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'I've never seen it like this': Mount Maunganui businesses feeling pain
Mount Maunganui businesses are experiencing a steep drop in foot traffic and revenue following the deadly Mauao landslide, with confusion over the cordon causing many visitors to avoid the area.
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Developer buys Loafers Lodge building where five died in fire
4:06 pm todayThe building has sat empty, with blackened walls and damaged signage, since the fire in May 2023.
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Why isn't my rent a tax-deductible expense - Ask Susan
9:18 am todayRNZ's Susan Edmunds answers your questions.
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Auckland Council sells city's biggest film studio
30 Jan 2026The mayor has hailed the deal as a win for "our region's outstanding screen production industry".
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Residents turn to specialist help as insurers get cold feet
A first-home buyer in the flood-prone West Coast town says she and her partner could not even convince the vendor's current insurer to offer them a policy.
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How to make your wine investments sparkle
30 Jan 2026One of the things Brooklyn Beckham made headlines for this week was sharing "the world's most expensive" wine.
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MediaWorks' owner sold to Australia's Nine Entertainment
30 Jan 2026Australian media giant Nine Entertainment has acquired MediaWorks' parent, QMS Media.
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Can you still make money 'doing up' a property?
Buyers are moving away from 'doer-uppers' and experts are divided on how much value people can hope to add.
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What next for Newmarket as 'emo' Twenty-Seven Names goes?
30 Jan 2026Another big name is leaving Newmarket, but the local business association says things are looking up for the Auckland shopping district.
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Big cities drive up consumer confidence in latest survey
30 Jan 2026Aucklanders were much more positive, but Wellingtonians the most upbeat.
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Insurance giant fined over failure to apply multi-policy discounts for Kiwi customers
30 Jan 2026The oversight led to more than 5000 customers being overcharged almost $700,000, the Financial Markets Authority says.
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Musk lays out plan to move Tesla from cars to robots
30 Jan 2026Tesla plans to discontinue the Model S and Model X in favor of making more of its Optimus robots.
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Year-long prescriptions not the cure for ailing health system - pharmacist
30 Jan 2026A Te Awamutu pharmacist is concerned changes to prescriptions happening this week will burden pharmacists. Audio
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Oil prices surge on worries US could attack Iran
30 Jan 2026Iran was the third-biggest crude producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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Could this be the year NZX stops being left behind?
For the decade until 2020, the NZX was one of the best performing share markets globally. But since 2020, it has lagged.
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Fears dung beetle investment will be flushed away
30 Jan 2026New Zealand's only dung beetle rearing facility says it may have to close if there's not more support.
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Hundreds of pensions affected by IT error
29 Jan 2026About 200 pensioners have had the amount they receive in NZ Super affected this week because of a problem with the Ministry of Social Development's IT system.
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Landlord told to pay $60k in damages over 'cockroaches' and 'sewage'
29 Jan 2026There were breaches across 34 different tenancies.
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New player takes top Kiwisaver spot
29 Jan 2026Warnings of impending share market doom didn't play out in 2025, and the year ended with solid returns.
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Insurer halts new policies for town due to flood risk
29 Jan 2026The decision will be the first of many as the full force of climate change arrives, a researcher says.
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Business confidence retreats from 30-year high
29 Jan 2026But it's still considered to be extremely strong.
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'It's gone now': Businesses fear for future after Mount Maunganui landslide
29 Jan 2026Locals are glad they can go back to supporting small businesses but the recovery effort weighs heavily. Audio
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Biggest bank downgrades house price forecast
But new research shows not everyone is feeling the same way.
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Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs as it focuses on AI
29 Jan 2026The job cuts follow already flagged plans to cut the US online retail and cloud computing giant's workforce by 14,000 posts.
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Concern business costs may spiral in wake of competition law reforms
29 Jan 2026Changes could add unnecessary cost to mergers and acquisitions, while undermining investor confidence, a prominent law firm says.
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$35k lost in online car sale scam
Consumer NZ is calling for scam protection to apply to online marketplaces, after a man lost $35,000 buying a car that turned out to be stolen.
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Small businesses not exempt from cyber-attacks - internet watchdog
29 Jan 2026It comes after a Napier law firm was targeted in January, with the attack affecting internal information about the firm as well as client documents.
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Ikea hikes staff pay to minimum $29 as other retailers told to 'step up'
28 Jan 2026Ikea says it's hiring an extra 85 staff for logistics and food services, and adding evening shifts for stock replenishment.
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