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The nitrate contamination of Waimate’s drinking water source is a chance for the new drinking water regulator to defend drinking water sources and public health. But its public statements suggest it may be adopting a hands-off approach

The Government should introduce accelerated depreciation for manufacturing technology in this year’s Budget, if it wants to kick-start manufacturing businesses’ investment in advanced equipment and boost productivity. That’s the message from Employers and Manufacturers Association boss Brett O’Riley. 

Government funding models are pushing companies providing care for both the young and the old into crisis mode; leaders warn staff shortages will force more facilities to close

Marlin Global holds shares that may now be worthless in the New York-based Signature Bank, shut down by US regulators as they try to prevent a widening bank crisis. Jonathan Milne reports.

Exploring the motive of a crime novel

The Government wants to better understand the location and status of dozens of orphan wells on Crown land, some more than 100 years old.

Consultants are integral to policy development and delivery and though they make significant profits from public spending, they perform important work, write Associate Profs Russell Prince, Tom Baker and Nicolas Lewis

Labour has overtaken National as the party of doing nothing. Both leaders are now in a race to do as little as possible to rock the voter boat right through until the election in October.

Drivers working for Wellington Combined Taxis say a policy was pushed through during the Covid-19 pandemic that forced them to subsidise the rest of the company.