The migration shock now rumbling through New Zealand’s economic and political landscape is not going away any time soon.

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The US Republican Party is beset by reputational risk in the form of its maverick presidential election candidate Donald Trump, who appears headed for defeat on November 8.

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On August 30 this year the board of New York Stock Exchange listed company Textron decided to stop making “sensor fuzed weapons,” also known as cluster bombs, because of falling sales.

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NBR politics and economics editor Rob Hosking sits down with Prime Minister John Key.

On Friday November 4, Gary McCormick, Tim Shadbolt and former Labour Cabinet Minister, Judith Tizard will face off in a fundraising debate against former National president Michelle Boag, Desley Simpson and Stefan Sunde in the Lefties v the Capitalists set-to. More: https://www.nbr.co.nz/great-debate

Government ministers and MPs will be in a mixture of excitement and trepidation with Prime Minister John Key announcing a cabinet shake-up next year.

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Many job applicants don’t understand want they’re getting into when they submit to a police background check, Privacy Commissioner John Edwards says.

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A former New Zealand Oil & Gas director has advised the company to pursue cheaper-to-develop and more likely to succeed “crumbs,” such as extending its producing Kupe field, rather than chasing inherently riskier projects such as its Barque prospect.

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Bank of New Zealand isn’t ready to call victory for the dairy sector just yet, despite the improving outlook.

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Earlier this month, Auckland-based talent agency Johnson & Laird marked its 15th anniversary.

While surviving that long in what owner-operator Imogen Johnson describes as a “ruthless” industry is certainly worthy of acknowledgement, the upbeat tenor of the celebration was primarily due to the way in which the business has actually thrived – especially recently.

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