![Why Govt's housing move won't work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why Govt's housing move won't work
WATCH: Auckland's property bubble is too far advanced for land supply solutions to fix it, says investor Olly Newland.
WATCH: Auckland's property bubble is too far advanced for land supply solutions to fix it, says investor Olly Newland.
New Zealand shares fell as investors punished Steel & Tube Holdings for its recent issues over product quality.
Is the Asian giant on the brink of collapse, or finding its new economic direction?
The New Zealand dollar sank against the yen after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would delay a planned increase in the sales tax rate.
The NZ dollar rose to a week high against the British pound, which slumped as new polling data raised concern about a potential British exit from the EU.
New Zealand firms grew more confident about the state of the local economy for the third month in a row, with gains most evident in construction.
New Zealand is now ranking in 16th place on the world stage for the world's most competitive economies.
New Zealand residential building consents climbed 6.6 percent in April as new housing intentions climbed at their fastest monthly pace in eight years.
This country would benefit from many more people, and better preparation for their arrival.
Auckland's housing situation is as bad as Christchurch post earthquake, Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce says.
COMMENT: This Budget will not be defined by what is in it, but by what is missing, Labour MP Grant Robertson says.
Steven Joyce discusses the budget and whether he thinks housing was given a big enough allowance.
COMMENT: The population is up, the Govt wants debt to go down. Net result: not a lot left to play with, writes Brian Fallow.
COMMENT: Bill English's eighth budget is a strong investment in New Zealand's future economic capability.
New spending in transport bypasses Auckland and goes regional.
Cash boosts for our largest funds for mission-led research have been welcomed by New Zealand's independent government body for the sciences.
Electricity producers, transport fuel providers and industries with high carbon emissions will lose access to the subsidy that requires them to offset only half their emissions.
Population growth, tourism, construction and low interest rates will underpin a robust economic outlook for the next four years.
Bill English has unveiled a rosier set of fiscal projections as the fastest population growth in 40 years drives economic growth, turning around a deficit last year.
$5,000 for a fresh start and a state house. Now here's an idea with real potential for people who want to grab it.
The economics of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter continue to slide, Woodward Partners energy analyst John Kidd says.
For the first time on record, living with parents is now the most common arrangement for people ages 18 to 34, an analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center has found.
COMMENT: According to the History channel the D-Day Landings in June of 1944 owed their success, at least in part, to the allies' mis-information strategy.
Bill English talks 2016 budget during his annual visit to Printlink in Petone.
The Kiwi fell as traders continued to see the possibility of US interest rates rising next month.