The Kākā’s weekly roundup on politics and economics to Feb 10

The week that was, including Govt movers on housing, migration, benefit sanctions and jobs, plus an invitation to live video chats on Substack at 5pm with Max Rashbrooke & 5:15pm with Ganesh Nana

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Feb 10, 2025

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Here’s the key news, commentary, reports and debate around Aotearoa’s politics and economy in the week to Feb 10 below. That’s ahead of live chats on the Substack App and The Kākā’s front page on Substack at 5pm with:

Max Rashbrooke
on his column in The Weekend Post on Kāinga Ora: Government undermining house-building efforts of …

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A guest post by

Ganesh R Ahirao

Economist by trade, economics as centered on people and place. Worked in academia (VicUni), consulting (BERL), and public service (ProdComm). Now, I think, write, and count (I love numbers😊) for fun! Toitū Te Tiriti! PS: I love cricket too🙂.

A guest post by

Max Rashbrooke

IDEA Research Director