New Zealand’s record fuel prices are no longer just a petrol-station problem. They are becoming a food, freight, business and cost-of-living crisis – and the Government’s response is still too narrow.
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油管麦克观点：润澳半年又搬回新西兰，带娃家庭到底该不该只看工资差？
油管麦克这期视频聊到一个很真实的问题：澳洲工资更高、机会更多，但为什么有人润澳半年又搬回新西兰？本文从工资差、带娃成本、生活节奏、通勤、社交支持和家庭幸福感角度，解读新西兰和澳洲到底差在哪里。
Free Healthcare Can Be the Most Expensive Kind: What New Zealand Should Learn from Taiwan
Opinion: The most comforting myth in New Zealand healthcare is also the most expensive one: because the public system is free at the point of care, we tell
New Zealand should be careful before narrowing who gets to vote
Voting rules look technical until they decide who counts as part of the political community. NZ First’s proposal to restrict voting to citizens only, repor
New Zealand’s mega-ministry will only work if it changes incentives, not letterheads
New Zealand’s new mega-ministry sounds like a bureaucratic reshuffle. It should be judged as something more demanding: a test of whether the state can stop
Auckland’s new birthing unit should make New Zealand ask a bigger question
A new birthing unit is easy to celebrate. It is also easy to misunderstand. The opening of a primary birthing unit in central Auckland should not be treate
Wellington should stop treating the Golden Mile as a nice-to-have
Opinion: Wellington’s Golden Mile argument is often described as a transport fight: bus priority, private cars, footpaths, construction pain, retailers, co
Driving with cognitive decline should not be left to families to police alone
Opinion: New Zealand is uncomfortable talking about when an older person should stop driving. That discomfort is understandable. A licence can mean indepen
New Zealand should learn from Williamson’s quiet excellence before it turns it into nostalgia
Kane Williamson’s retirement from international cricket, reported by RNZ , will naturally produce highlight reels and farewell language. But the more usefu
Emergency alerts should be treated as a trust system, not just a phone feature
New Zealanders will hear Emergency Mobile Alert tests from time to time, and the official advice from Get Ready explains how the system works. The technolo