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Shoeshine

Land lease communities an Australian phenomenon

ANALYSIS: Australian land lease communities would seem a natural fit in New Zealand, so why aren’t they?

Nicholas Pointon Mon, 21 Jul 2025

Investment

Retirement housing provider GemLife makes strong ASX debut

Shoeshine

The lobby group muddying the water on retirement reform

Economy Matters

The looming crisis in retirement savings

Deals

IPO possible for Freedom Lifestyle, after $40m equity deal

Property

Later living in luxury

Book Review

Dreams and reality: The Arab world of two great men

Sir Ranulph Fiennes on TE Lawrence.

Nevil Gibson Sun, 25 Feb 2024

Hunter’s Corner

The dark heart of a media bargain

ANALYSIS: The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill is cast as a blow for struggling media Davids against the giants of Google and Facebook. There’s another way to look at it.

Tim Hunter Fri, 23 Feb 2024

Beehive Banter

Tragedy, polls, retirement, forced apology and a grim scorecard

ANALYSIS: Chris Hipkins loses a political ally in Grant Robertson.

Brent Edwards Fri, 23 Feb 2024

Edwards on Politics

No surprises in state of the Government’s books

ANALYSIS: But little doubt fiscal consolidation is needed.

Brent Edwards Thu, 22 Feb 2024

Margin Call

Home bias plus passive investment equals distorted markets

ANALYSIS: Suggestion that markets inflated by home bias potentially have greater downside if markets do suffer a serious crash.

Nicholas Bagnall Tue, 20 Feb 2024

Shoeshine

Climate activism: rage against the carbon emitting machine

ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court waved through Mike Smith’s challenge to big emitters, a move likely to discomfort shareholders, directors, and business at large.