Polls vs perception – stick with the average / Disentangling the China steel ‘threat’ story / Keep watching Turkey / Tuku Morgan rampant / Veep nominees support TPP? / Gunning for a lower dollar / Meat industry cost pressures spur MIA to join court action

Challenges to the current orthodoxy / Govt in deep trouble on housing / Labour at 100 / Brexit impacts / Cross-party thaw on climate change policy? / Competition law reform / Turnbull’s pyrrhic victory

HVxtra / Brexit: first impressions as the dust settles

HVxtra / Brexit: a political as much an economic challenge

Peace breaking out between Auckland and Wellington? / Maori Party positioning as alternative to Peters / Silver Fern Farms deal looking shaky / Leak inquiry hurts govt’s ‘go-to’ fixer, Paula Rebstock / Prickly RBNZ / Transport – as much an issue in Wellington as Auckland / Brexit – all over bar the shouting?

The Labour-Greens pact – the risks / National’s housing dilemma – an Achilles heel defined / Remuneration – holidays and pay equity / Global affairs: huge tests for the status quo / Monetary policy – odds on a cut in August / Media convergence and mergers / More time for RMA and Te Ture Whenua reforms

HVxtra / First impressions on the Labour/Greens MoU

The Budget: low quality, job-rich growth / Entrenchment of the Maori Party / TPP – in trouble again / Housing delivering for Labour? / Grid pricing reform – still a way to go? / Taking the pulse on the Japan-NZ relationship / Watch the carbon price now

Little vs Key – Labour’s new strategy / The Panama Papers – serious, but … / RMA reform – expect change / Sunlight on the OIO / Budget 2016 – spending pressures and debt trump tax cuts / RBNZ prepares a new mattress at the bottom of the cliff / Media shenanigans

PM’s political radar on the blink? / NZ First gaining / Key’s China trip / Funding Auckland infrastructure / Pressure to cancel ‘laundered’ carbon credits / Regional infrastructure / 2016 CEO Retreat: Aug 18 to 20