Labour in trouble / Peters and RMA reform / Maori politics / Key to China / Economy at an inflexion point? / Two OCR cuts by mid-year? / Panama Papers vs provisional tax

Working with Winston / Big announcements due on vulnerable children / Who is Labour’s audience? / Cautious approach to h&s prosecutions / The kiwi stays stubbornly high / Hawaiki trans-Pacific cable construction starts / Holidays Act headache

Labour’s positioning / Dairy downturn – political implications / RMA reform enters a critical phase / Water allocation decisions some distance away / Where to now for monetary policy? / TPP legislation tactics / Flag vote – as good as lost

HVxtra: Monetary Policy Statement / OCR cut 25 bps, more likely / NZ outlook suspiciously robust

Water policy – govt baulks on allocation decisions / Greens on trade policy / Grant Robertson’s credibility / EA decision on transmission important for smelter / It’s the income inequality, stupid … / Confidence ebbing, but no early rate cut / Healthcare tech on a tear

Special, but not quite so special anymore / Flag campaign gets serious / Our strangely resilient economy / Turnbull takes a cautious turn / Earnings season / NZ Steel’s operations looking safer / Global value chains vs global value networks

TPP – signed but not finished / Polarised politics – Key and Waitangi / Damned if you do, damned if you don’t / Labour flirts with relevance / TPP – a long parliamentary road ahead / Export pricing / Auckland infrastructure

2016 – off to a wobbly start / The political year ahead / Old campaigners look to another term / Global gloom / Is inflation-targeting dead? / Trust – some good and bad news / Tiwai Point – looking safer

The political climate changes after Paris / RMA reform – not dead yet? / Auckland mayoralty / The Fed moves, the RBNZ beds in at a new low / 2016 – a better year? / Chorus’s big win / Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Monetary Policy Statement extra / RBNZ cuts 25bps for 2.5% OCR, 2 years before inflation at 2%