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False claims should have consequences

EDITORIAL: Risk is inherent in any business activity. But what many people don’t understand – especially those not involved in it – is how much that risk can be exacerbated by both deliberate and unintentional means.

Trade defines our place in the world

Tim Groser

EDITORIAL: The government’s rationale for its shakeup of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade contains a strong dose of self-congratulation.

Transtasman union is more than economics

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Editorial: Emotion should not sway Crafar decision


EDITORIAL: Economy boosters need change of mindset too

The double-whammy delivering the substance of the government's pre-election reform promises is a reassuring sign that this country will be better placed to withstand the ravages of a deep global recession than many others.

An election campaign is never the best place to debate the kind of medicine that most wide-ranging reforms should deliver - apart from large handouts from the public purse.