Left licks wounds / Cities to be ‘flooded’ with land / Slightly slower track / Christopher Luxon shows sharp elbows at Nato / Cut on the horizon / Dairy drop / Electrifying

Mayday / Grounded / Reliable security partner / ‘We can’t buy our way out’ / Growth! / Laybuy companies placed into receivership / Strike two for three strikes

Winter blues / Te Pāti Māori scandal puts Labour in a bind / Fieldays brings farming focus / China visit highlights changed relationship / Housing recovery slows / Synlait reshuffles board, confirms supplier unrest / ComCom files charges against Kiwibank

Promise kept / Pain delayed / DTIs imminent / CHPs on the table / Things can only get better / Tiwai gets lifeline / Open banking gets legislation

Beehive hopes for Budget dividend / Winter of … content / Clock ticks for Interislander ferries / Flight risk / You’ll never buy better / ACC winds up climate fund

One step forward, one step back / Old hands promoted / Aged-care Budget bid a year away / In brief / Rate hikes hit labour market / Banks strong despite hit to profits / Annual reviews head to the debating chamber

Raising the energy / The Aukus questions / Wellington gets reprieve / RMA tweaks; Ruataniwha revival? / An end in sight … / … no end in sight / Gold Rush

Government looks to plan itself out of a funk / Little sign of austerity in light Budget Policy Statement / Science Review asks right questions, at the wrong pace / Slowdown / The end of the postie, the rise of the courier / ComCom cool on Foodstuffs merger / Parliament’s change of pace

What’s eating the electorate? / RUC up leads to tax cut / China gives (and gets) an Aukus warning / Time to unleash Kiwibank? / Going backwards / Briscoes defies tough times for retail / Air NZ shaves Chicago route as long-haul heats up

Government’s $20b transport pivot / Fast track fast-tracked / Christopher Luxon’s avoidable error / Surplus delayed / Bank holds OCR, Treasury agrees economy weakening / Turmoil in media / Parliament wraps up 100 day plan in a hurry