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May 22, 2026

Keynesian economics tells us that the most reliable circuit-breakers are exports and government spending. New Zealand's exports are booming, and have been for a while. But for New Zealand that's still far from enough; New Zealand needs a government spending circuit breaker as well.

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Serious crash, SH2, Twyford

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Source: New Zealand Police Police are responding to a serious crash on State Highway 2 / Hawke’s Bay Expressway that has blocked all lanes near the Ngaruroro River. The incident was reported to emergency services around 7pm. Injuries are reported. Links Road roundabout is blocked off with diversions in place. Motorists are advised to avoid…

Greenpeace – Govt forced to admit its fossil gas story was always a fairytale

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Source: Greenpeace The NZ Government has been forced today to reinstate a scheme to support businesses transitioning off fossil gas. “This is a major admission by the Government that the fairytale they have been telling the country, that there is more fossil gas, was always nonsense,” says Dr Russel Norman, Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director. “As the…

BusinessNZ – Gas transition plan will aid critical sectors

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Source: BusinessNZ BusinessNZ welcomes the Government’s announced loan scheme to help commercial and industrial gas users transition, in the face of significant gas price increases and rapidly declining domestic production. Director of Advocacy Catherine Beard says until now, successive governments have pursued a net-zero goal without a workable transition plan that keeps businesses and jobs intact.…

Green bill could halt New Zealand’s infrastructure rebuild – Aggregate and Quarry Assn

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Source: Aggregate and Quarry Association of NZ The quarry industry has written to the Green Party saying a new private member’s bill to ban all new extractive activity on all conservation land could have profound implications for New Zealand. Aggregate and Quarry Association CEO, Wayne Scott, says quarrying companies are extremely concerned that if the bill…

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