The Primary Production Select Committee sees its role as being the voice of rural New Zealand, says chair Mark Cameron.
Politics: New Zealand would need a written constitution if it became a republic.
Minister says grey areas on interest tax deductability still need to be sorted.
Monetary policy committee prepared to lower the official cash rate if required.
Damien O’Connor says NZ has to stay ahead of curve when it comes to animal welfare.
National housing bill looks to incentivise council consents with $50,000.
David Bennett says the government’s strict rules-based approach is not encouraging good behaviour.
High carbon investments will be ‘increasingly risky’ as country gets closer to meeting government climate targets.
Firms expect interest rate rises in the next 12 months.
Criminalising cartel behaviour puts ‘backbone in that whole regime’, minister says.