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More interest rates relief coming for homeowners
Interest rates might have started to rise but what home loan borrowers pay in interest is likely to keep falling through this year.
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Mining giant granted access despite protest
2 Feb 2026150 locals, including actor Sam Neill, have been raising money to fight an Australian company's open-cast mine in Otago.
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How will geopolitics impact farm inputs this year?
A new report has alerted geopolitical risks, such as tensions in Iran, could affect prices for key items used on New Zealand farms like fertiliser.
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KiwiSavers struggle amid record hardship withdrawals
2 Feb 2026People are seeking help with their bills but don't realise how hard it can be to get their money out.
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Former owner of luxury lodge thankful fire didn't destroy building
2 Feb 2026Guests of Fiordland Lodge were evacuated late on Saturday night as firefighters from across Southland battled the blaze.
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Five ways to whip your finances into shape this year
2 Feb 2026If 2026 is the year you get your money life sorted, you may be wondering where to begin. Our money correspondent Susan Edmunds has 5 areas to focus on.
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For pharmacists, industry changes are a hard pill to swallow
2 Feb 2026As more discount chain pharmacies open, locally owned and operated chemists worry their customers won't get the high level of care that saves trips to GPs and emergency departments.
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How to fix the 'build now, fix later' culture
2 Feb 2026Nearly 10 percent of the construction sector's total value is lost to systemic quality failure, writes industry consultant Mark Kirby.
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Who's paying the price for cash back offers?
2 Feb 2026Cash back incentives are driving borrowers to switch banks, but who's paying the price?
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Ratepayers cannot afford road repairs from logging truck damage, council says
2 Feb 2026The Rangitīkei mayor says his council is spending $3.5 million dollars on repairs to the country road between Taihape and Napier.
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Profits up for gentailers, but prices and dividends expected to stay flat
2 Feb 2026A wet spring looks set to deliver bumper half-year earnings to the country's big four generator-retailers, but don't expect that to bring prices down.
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Judge slams Mobil's 'mind-blowing' POS failures in $100,000 theft
2 Feb 2026More than $100,000 vanished, but only $1800 was proven stolen, after investigators could not even prove he was rostered on at the time the rest went missing.
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'I've never seen it like this': Mount Maunganui businesses feeling pain
1 Feb 2026Mount 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
31 Jan 2026The 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
31 Jan 2026RNZ'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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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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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.
