A ray of light on gloomy NZ-China relations? / Capital gains tax gambit – fairness vs economic dynamism / Electricity incumbents largely off the hook / The real story of the latest polls: NZ First’s sustained decline / Will the BRRs survive past 2020? / Corporate earnings in full swing

Nats dictate political agenda pre-Waitangi / MFAT’s Brexit juggling act / Employment law reform – digging in on compulsory unions / Maori funding, law reform and water settlement hopes / PM’s ‘state of the nation’ speech

The Year Ahead / How to woo NZ First on capital gains tax / Fair Pay Agreements detail emerges / China relations / KiwiBuild / 5-G / High parliamentary drama guaranteed over social issues

One year in, a blancmange of policy intent / Explanations needed on KiwiBuild CEO / Bridges tries Trump tactic / NZ First – worried as the Greens make nice / First glimpse of the 2019 Wellbeing Budget / A fright for Air NZ / Wishing all Hugo Group members a safe and happy Christmas

Huawei: there will be a price to pay / Centrist interventions shape up in water and UDA / 8 Rivers – plenty of hurdles, including PGF’s credibility / Tax Working Group – heading off the rails? / MMP tweaks on the cards for 2020 referendum / Climate change consensus – on hold till the New Year? / Australia heading to the polls early?

PM’s pre-Xmas China trip off – what does it mean? / UDA policy signed off – legislation next year / Here we go again – RMA reform / The Future of Work and the 2019 Budget / Teachers’ pay claims – a hiding to nothing? / The Reserve Bank under Adrian Orr / Confident Labour flush with funds and wanna-be’s

Hydrogen – hype or hope? / Shane Jones’s other energy initiative / The capital gains tax conundrum / Labour back in Dunedin / DIRA up for tweaks, open entry/exit stays / NZ First static in 1st anniversary poll / Huawei and 5G

Has Jami-Lee Ross guaranteed Labour a second term? / Capital gains tax – election strategy coming into focus / Strong view on PPDs from Ardern / Woods examines hydrogen economy potential / Will methane ‘stabilisation’ be enough? / Energy sector constraints mounting / New Auckland stadium

NZ First – a party in transition / Can Simon Bridges last? / Jones on Chinese forestry investment / Diary juggling act to get PM to China before Xmas / KiwiBuild consortia forming / Zero Carbon Bill submissions / Trade agreements – an increasingly tangled skein

Taxing capital gains – 4th time lucky? / Tax Working Group report – key points for business / The ‘soft’ electricity review group report / Govt taking heart from internal polls / A confounding June 1/4 GDP result / RMA reform – tweak or start again? / Fonterra’s reset