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It is now time for New Zealand to cut military ties with the USA. The USA military has a grotesque human rights record and has been involved in a huge number of unnecessary, brutal, destructive and poorly thought out conflicts, and that was before Donald ...

UnitedFuture leader, Hon Peter Dunne, says UnitedFuture will not be supporting the Education (Charter Schools Abolition) Amendment Bill.

Waikato Police and emergency services staff were called to attend a two car crash on State Highway 3, south of Piopio on Wednesday at approximately 2:00 pm.

In his speech and in questions and answers to the Marlborough Chamber of Commerce last week New Zealand First Leader and Northland MP Rt Hon Winston Peters explained why he thought Donald Trump would win the US presidential election.

Nelson Police attended a fatal motorcycle crash today and wish to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident.

International trade could be a source of tension with the election of Donald Trump as US President, says BusinessNZ.

ExportNZ says Trump winning the US Presidential election signals a bumpy ride for currency markets and a lost opportunity to reduce trade barriers for New Zealand products if the TPPA gets knocked back.

Labour needs give up on its campaign against partnership schools, says ACT Leader David Seymour, after Chris Hipkins’ bill to abolish the schools was voted down at first reading.

“This result will certainly concern many New Zealanders, but American democracy reflects the will of American voters. This result should be respected, and ACT offers its congratulations to president-elect Trump.

The Reserve Bank today reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 1.75 percent.

NZDUSD 0.7282 -0.5% NZDEUR 0.6655 0.3% NZDGBP 0.5855 -0.9% NZDJPY 76.59 0.0% NZDAUD 0.9538 0.5% NZDCAD 0.9771 -0.2%

Here’s the unemployment rates for significant OECD countries: Germany 4.3% New Zealand 4.9% UK 4.9% US 5.0% Australia 5.7% OECD 6.3% Canada 7.0% Ireland 8.4% EU 8.6% France 10.0% Euro area 10.1% Italy 11.5% Spain 20.1% Greece 23.5% Tags: unemployment

Nov. 9 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar tumbled against the yen as speculation grew that the Republican Party may win not only the White House but achieve a clean sweep with control of the Senate and the House as well, giving it more power to enact ...

Nov. 9 (BusinessDesk) - The yen strengthened and gold rose, while stock markets fell as US presidential election results showed the possibility of a win by Donald Trump, sending investors to so-called safe haven assets.

Nov. 9 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand has delayed cracking down on multinational tax avoidance due to private sector concerns over timing and concerns about "scaring away" foreign investment, the Inland Revenue Department says.

Nov. 9 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand shares tumbled as Donald Trump took the lead in the US presidential race, with every stock on the benchmark index dropping. Xero, Heartland Bank and SkyCity Entertainment Group led the decline.

Nov. 9 (BusinessDesk) - Mercer Group plans to buy Hastings-based Haden & Custance for $2.25 million as the unprofitable stainless steel fabricator transitions to a food processing and packaging business.

Prime Minister John Key has congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his victory in the US Presidential election.

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Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street rose, bolstered by pharmaceutical stocks, after an upset victory for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election.

Donald Trump’s victory is the biggest upset in modern politics. It dwarfs everything that came before it. It was not just a polling upset in that the polls were wrong (and they were) like in Dewey vs Truman. It was also a data upset in that all the models based on early voter turnout were […]

A few days ago the Herald published an op-ed from Michael Barnett, the CEO of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. I found it an odd article as it was never quite clear about what Barnett’s key point was, seemingly jumping between two of them with liberal amounts of anecdata, logic leaps and outright incorrect data sprinkled in. [...]

Press Release – Tourism Industry Aotearoa From public toilets to port facilities, the infrastructure required to support New Zealand’s booming tourism industry was in the spotlight at today’s Tourism Summit Aotearoa in Wellington. More than 250 industry leaders attending the Summit were updated on a National Tourism Infrastructure Assessment, which is underway to make sure […]

Press Release – New Zealand Government Pacific parliamentarians, recognised for their leadership potential, are coming together in New Zealand next week for a Pacific Parliamentary Forum.Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives For release: Thursday 10 November New Zealand hosts Pacific Parliamentary Forum Pacific parliamentarians, recognised for their leadership potential, are coming together […]

Press Release – Massey University Dr Collette Bromhead from Massey University’s College of Health. A Massey University health scientist hopes to create more awareness about the prevalence, diagnosis and treatment for rare sexually transmitted infections in New Zealand. College of Health senior lecturer in molecular microbiology Dr Collette Bromhead is presenting her work at the […]