Stories by Susan Edmunds

Spending was quieter than normal over summer, but there may be good news on the horizon.

The agency is setting a 12-week limit on how much rent debt a tenant can accumulate as part of a change in approach that will also see almost half of the outstanding dept wiped away.

A landlord who says her tenant poisoned her dogs has had her compensation claim declined by the Tenancy Tribunal, and been told to pay $1320 to the tenant.

Even some KiwiSaver managers are not convinced by a plan to remove some of the barriers to the schemes investing in private assets - but others say there are significantly higher returns on offer for…

Anyone questioning why NZ Super recipients are generally required to live in New Zealand should think about whether they would be happy for Jobseeker benefits to go to people who had moved to…

House prices lifted by 1.3 percent on average nationally in the January quarter, though they are still lower than a year earlier.

There may be more options to choose from but there's a warning to take care.

RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.

A Wellington woman was horrified when she was handed the bill for her son's uniform this year and discovered she had to pay more than $1000. Audio

New research is challenging the idea that supermarkets put their prices up in the week before Christmas.

If the other banks do match the rate, it would take the margin between the three-year rate and three-year swap rates to the lowest point since October 2023.

Chartered accountants Australia and New Zealand has released its latest remuneration survey.

It says it's the first of the major banks to offer a sub-5 percent rate this cycle.

Property research firm Corelogic says there is good news for first-home buyers in 2025.

The latest data on the country's best and worst-performing funds is out.

The latest Retirement Expenditure Guidelines show what retirees are spending for a no-frills and choices lifestyle in provincial and metropolitan centres.

Kiwis may need to come terms with not being able to rely on huge strong capital gains, an expert says. Audio

Economists say whether it has the right number of people is not a straightforward question to answer.

与澳大利亚相对温和的政策手段相比，新西兰在调控政策上掉转太快。小体量经济在外界影响明显时波动巨大。

Last year was a tough one, even compared to other similar countries. We ask experts what went wrong. Audio

Interest rates put pressure on - but there's a reason why we haven't seen more forced sales.

Trade tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China could mean interest rates stay higher here.

Some beneficiaries will have to prove they are looking for work before they can get back to "green" on the traffic light system.

Some popular short-term term mortgage fixes will drop its one-year rate by five basis points.

So you want to save $500,000 for retirement. What does it take to get there?