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Formula One reboots

The new hybrid design in testing. Batteries, fueled by two energy recovery systems, can power the car for up to 33 seconds a lap
Chris Keall | WEEKEND REVIEW

A behind-the-scenes visit to Red Bull Racing the team prepares for the first race of the F1 season, the Melbourne Grand Prix - and radical new rules that include hybrid engines. (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Peters promises to buy back power companies; says it's a coalition bottom-line

Peters on The Nation
NBR Staff | Saturday March 15, 2014 | 23 comments
PLUS: New policy for the "New Zealandisation" of fishing.

Flight MH370: Pilots under scrutiny

Malaysian police have now searched the home of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah - pictured in a selfie during a visit to Auckland (Facebook)
NBR Staff | Sunday March 16, 2014

Malaysian PM's comments, US intelligence leaks spark speculation. PLUS: UK's Mail on Sunday reports pilot attended opposition leader's trial just hours before flight.

Green Party says it’s time to reform the Reserve Bank Act

Russel Norman
NBR Staff | Sunday March 16, 2014 | 3 comments

Govt doing all it can for households hit by interest rates rises - English

Bill English
NBR Staff | Sunday March 16, 2014 | 2 comments

Len Brown says ratepayers want him to get on with the job of being Auckland’s mayor

Len Brown
NBR Staff | Sunday March 16, 2014 | 13 comments

Business lessons from Formula One

Dr Kerry Spackman: has Einstein biopic in development that he says will be like Shawshank Redemption meets Dr Zhivago
Chris Keall | WEEKEND REVIEW

Ahead of a talk in Auckland, neuroscientist Dr Kerry Spackman talks about translating what he learned in Formula One and All Black Rugby into everyday advice - including an online audit. Plus, his Einstein movie in the works.

Cunliffe peddles foreign ownership myths

Jamie Whyte
Jamie Whyte | Saturday March 15, 2014 | 41 comments

GUEST OPINION: Many on the political Left complain about foreign ownership of New Zealand businesses on the ground that the profits are “sent overseas”. This is a foolish misunderstanding.

"Your argument would fall over if we look at a historical situation like our banking system being owned or sold to Australian banks"

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NBR People Scene: E! Pop of Culture Party at Mantells on the Water

Colin Mathura Jeffree and Aja Rock at E! Pop of Culture Party
WEEKEND REVIEW

Latest photo galleries from Norrie Montgomery.

LVR impact is significant and growing

Alistair Helm
Alistair Helm | WEEKEND REVIEW

SFO boss on bushfires, James Hardie and that unplanned court splash

Julie Read, SFO Director
David Williams | WEEKEND REVIEW

Julie Read has a shaky start for someone who came into the job last October with an ethic of keeping her head down.

Building the business case for gender and diversity in the workplace

Heather Ash, partner, Simpson Grierson
Stephanie Flores | WEEKEND REVIEW | 5 comments

Opinion: What will Key tell the Chinese about Fonterra?

John Wilson, Chairman of Fonterra
Jamie Ball | WEEKEND REVIEW | 1 comment

As Miyamoto Musashi, the famed 16th Century Japanese swordsman, put it, “You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”

What would Winston want?

Winston Peters (TV3)
Matthew Hooton | WEEKEND REVIEW | 20 comments

With the exception of 1999, all MMP elections have gone to the wire.

A Green policy with some merit

David Farrar
David Farrar | WEEKEND REVIEW | 8 comments

$200 million in new transport infrastructure so kids can cycle.

"Kids from low decile schools have no trouble walking - they have no other option"

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NBR People Scene: Diamond Day at Ellerslie

Justine Vowles Seabrook and Regina Lo at Diamond Day at Ellerslie
WEEKEND REVIEW

Latest photo galleries from Norrie Montgomery.

The zeitgeist of Mazda’s sixth age

Mazda3: Even more impressive than Mazda’s other SkyActiv models
David Linklater | WEEKEND REVIEW

'C' is for competition - The ABC of Economic Literacy

WEEKEND REVIEW | 1 comment

How politics avoids the big questions

Rodney Hide
Rodney Hide | WEEKEND REVIEW

The Sea: the struggle to survive

John Daly-Peoples | WEEKEND REVIEW

You should probably always read the programme notes for theatre productions.They often explain things which are not necessarily clear on stage. But of course to read the programme notes they need to be legible in the half light of the theatre.

Christchurch Three Years On: Colliers busy on sales and leasing as city moves ahead

Hamish Doig, managing director of the Colliers International Christchurch
WEEKEND REVIEW

Christchurch Three Years On: City on cusp of tangible development – Sutton

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority Roger Sutton
WEEKEND REVIEW

Crowdfunding: a $96b a year opportunity for the Kiwi economy

Clive Fernandes
Clive Fernandes | WEEKEND REVIEW | 1 comment

Carry On: Nuie's new holiday options, Emirates expands network, hotel group rebrands and more

Landing in Nuie
Nevil Gibson | WEEKEND REVIEW

New airline routes and other travel news you can use.

ASK ME ANYTHING: Sir Stephen Tindall

Sir Stephan Tindall
Chris Keall | Sunday March 16, 2014 | 1 comment

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