Policy has Green hue
Policy has Green hue
Labour wants to pour millions of dollars into eradicating child poverty, in a policy announced yesterday that bears striking similarities to one already released by the Green Party.
Dene Mackenzie
European patents for cancer technology
European patents for cancer technology
Dunedin-based biomedical company Pacific Edge continues to expand its global reach with patents having been issued in Europe, Australia and New Zealand for the company's technology for the detection of gastric cancer.
National plans to target loan sharks
National plans to target loan sharks
The National Party plans to overhaul consumer credit laws to protect unwary consumers being preyed upon by unscrupulous credit companies if it is returned to power.
KiwiSaver on Green agenda
KiwiSaver on Green agenda
The Green Party has become the third party to target changes to KiwiSaver during the election campaign, championing a "public option" provider as a way of saving money for scheme members.
Peters changes game plan to attack treaty principles
Peters changes game plan to attack treaty principles
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters yesterday launched a savage attack on the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi as he battled to gain voter support in the last three weeks of the election campaign.
Banks' profits inflame critics
Banks' profits inflame critics
The banking system in New Zealand became a political issue this week when the Green Party co-leader, Russel Norman, accused the "big four" of strip mining the economy. Business editor Dene Mackenzie investigates.
Labour surplus bid relies on tax rises
Labour surplus bid relies on tax rises
Labour has opened its books on election promises but returning the Crown accounts to surplus by 2014-15 depends a lot on increased taxes and betting on increased returns from overseas investments.
Cunliffe has chance to explain costings
Cunliffe has chance to explain costings
Accusations that a Labour government would go on a spending spree were rubbish, the party's finance spokesman David Cunliffe said yesterday.
Ticks and crosses
Ticks and crosses
What should be one of the most important decisions voters can make on November 26 is being obscured by the contest to gain control of the Treasury benches. Political editor Dene Mackenzie writes that deciding on our future voting system is an important decision for us all.
Public input on broadcasting
Public input on broadcasting
Labour wants to establish a new non-commercial public broadcaster, using feedback from a proposed public debate on the form public broadcasting should take.
BusinessNZ welcomes investment in science
BusinessNZ welcomes investment in science
National's policy to boost investment in the science sector and establish a "high-tech HQ" has been welcomed by BusinessNZ chief executive Phil O'Reilly.
Fires you can turn on with your phone or net
Fires you can turn on with your phone or net
Dunedin manufacturer Escea is about to set the world on fire again with its latest release of luxury gas fireplaces, ones that can be controlled through an iPhone or on the internet.
Labour confident in fiscal plan out today
Labour confident in fiscal plan out today
Labour will release its election-promise costings today after leader Phil Goff was taunted by Prime Minister John Key on Wednesday with calls of "show me the money".
RWC brings more hours, not jobs
RWC brings more hours, not jobs
Employees appeared to work longer hours during the Rugby World Cup rather than employers taking on more staff to cope with increased demand.
Tuning in to winning formula
Tuning in to winning formula
Recording the music of South Dunedin proved to be a winning formula for Moemoea Records, a combined Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) from Kings and Queens High Schools.
Smiling Goff holds own against Key
Smiling Goff holds own against Key
It was the turn last night for Labour leader Phil Goff to smile during a leader's debate when he firmly grasped his role as an Opposition leader when facing up to Prime Minister John Key.
Labour posits EQC levy change
Labour posits EQC levy change
Homeowners with more expensive properties would pay higher EQC levies under a policy announced yesterday by Labour but there is no guarantee those homeowners would receive higher payouts if disaster struck.
RMA focus signalled
RMA focus signalled
The National Party says it will further streamline the sometimes controversial Resource Management Act if it wins the election on November 26.
Big reform of benefits proposed
Big reform of benefits proposed
National plans to reform welfare in the style it wanted to back in 2005, when it was led by former leader Don Brash, who now leads Act New Zealand.
Caution about asset-sale figures
Caution about asset-sale figures
Figures being bandied about on what returns state-owned assets are providing to the Government are skewing the argument on whether they should be sold after the election.