behind annual inflation of 5.9%. @journobedwards
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Harvard law professor @lessig files affidavit in support of @KimDotcom http://t.co/9FrwDZiKVw
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Former Children's Commissioner Dame Cindy Kiro has been named as the new Governor-General. She is the first Māori woman to be appointed to the role.
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@NZNationalParty spitfire and MP for Papakura @JudithCollinsMP decided to write a book about herself using notes she has been assiduously collecting over many years. Collins says her style during a crisis is “get in there." #nzpol 🔗:
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ICYMI: It's about time the media have realised Jacinda Ardern is lacking, like Sarah Palin, notes @MatthewHootonNZ 🔒
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NBR welcomes Julie Iles to the team! Julie previously worked at @DomPost and was part of @NZStuff 's business news team before that. She most likes writing about epic oversights, science-based innovation, and the humans behind them.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is urging businesses to get ready for the time the country moves out of lockdown. #nzpol
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ACT Party Leader @dbseymour sat down with NBR's political editor Brent Edwards this afternoon to discuss the PREFU forecast announced today. Watch the full interview here 🎙️:
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“How is it possible that the Ministry of Education has got bigger, while its achievements shrink with every generation?” @dbseymour @journobedwards
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. @Xero ventures into Asia, a region which CEO @roddrury says is 'fertile ground.' Hear his thoughts on #NBRRadio :
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Get ready for a Labour-NZ First government says political commentator Bryce Edwards
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🔈NBR Series: Has NZ become the Silicon Valley of the South? Nah, we're different says @xero 's @CraigHudsonNZ
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Justice Minister Amy Adams is announcing a scheme to expunge historical convictions for homosexual offences
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@top_nz leader @geoffsimmonz believes housing has slipped down the political pecking order because neither major party has a strong record on it, but says a property tax would help solve the housing crisis. Watch the full interview here 🎙️:
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“It’s an unusual result... there probably hasn’t been a party in the world that got 44% of the vote & didn’t win an election”— @pmbillenglish
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On #NBRRadio @BillyRalston slams Weldon for leaving MediaWorks "rudderless"
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#RightofCentre : If you don’t have the grit to take a political opportunity when it comes, it is unlikely you have the grit to be the Opposition leader. Listen to the latest episode of NBR's weekly podcast with @BrigitteMorten at: @chrisluxonmp
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Bob Jones offers to build 5000m-high statue of Gareth Morgan
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From tax inspector to Pushpay co-founder: @ChrisHeaslip joins @AndrewP_NZ . Sunday Business:
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The #govt 's proposed new fresh water policy will impose tougher water quality standards across the country. National’s @toddmullerBoP who describes it as a gut punch to the rural sector, spoke up for farmers and against the govt's plan. Full interview:
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The last time #unemployment dropped this much in a quarter, Lange was PM, IBM released its first laptop and The Young Ones had a New Zealand #2 hit.
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@NZGreens continues to chase environmental vote in 2020 The party reckons it is in much better shape heading into the 2020 election than previous ones. @jamespeshaw and @MaramaDavidson discuss environmental push and the impact of the @SNZparty . #NZPol 🔗:
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Air New Zealand boss Christopher Luxon replies to snipe from Bob Jones
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