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School fruit programme gets reprieve
Research shows the Fruit in Schools scheme is helping kids stay focused and better behaved in the classroom.
Research shows the Fruit in Schools scheme is helping kids stay focused and better behaved in the classroom.
If the good news is that the Reserve Bank expects rates to be lower for longer, the bad news is why it thinks that.
Treasury is sitting on advice to the government about options for selling state assets, and is just waiting to be asked to produce it.
Finance Minister Bill English has foreshadowed a New Year review of government spending
Dita De Boni is horrified at the fear of a 2-year-old kicked to death after wetting himself.
Taxpayers have paid $500m-plus to subsidise big-budget movie makers. Is it money well spent, asks Karyn Scherer.
The parents of tens of thousands of preschoolers can expect to start paying more for early childhood care next year.
Standard and Poor's has put NZ on notice of a possible downgrade to its credit rating unless it reduces its reliance on imported savings.
The Defence Force may only be able to save up three quarters of the $300 million touted after the release of the white paper, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said today.
Ill health costs the economy at least $5bn a year - with even bigger potential costs from those who drag themselves to work.
MPs gave themselves the perk, now they can do themselves a favour by getting rid of it.