New Zealand: inflation up, housing down, jobs steady, divorces down

New Zealand’s widely-praised response to the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s profile receiving a significant boost.

In the past year, our Trans-Tasman cousins have flown under the radar in Australia as the 2022 Federal Election grabbed a lot of media attention.

The New Zealand Budget was handed down on Thursday…