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"NZ's economic bubble will end In disaster" - economist who predicted GFC

Joyce (TV3)
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A Forbes correspondent takes issue with our "rock star" economy status | UPDATE: Joyce bites back; NBR's economics editor wades in.

"Interest rates in NZ are and have always been higher than US rates. There's no QE [qualitative easing or printing money to boost the economy] here. And NZ banks never lend money to people without jobs or some way of supporting repayments"

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Greens want tighter diclosure rules that would force Collins to reveal Chinese dining companion

Metiria Turei on The Nation
NBR Staff | Sunday April 20, 2014 | 1 comment

PLUS: Metiria Turei says she could be "co-Deputy Prime Minister" in a Labour-Greens government.

NBR People Scene: Wellington Fashion Week

Terry Serepisos and Danelle Kaukau at Wellington Fashion Week
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Gender quotas for NZX-listed company's boards

Eric Crampton
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Management guru Tom Peters’ advice for New Zealand businesses

Tom Peters
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Implementing the budget for tomorrow

Roger Douglas
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NBR People Scene: TRN Party

Tony Veitch, Zoe Marshall and Dean Buchanan at The Radio Network's party
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Latest photo galleries from Norrie Montgomery.

Top Antarctic scientists warn NZ 'not ready' for worst as climate changes

US oceanographer Chuck Kennicutt (left) and Professor Gary Wilson (Right)
NBR Staff | Sunday April 20, 2014 | 1 comment

Greens must supplant Labour on left

Russel Norman (TV3)
Matthew Hooton | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 8 comments

Labour is taking the Greens for granted.

LG's futuristic TVs

LG's 77-inch, 4K OLED curved TV
Chris Keall | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 2 comments

Including a set with a build-in recorder, and a 77-inch, curved 4K OLED TV.

Commerce Commission warns businesses about misleading Easter surcharges

Jamie Whyte
NBR Staff | Friday April 18, 2014 | 6 comments

PLUS: ACT leader Jamie Whyte ferments rebellion over Easter trading laws

"What is wrong with staff and management working things out for themselves?"

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Five things you’ve missed behind the scenes of the John Banks’ pre-trial hearings

John Banks (TV3)
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Property price trends become harder to forecast

Alistair Helm
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Showroom 2014: Kiwi new car market - firing on all cylinders

NBR Staff | HOLIDAY REVIEW

NZ's new-car market is firing on all cylindars. Read the National Business Review Showroom 2014 feature here.

 

Could this man be Prime Minister of New Zealand?

Brian Edwards
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When popularity vote counts for nothing

Rodney Hide
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The truth about working from home

David Reiss
David Reiss | HOLIDAY REVIEW | 4 comments

Why Putin won't repeat Crimea in Eastern Ukraine

Oleksandr Turchynov
Nathan Smith | HOLIDAY REVIEW

While Moscow needs to control Ukraine for its own strategic benefit, it knows better than to walk into a trap

Kiwi killed in Yemen not 'tip of iceberg,' security analyst

Dr Paul Buchanan
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Carry On: Cathay-Qatar codeshare, Airbus corporate jet, Emirates appeal and more

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Business travel news you can use.

How did engineers become box tickers?

Wayne Brown
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BUDGET 2014: $600m a year: Are interest free student loans value for money?

Dan Lowe
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BUDGET 2014: Action plan needed to harness ultrafast broadband

Paul Kane
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National with biggest lead over Labour/Greens since July 2013 as NZers celebrate Royal visit

NBR Staff | Friday April 18, 2014 | 2 comments

Oravida scandal not registering with voters.

A sense of proportion about risk and be grateful for farmer success

Stephen Franks
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Opinion: Keep the flag and get a new one, too

John Harbord
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Moko: An expressive and technical onslaught

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Car Torque: Ford and Toyota in stat stoush

Toyota Corolla
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NZPI: CBRE's Clause Brewer

Claus Brewer director of Industrial, logistics and Investment services at Cbre
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GLOBAL TECH WRAP: Facebook to Notify Users When Friends are Nearby

"I just thought I'd drop by and surprise ... oh."
Friday April 18, 2014

PLUS: Edward Snowden makes his first major public appearance in Russia.

ASK ME ANYTHING: Don Brash

Dr Don Brash
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"Most men are hard-wired to find women attractive. If society is going to be stable, we men need to control those very powerful attractions"

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Landmark Supreme Court decision protects ‘outstanding landscapes’

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Pattrick Smellie | Friday April 18, 2014 | 4 comments

The Supreme Court has upheld resource consents for three salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds, but in an important win for the protection of "outstanding landscapes", it has ruled against a fourth site.

"Another nail in the coffin of the anti-private property rights RMA"

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VIRAL VIDEO: Tiny robot printer connects to your smartphone

Zuta's Mini Mobile Robotic Printer
Friday April 18, 2014

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