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Benefit struggle: 'I've fallen into the trap of being 100 percent reliant on it'
28 Mar 2025The regions where one in five working-age adults are on benefits.
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Consumer confidence continues to fall
28 Mar 2025Only 16 percent of expected to be better off this time next year.
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Hallenstein Glasson posts $21.2m half-year profit
28 Mar 2025The clothng retailer's sales revenue rose nearly 8 percent to $240 million, but its margins edged lower and its costs rose.
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FMA set to axe more than 20 jobs
28 Mar 2025The country's leading financial market regulator is facing jobs cuts which may weaken its ability to protect investors.
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Job cuts on the way for Corrections and Archive NZ
27 Mar 2025Corrections said proposal given to staff on Thursday included axing a total of 49 support roles - six of which are currently filled.
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Contact Energy appealing decision to decline Southland wind farm consent
27 Mar 2025The company is also reapplying under the new fast-track legislation.
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Cheapest and most expensive suburbs revealed
27 Mar 2025You'd have to pay more than $7 million for a median home in the country's priciest suburb but there's plenty of other options. Audio
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NZ King Salmon sees profit halved to $13.4m
27 Mar 2025The fish farming company has been hit by higher levels of fish deaths and lower growth rates.
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Commercial property increasingly popular with investors
27 Mar 2025Commercial property is offering higher returns than residential properties.
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Driver wins fight with insurer after claim declined for drinking
27 Mar 2025Motorists are told to be honest with insurers about drinking, but in this case that backfired.
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Taranaki firm's 'can-do' approach wins over billion-dollar Australian miners
26 Mar 2025An engineering company is hoping an multi-million dollar contract is a sign of things to come.
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Clothing retailer Jeanswest collapses, 90 Australian stores to shut
27 Mar 2025Jeanswest has several stores in New Zealand too, which administrators say are not closing.
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Hydrogen truck launch part of efforts to cut heavy transport emissions
27 Mar 2025The new trucks will be based at Hampton Downs in Waikato and in Christchurch. Audio
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NZME boardroom battle: 'Try for a fresh start for all' - businessman
26 Mar 2025The Auckland businessman looking to oust the board of media company NZME believes he has the numbers to achieve change, and told the current board resistance was "futile".
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Why it's tough to open a bank account
26 Mar 2025Recent migrants, people who do not speak English, rural communities, trusts, young people and Māori trusts are hit hardest.
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Why aren't there more women lawyers at the top?
27 Mar 2025Even though more than half of New Zealand's lawyers are women, less than a third of them are working in the country's higher courts.
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Owners of Kathmandu and Rip Curl post $20m half-year loss
26 Mar 2025Sales are up just half a percent for outdoor goods retailer KMD Brands.
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Are anti-scam tools enough?
26 Mar 2025Banks have launched a number of anti-scam tools in recent months, but Consumer NZ says they are still not going far enough.
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Now is the time to buy a house, buyers tell Trade Me
26 Mar 2025New Zealanders are coming around to the idea that now is a good time to buy a house, Trade Me says.
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Why housing affordability is improving even while prices aren't falling
25 Mar 2025Massey University says housing affordability has improved, even though median house prices only fell in two regions.
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How will US tariffs impact NZ? Report sheds new light
25 Mar 2025New Zealand may escape relatively lightly from any US tariffs imposed on the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report.
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Will RMA change mean cheaper houses?
25 Mar 2025Planned changes to the Resource Management Act should reduce house prices and improve supply - provided they are able to be enacted.
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US-led tariff war reduces international cooperation on global tax laws
25 Mar 2025The United States-led tariff war has pushed global cooperation on international tax rules to the back burner, leaving small countries like New Zealand the poorer for it.
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How much you could make investing in Lego, whisky, or handbags
25 Mar 2025University of Auckland finance lecturer Gertjan Verdickt has released new research into alternative investments, including Lego, instruments, classic cars, wine, whisky and baseball cards.
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