Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Thursday, March 20
Job ads slump again; Consumer confidence crashes; Contact CEO says NZ closed for business as forced to appeal wind farm rejection; Bay of Plenty Council rejects 'lefty' LGNZ
Here’s my selection1 of scoops, breaking news, news, analyses, deep-dives, features, interviews, Op-Eds, editorials and cartoons from around Aotearoa’s political economy on housing, climate and poverty from RNZ, 1News, The Post-$2, The Press−$, Newsroom/$3, NZ Herald/$, Stuff, BusinessDesk/$, Politik-$, NBR-$, Reuters, FT/$, WSJ/$, Bloomberg/$, New York Times/$, The Atlantic-$, The Economist-$ and more as of 6am on xxxx.
In short: Job ads have slumped again and consumer confidence has crashed, endangering the Government’s early 2025 ‘going for growth’ push. Contact CEO Mike Fuge says the rejection of Contact’s big Southland wind farm shows New Zealand is actually closed for business, although Contact will appeal the decision. Western Bay of Plenty District councillors say they pulled out of LGNZ because of its views on climate and co-governance.
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