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The Kākā by Bernard Hickey

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The latest daily snapshot of the news, detail, insight and analysis on geo-politics, the global economy, business, markets and the local political economy for citizens and decision-makers of Aotearoa-NZ.
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Pressure growing on banks to cut mortgage rates
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Homeowners 'save' on insurance with higher excesses; Sherwin saw Nana-led ProdCom as 'political'; Christchurch needs $5b from Beehive; Hutt Riverlink…
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Top 10 at 10 am for Thursday, Nov 30
Building liability set to fall in insurance hole; Banks' climate models vastly under-estimate storm damage with 3 degrees of warming; Study finds 75% of…
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Top 10 news links at 10 am for Tuesday, Nov 28
National may cancel the market study into bank profits and just do a select committee inquiry; Wellington Water warns of $30b repair bill over 30 years…
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Top 10 news links at 10 am for Monday, Nov 27
Wayne Brown flew business to India at ratepayers' expense against official advice; Councils put infrastructure spending on hold without Govt funds for…
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Pressure growing on banks to cut mortgage rates
Listen now (9 mins) | Analysis shows mortgage margins rose over 50 basis points since Sept as banks fail to pass on falling wholesale rates; Margin…
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MBIE ignoring energy poverty report
MBIE says change of government means this month's report showing 300,000 can't afford power 'no longer under active consideration'; Global temperatures…
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Talks to form Government drag into sixth week
Government-forming talks hit two or three “serious issues” in Auckland; staffers being flown to-and-from Wellington as “cost of democracy”; Chart of the…
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An ugly fight for African forest offsets NZ may have to buy
Cathrine Dyer's weekly roundup of climate news for subscribers to The Kākā, including detail on a scramble for the sorts of African deforestation carbon…
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7:30
Vacuums forming without a sworn-in Cabinet
Government-forming talks now two days longer than contested ones in 2017; MBIE, MFAT & Stats NZ now second-guessing yet-to-be-sworn-in ministers with…
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NZ Inc churning and burning faster than ever
New Zealanders leaving at a record-high rate of 200 per day, including 80 a day in the 18-30 age-group, mostly to Australia; They're being more than…
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Auckland fires up congestion charging debate
Auckland launching push for National to bring in congestion charging by 2026; Wayne Brown says wants it 'next week'; Luxon & Seymour to meet Peters in…
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Luxon's ‘hustle’ to ‘open up NZ’ losing its 'mojo'
Talks to form Government hitting roadblocks on foreign buyers’ tax; Luxon, Seymour and Peters yet to meet each other together in person; Luxon unlikely…
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