6 Sep 2025

Liam Dann: supermarkets & housing meltdowns

From Saturday Morning, 10:50 am on 6 September 2025
Liam Dann

Liam Dann Photo: Eleanor Dann

The current property slump in Auckland and Wellington is one of the worst in New Zealand's history.

And there's a widespread belief that New Zealanders are being ripped off in supermarkets but does the evidence actually back that up?

New Zealand Herald business editor-at-large Liam Dann runs the Inside Economics column in the Herald where he takes a deeper dive into the economic news you may have missed. 

An empty trolley in supermarket.

Abstract blurred photo of empty trolley in supermarket bokeh background. Empty shopping cart in supermarket. Photo: 123rf / Sergii Sverdelov