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The Latest Breaking News from Jonathan Milne

The failure of a plucky online grocery competitor has left a big question: if Supie can't break through the supermarket duopoly, who or what can?

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National MP in key seat didn't disclose big shareholding

Andrew Bayly is hoist by his own petard, after acerbically criticising Labour's Michael Wood for not revealing what shares he owned. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Grocery reforms do nothing for cost of living, says early adopter Huckleberry

Organic grocer Huckleberry was first to sign up to a government-backed wholesale deal with the big supermarkets – but now says its expansion plans are cramped by economic and political uncertainty. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Raw Politics: Let the campaign begin

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Tax, fiscal holes, and disinformation. Plus: With just 43 days until the election, how is the campaign shaping up?

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National donors say migrant hostels inquiry has been widened to other houses

Alpha Laboratories owners say they expect to be cleared in tenancy inquiry, and hope to continue donating money to politics to support small businesses. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Former soldier takes on new battle to rebuild our health system

Jeremy Holman was a senior British Army engineering officer overseeing the construction of community and medical facilities in war-torn Afghanistan; now he's building hospitals and community clinics in New Zealand. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Three water CEOs claim salaries despite roles being disestablished

A trio of veteran public servants are being paid up to $2.4m between them, to set in place new Three Waters corporations that have now been canned. Jonathan Milne reports.

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17,000 homes and businesses overcharged by defective 'smart' water meters

Multinational smart meter firm Landis+GYR is to refund Auckland Watercare customers who it had wrongly been billing extra for the past year. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Quick start to Three Waters could save Auckland and Northlanders $1,000

A 2024 start to the Government's new Auckland-Northland water entity is forecast to save households hundreds of dollars a year, on planned increases to water charges. Jonathan Milne investigates.

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Raw Politics: The 'fart now pay later' edition

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Has National and the country given up on farm emissions? When does Labour throw a punch? And more from the whiny, wet, negative land called NZ.

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Wealthy NZers offer to pay more tax – but Inland Revenue says no thanks

Expressing disappointment at the PM's reluctance to impose a capital gains tax, one of Labour's biggest donors Phillip Mills is a signatory to a new open letter offering to pay more tax. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Govt to pick up some flood retreat costs insurance firms can't cover

Facing resistance to moving people off disaster-prone family land, Finance Minister Grant Robertson must use this month's Budget to meet some of the anticipated $8 billion shortfall in rebuild costs, writes Jonathan Milne.

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Price of life: Govt to value safer and faster journeys nearly three times more

The NZ Transport Agency has quietly hiked the value it places on a human life to $12.5 million, in a far-reaching decision that resets how much government will pay for road and rail infrastructure, and much more. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Govt's new science spending must mend public/private rift, says industry

The Prime Minister says this year's $1.6b spend on science and innovation will be increased in the Budget. And it's understood new national research priorities will direct how the money is used, reports Jonathan Milne.

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Ensuring financial inclusion, when NZ can't bank on the big banks

Softer rules for smaller institutions would be a bold call for MPs – and one they might regret, if the troubles that have hit SVB, Credit Suisse and others extend down to this corner of the globe, says Jonathan Milne.

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Kawerau leads small councils' fight against new amalgamations

The Infrastructure Commission and a Government-commissioned review into local government have both raised questions about how smaller districts can remain viable. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Three Waters: The little town that said 'no' to a $2.4m no-strings windfall

When local authorities are under financial strain by the Government's own admission, Waimate is the only council in the country to stand on its principles and refuse the Three Waters sweetener. Jonathan Milne reports.

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'A price worth paying': Counting the cost of wider local voice

Newsroom has modelling suggesting 10 smaller regional water corporation will cost communities billions more than the Govt's previous reform model. Jonathan Milne talks with seven key mayors about that trade-off.

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The Mayor, the other Wayne Brown, and the misdirected emails

Ahead of the independent review into Auckland Council's slow response to the January 27 floods, the council expresses confidence that confusion between two different Wayne Browns didn't contribute to delays. Jonathan Milne reports.

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US tech giant Amazon draining Auckland wetlands to build big cloud data centre

Secret plans for the location of Amazon Web Services' new cloud computing facility reveal the planned removal of a dabchick nesting site, reports Jonathan Milne.

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$1.25m taxpayer loan at heightened risk in Rosa Foods collapse

Vegan All Black TJ Perenara is among investors in a glamour plant-based food brand under scrutiny after the collapse of its indebted sister company. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Tova and Today the canaries in the economic mine

The radio workers were caught by the unexpected speed of the decline of NZ's consumer economy, since Christmas – and they won't be the last. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Posie Parker wins the beautiful freedom to make an ugly argument

High Court Justice David Gendall regretfully allows anti-trans activist to enter NZ, but warns the expression of her views may be harmful to NZ's vulnerable rainbow community. Jonathan Milne does his best to be civil.

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Warring building supplies firms tie up critical NZ land with 999-year covenants

Big building supply companies have fended off competition by wrapping desirable blocks of land in legal constraints on generations of NZers, alarming the Commerce Commission into issuing a far-reaching warning. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Credit Suisse is the car crash in its own Bonfire of the Vanities

The name's Bond – unhedged Treasury bond. Jonathan Milne argues that bond traders have again become sexy, for all the wrong reasons.

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