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Could Marsden Point be NZ's first 'Special Economic Zone'?
6 Aug 2025Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters have visited Northland to inspect a jet fuel storage project on the site of the old oil refinery.
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Canterbury firm keeps craft wool processing in New Zealand
The country's last operational woollen dye house and spinning mill has been saved from the scrap heap.
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Unemployment rate for Pacific people more than double national average at 12.1%
6 Aug 2025That's according to the just-released Stats NZ quarterly labour market figures.
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Is this where house prices will start to rise first?
Stronger conditions for farmers may be helping regional property markets.
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NZ grocery prices higher than OECD average
6 Aug 2025This is despite grocery prices stabilising last year.
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Quarter of tenant applications to tribunal relate to Healthy Homes standards
6 Aug 2025In its latest annual report, the Tenancy Tribunal said there were 29,309 applications made to it in 2024, up 14 percent compared to 2023 and up 43 percent compared to 2022.
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'May get worse': Unemployment rate rises to highest level since 2020
6 Aug 2025The rate has been steadily going up as businesses either sack staff or stop hiring. Audio
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The people quietly preserving a place for cash
5 Aug 2025Kiwis' cash use has come under scrutiny. Audio
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How our tax bills stack up compared to other countries
5 Aug 2025Inland Revenue says taxes will have to rise to cope with an ageing population. How do our taxes already compare? Audio
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Taking a sickie? Here are your rights
5 Aug 2025Do you have to call in sick? Can your boss ask for a doctor's certificate? Will a RAT test suffice?
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Businesses urged to bypass free government employment mediation service
5 Aug 2025The service currently has a seven-week waiting list and an employment lawyer says it's worth using private services given the risks associated with leaving a dispute to fester.
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Keen on cash? The Reserve Bank wants to know how you use it
5 Aug 2025The bank is asking new questions in its survey this year about whether people are facing difficulties using cash. Audio
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Why buying a house can seem stressful and overwhelming
5 Aug 2025Research shows 80 percent of people find the experience stressful, driven by competitive conditions, rising costs and the number of options buyers have to deal with.
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Trump tariffs: Early modelling shows most economies lose
5 Aug 2025The global rollercoaster ride of United States trade tariffs has now entered its latest phase.
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Business called on to report electricity companies
5 Aug 2025The commission is making an anonymous reporting tool available, which encrypts users' data to keep them anonymous. Audio
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Unemployment rate expected to hit nine-year high
4 Aug 2025Unemployment is set to hit its highest level in nearly nine years, as the lagging effects of last year's recession and the sluggish recovery hit hiring and wages.
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Big four power companies agree to stockpile coal
4 Aug 2025The country's big four power companies have signed an agreement to set up a coal stockpile at Huntly Power Station.
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Media Council upholds complaint against RNZ over inaccurate Rocket Lab report
4 Aug 2025A May 2025 article inaccurately linked the aerospace company to Ukraine's war effort.
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Wellington fruit shop to close the doors after 65 years
4 Aug 2025It has stood the test of time - spanning decades and generations in a coastal Wellington community - but it's finally shutting its doors. Audio
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How to get a medical certificate without a doctor
4 Aug 2025What to know about when you have to provide a sick note, and other ways to get one.
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Trump trade tariff decision came 'blunt and late' - Luxon
4 Aug 2025It comes as top diplomat Vangelis Vitalis heads to Washington in the wake of the decision to impose 15 percent tariffs on New Zealand. Audio
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Tourism Holdings rejects Australian takeover bid
4 Aug 2025Campervan firm Tourism Holdings has rejected what it is calling an opportunistic takeover offer for the company.
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Why 'go woke, go broke' is no longer true
4 Aug 2025Analysis: The dichotomy between "wokeness" and capitalism is both simplistic and increasingly out of step with corporate reality.
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Billions shifted from big banks to boutique operators in KiwiSaver shakeup
Over 160,000 investors switched KiwiSaver providers last year, with major banks losing ground to high-performing independents. Audio
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