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House prices have largest monthly drop in a year
4 Jul 2024Property prices are down in most parts of the country, with Corelogic's index down 0.5% percent in June.
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Council rates rises blamed for rocketing rents
4 Jul 2024Here are the 10 regions with the largest rent rises since the Covid freeze on increases ended.
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The country's strongest growing region
3 Jul 2024Auckland has been knocked off its top spot, according to a new bank report.
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Your work chat might not be as private as you think
3 Jul 2024Two ministry workers just had their work chat made public - Could it happen to you?
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Fewer than a third of institutional investors have net zero emissions plan
3 Jul 2024New Zealand's biggest investors are being told to accelerate climate action after a survey revealed slow movement in the drive to net zero emissions.
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Should young working adults be paying their parents rent?
3 Jul 2024There was a time when Kiwi kids could not wait to fly the coop, but figures show times have changed. Audio
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Cleaning business fined $51k for long-running cartel arrangement
2 Jul 2024Canterbury Industrial Scrubbing was accused of running the scheme with another company for nearly two decades.
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Economic conditions set to worsen, business owners say
2 Jul 2024Business sentiment has turned more pessimistic as firms struggle with lower sales and high interest rates, leading them to shed staff and hold back on investment.
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Petri dish quail parfait, anyone? Behind the scenes at a lab meat factory
2 Jul 2024Lab-grown food might seem like science fiction, but researchers in NZare already making massive gains in creating meat and dairy products in the lab.
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House prices need to fall 'a further 16%' to become affordable
2 Jul 2024Chris Bishop wants them lower. Christopher Luxon wants "downward pressure". But one forecaster says we are still a long way from affordable.
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474,000 people behind on payments as insolvencies rise
2 Jul 2024More and more people are stopping discretionary spending as the cost-of-living crisis bites.
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Banks warn of 'scams war'
NZ's major banks are all Australian-owned - and the 'big four' across the Tasman say they are under constant cyber-attack that is costing consumers billions.
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Do stores still have to accept cash, and who still uses it?
1 Jul 2024And why there's $9 billion in coins and notes still floating around. Audio
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Dunedin's Aurora Energy for sale - expected to be well sought after
1 Jul 2024An Otago lines company says it cannot give "cast-iron" assurance that selling Aurora Energy will get a premium price - but expects it will be well sought after.
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SkyCity's Horizon Hotel finally complete
1 Jul 2024SkyCity is celebrating a key milestone in putting Auckland's long-running convention centre saga behind them, following the completion of its hotel.
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Business owners increasingly facing mental health struggles
1 Jul 2024A recent survey shows a third of small-to-medium-sized business owners are facing anxiety and depression.
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Hydrogen piped to homes in Australia in closely watched demo
1 Jul 2024Gas pipeline company Firstgas is closely watching an Australian project which is supplying a blend of 10 percent green hydrogen and 90 percent fossil fuel gas to 4000 households.
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Seeking a slice of the US cheese market: 'It's far bigger than people realise'
26 Jun 2024New Zealand sheep milk company Spring Sheep is vying for a slice of the US cheese market.
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'Drain' leaves NZ's unemployment higher than Australia
1 Jul 2024The largest group of people leaving New Zealand were between the ages of 25 and 44 which was a concern for the labour market, nfometrics says.
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Sunday News to close after six decades in print
30 Jun 2024Stuff has announced its Sunday News newspaper will wrap up at the end of July.
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How are we faring one year on from 2023's changes?
This time last year, prescription fees were being removed and the fuel tax was ending. But are we better or worse off now?
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Got a money question? Ask RNZ's Susan Edmunds
29 Jun 2024RNZ introduces a new weekly feature by money correspondent Susan Edmunds answering your questions.
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Property market: House prices expected to bounce back faster
29 Jun 2024Analysis - House price forecasts are currently low, but some banks are predicting a faster bounce back when it happens.
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Interest rate cuts will happen quickly next year - Kiwibank
29 Jun 2024Economists say it's a matter of holding on til 2025 for most of us.
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