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

HVxtra: Political Update / Stage-managing unity: the govt’s blue-print announcement

A case of the vapours for all parties / Bridges’s leadership / The return of TOP / The politics of trees – natives vs pinus radiata / Public sector productivity / Fonterra’s ructions play out on DIRA canvas / Kiwi dollar – how low can it go?

Parker tries again for some sort of water tax / Lucky escape in nurses’ decision / NZ First’s influence / Unwelcome advice / Trade tensions to weigh on currency / Culture wars heating up / New Crown infrastructure decision-making body soon

NZ First at 25 / NZ First – National-lite in its influence / US vs Mexico tariff war – an opportunity for NZ dairy? / Simon Bridges’s first party conference as leader / Industry sectors – big themes for the next 3-5 years / The Greens take some hits / Employment law reform – a long, slow road

Medium Term Economic and Political Projections / Economic outlook – medium term / Political outlook – medium term / Tweaking the dragon – a new chapter in NZ-China relations / Hipkins to China this week / Business lobby wobbles? / Nurses’ industrial action