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Bruce Cotterill: Labour needs fresh ideas to restore credibility
OPINION: Some might survive if the rhetoric changes; meanwhile it’s looking embarrassing.

Secret meeting: Newshub 'baffled' over TVNZ rejection of joint news plan; TVNZ hits back
A news agency might have saved Newshub - but TVNZ walked away, despite its own losses.

TVNZ's 'tough' $16.7m loss: Shorty St in spotlight; TV stars eye new gigs; Minister's 'appalling' remark
Stuff layoffs - sports staff learn fate; New ad agencies leader.

Matthew Hooton: Who wins from doubling Auckland’s population again?
OPINION: Government suggests an Auckland of 3.4 million would be 15 per cent better off.

Inside Newshub closure - top boss speaks, 5.30pm news show also faces axe
The shows facing the off switch, including 5.30pm news; boss tells of heartbreak.

Sir Ian Taylor: The Nats, the PM, and busting myths about their approach to climate change
Opinion: Where were the coalition partners to support the leading party?

Newshub closure: Warner Bros boss fronts; PM reacts; Star's morale-boosting speech
There are 'a lot of devastated staff', a senior journalist said.

'Folks, this is awful': Full transcripts of what devastated Newshub staff were told today
'There is no sugar-coating it.'

A rare and revealing interview with a slightly exasperated Sir Russell Coutts
'Let that entrepreneurial spirit shine through': Sailing great on NZ's future.

Mary Holm: How to turn a $20 a week saving into $165,000
OPINION: But make sure you have emergency savings first.

TV rugby rights shake-up; Laura's new gig; John Campbell hits back - join our reader debate
Media Insider: Seven bewildering ad complaints; NZME, Sky and Stuff on their financials.

Editorial: Stalled housing market a symptom of economy stuck in neutral
The economic message for 2024 is clear: hang on, a rebound is coming, but not yet.

Top international comedian applies to liquidate NZ production company
The Stripe Studios entity is facing legal action from Netflix star.

Richard Prebble: This coalition Govt is promising revolutionary change, but...
The words are just gesture politics unless they are implemented.

Exclusive: TVNZ's new CEO on job losses, challenges and John Campbell's columns
'What I’ve committed to our team is that I’ll be as open and honest as I can be.'

Liam Dann: Is New Zealand's population growing too fast?
OPINION: The new Government faces some big issues around immigration policy.

Mary Holm: I’ve got terminal cancer - should I use savings to pay the mortgage?
OPINION: A reverse mortgage could also be an option.

Watch: The Kiwi creative, the Hollywood superstar and one of this year's best Super Bowl ads
'We went through easily a hundred different scripts and concepts.'

Sir Ian Taylor: A letter to Act leader David Seymour
OPINION: 'Perhaps, like you, I am not sure where in the Māori world I sit.'

No sign of a spending slowdown in Australia, even at the luxury end
OPINION: Retailer share prices have hit a 12-month high despite higher interest rates.

Sasha Borissenko: Trustees could face multimillion-dollar fines under health and safety rules
OPINION: A WorkSafe prosecution over a farm accident could change the case law.

Liam Dann: Could Year of the Dragon deliver a cure for global inflation?
OPINION: Falling prices in China could flow through to cheaper imports here and globally.

The PM, VIPs and crayfish - inside Shane Jones’ big Waitangi party; 7pm TV wars: MAFS' strong first week
A who's who of business, politics, media and PR mingle at party: 'There was no riff-raff.'

Fair Gone! Popular show's host resigns; Ali Mau's career move; Ads axed after Lotto complaint
Media Insider: Sky's delicate business move; NZ firm's Apple Vision work; Bravo's big rise

Editorial: Time for NZ to acknowledge the dragon in the room
OPINION: While geopolitical tensions dominate debates, China's economic growth flags.

Richard Prebble: No court has ever said the Treaty created a legal partnership
OPINION: Laws are what are passed by Parliament as interpreted by the courts.

Liam Dann: Why we’re doomed to hold interest rates too high for too long
They say Monetary Policy is a blunt tool, but does it need to be quite so blunt?

Mary Holm: Why dodging the tax department could backfire on you
OPINION: Some people hire accountants just to pay less but there is a downside.

7pm TV wars delayed: Hiring freeze hits Bridge show; Piha doco: Police PR stumble
Taylor Swift radio frenzy - 2 tickets, 52,000 calls; Big changes loom for regional media.