ANALYSIS: The cut in the OCR is expected to give the economy a boost.
ANALYSIS: Removing GST from fruit and vegetables was not an economic decision. Had it been purely that, no change would have been made.
ANALYSIS: All parties are putting out new policies, often with little detail about how they would work.
ANALYSIS: Poor polling was not the Government’s only challenge this week.
ANALYSIS: Despite Labour’s difficulties, polls are still close.
ANALYSIS: The Government’s announcements on youth crime this week did not all go according to plan.
ANALYSIS: PM Chris Hipkins adds to the policy bonfire this week by ruling out wealth or capital gains taxes.
ANALYSIS: PM Chris Hipkins travels to Europe, hoping he can forget about troubles at home.
While Chris Hipkins was in China another minister struck trouble.
ANALYSIS: Beehive insiders and others still cannot understand how Michael Wood let it get to this.