At a news conference, PM Luxon rejected suggestions he had interfered with the Reserve Bank’s independence on monetary policy.
Parliament's banking inquiry has made 19 key recommendations to improve banking competition.
But Local government Minister Simon Watts is still intent on capping rates.
Changes aimed at removing ‘system blockages’ will consolidate local authority consent functions and scrap ‘joint and several liability’ system.
‘We don’t want to overburden business,’ Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says.
Brooke van Velden says she works for the Government, not Uber.
Simeon Brown says he expects it to be run in a commercial way and maximise returns.
The costs get passed on to consumers, said David Seymour, as he announced the Ministry of Regulation's next target.
The New Zealand Initiative believes it is a missed opportunity for comprehensive reform.
Marilyn Waring says orthodox economics is ‘absolutely riddled with ideology’.