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Thomas Coughlan

Thomas Coughlan worked as a Newsroom reporter based in Wellington.

Terror in Chch

Time to recall MPs’ anti-migrant rhetoric

In the wake of the Christchurch attacks, it’s time to look at how politicians talk about Islam.

Thomas Coughlan

Jan 02 2020

Comment

Why Hong Kong matters now

The 21st anniversary of China taking possession of Hong Kong was marked by protest, rather than celebration and for good reason, writes Thomas Coughlan.

Thomas Coughlan

Jul 08 2019

Transport

Inside NZTA’s terrible year

It’s been less than a year since the sky fell on NZTA. Thomas Coughlan looks at what went wrong and what the future might hold.

Thomas Coughlan

Jul 05 2019

Economy

Key warns capital move would cut GDP by 20%

ANZ has forecast a total GDP fall in today’s money terms of 20 percent of GDP if the Reserve Bank goes ahead with its proposal to hold more risk capital.

Thomas Coughlan

Jul 02 2019

Government

PM & Martin: why we didn’t watch video

Jacinda Ardern and Tracey Martin defend their decision not to view a video of a child uplift, as sweeping changes to Oranga Tamariki come into force.

Thomas Coughlan

Jul 01 2019

Government

Banks could face $22b safety bill

Treasury has costed the Government’s deposit protection scheme at $2.7 billion, that comes on top of a $20 billion Reserve Bank plan to makes banks safer.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 28 2019

environment

Stats paint picture of the country we’re killing

The second release of landmark environmental data from Statistics NZ show how little has been done to reduce emissions over the past decade.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 28 2019

Government

Report urges more MPs and new select committees

Parliament is too small, and committees too poorly resourced, to properly hold the Government to account, review says.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 25 2019

Government

$850m needed for Interisland ferries

The Government has announced where its $1 billion of KiwiRail funding will be spent, but more is needed to replace Cook Strait ferries.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 25 2019

Corporate

Are the banks too safe — or not safe enough?

The Government has unveiled a plan to protect depositors in the event of a bank collapse, but key questions have not yet been answered.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 25 2019

Budget

Robertson signals even more wellbeing budgeting

Future budgets will see the existing spending, as well as new spending, subjected to a wellbeing analysis, Robertson says at OECD report launch.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 25 2019

Media

Chinese NZ Herald retracts misleading article

The Chinese New Zealand Herald is in the spotlight for publishing and then retracting an article about the Hong Kong protests.

Thomas Coughlan and Laura Walters

Jun 23 2019

Housing

When Newsroom briefed the Govt on KiwiBuild

Treasury used a Newsroom story to remind ministers they couldn’t sell Crown land on the cheap for KiwiBuild.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 20 2019

Government

Robertson’s $50 billion debt buffer

The Minister of Finance was accused of imprudence when he suggested the Government’s next debt target could be as high as 25 percent, but he actually undercut Treasury’s suggestion by as much as $50b.

Thomas Coughlan

Jun 19 2019