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Forty years on from NZ's most consequential election

Four decades after New Zealand's era-defining 1984 election, a new podcast, Juggernaut, looks at the subsequent Labour government which changed the country.

AAP · Jul 20, 2024

A nation reinvented: 40 years on from its 1984 victory, the Fourth Labour Government still defines NZ

It’s easy to look back at the bad haircuts, beige clothes and brown Beehive carpets and chuckle. But whatever one’s views on its aesthetics, the Fourth Labour Government – elected 40 years ago on July 14 – was no laughing matter.

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2024

Low inflation targeting is such a dubious idea. Why did the Reserve Bank adopt it in the first place?

As we struggle with higher interest rates and unemployment, this is the price we have to pay to restore the ‘credibility’ of the RBA

The Guardian - AU · Jul 2, 2024