Money

A Christchurch man with terminal cancer is using his final days to battle his insurance company, a decade on from the deadly earthquakes.

Brian Shaw owns an apartment that's in a block of 11. They… Video, Audio

To other news now and the country's biggest construction company has made a significant lift in its earnings thanks mainly to a strong housing market.

Fletcher Building has reported a profit of $121… Audio

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New data from Statistics New Zealand shows household incomes and other key measures were on the rise before the country went into lockdown. Journalist and researcher, Max Rashbrooke, that's not all… Audio

Latest figures showing rising household incomes are hiding what some say is a growing disparity between the have and the have nots, particularly around home ownership.

All key income measures for… Audio

The government has rushed through legislation that would see businesses get a cash injection in some lockdown situations.

Under the scheme announced in December businesses that can prove a 30 percent… Video, Audio

Businesses say every day bites in lockdown, and they believe the relief package offered by the government doesn't touch the sides.

The government is rushing through legislation for a cash injection… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Universities are kicking back in to gear for the year and that means lots of students are figuring out how everything works. It can be hard to know quite how to stay on top of things financially while… Audio

Auckland secondary schools have just two years to head off a worsening teacher shortage.

The Education Ministry has forecast a shortfall of thirty secondary teachers in the city this year, blowing… Audio

The pitiable state of Wellington's water infrastructure is promising to hit the city's ratepayers hard.

Mayor Andy Foster has released a sketch of his long-term plan to deal with the problems the… Audio

A managed isolation cleaner says she and her colleagues are the forgotten border workers - overlooked and underpaid for the work they're doing to keep the country safe from Covid-19.

Most cleaners… Audio

The government is poised to expand the flexi-wage scheme to help up to 40,000 unemployed people into work.

Labour kicked off its election campaign by promising to expand the subsidy criteria and the… Video, Audio

Plans for a new Christchurch cycleway will continue, despite an attempt to halt the process earlier today.

Hundreds of residents and several business owners are frustrated and upset they weren't… Audio

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Today Mary talks about whether or not paying down your mortgage is still the best strategy with interest rates at all time lows. Audio

We can now pay for things with a scan of a card or even our phone. There's no need for counting coins or keeping notes in your back pocket.

So with contactless payments on the rise, are we on the… Audio

The Auditor-General has announced an inquiry into a controversial tourism fund, which has paid out millions of dollars to more than a hundred operators.

The government's Strategic Tourism Assets… Audio