Recession

Blacksmith Jamie Hughes has a niche business crafting knives and hand-forged metalwork for chefs, farmers and tourists from his smithy in Norsewood. Tough economic times means he's feeling it from all… Audio

Is the country's secret Santa this Christmas ..a recession. Some economists unwrapping GDP figures today got a shock to see Aotearoa's economy shrunk point-three-percent in the September quarter… Video, Audio

As Checkpoint's been reporting, New Zealand's tipped into a recession. The government says the economy's taken a knock from the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. While the opposition says the red… Video, Audio

The latest stats out today confirm the country has entered a recession, by a whisker, with negative growth in the last quarter of 2022 and the first three months of this year. National's raising the… Video, Audio

The country's largest period charity says demand is at an all time high, as sanitary products become a 'nice to have' for struggling families.

Two years ago the government funded period products in… Video, Audio

Greedflation: It's the latest buzzword in economics – is it behind soaring company profits?  Audio

We talk about the Reserve Bank's projections for recession - will it see the government rein in spending and will it impact Labour's election chances? We look at the compromises made over the hate… Audio

New Zealand is heading for a likely recession, after the largest increase to the official cash rate on record.  So how deep will this recession be, for how long, and who will feel it worst… Audio

Business correspondent Pattrick Smellie joins Kathryn to talk about the big 'r' - recession. Pattrick also counters the narrative that "New Zealand has lose 50-thousand jobs to get inflation under… Audio

NZ's economy's grew 1.7 percent in the past three months - defying more pessimistic forecasts. It is a complete turnaround on the slump experienced during an Omicron-riddled March quarter.

But anyone… Video, Audio

There‘s plenty of worrying news around at the moment - alongside crisis claims in the media about imminent economic recession and even collective national depression. Are the media helping us identify… Audio

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It came as a surprise to economists, but GDP fell 0.2 percent in the March quarter - is New Zealand in for another recession?  Audio

Las Vegas isn't the first place that springs to mind when you think about artists moving somewhere to seek refuge or inspiration, but it's been a home base for NZ artists Matt Couper and his wife J.K… Audio