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Home loan interest rates have picked up again in recent weeks, since the Reserve Bank lifted the official cash rate by a record 75 basis points.

It is growing fast, but not fast enough to satisfy the industry's aspirations to be a global leader.

Documents show Oranga Tamariki has been stumbling towards budget blowouts with loose and patchy financial controls.

Wayne Brown says the average household will pay an extra $154 in mid-2023 if his suggested 4.6 percent rise is accepted.

The NZ Transport Agency's decision means a fix for 135 problems on flood-hit roads in the region.

A quarter of households would not be able to cope financially with an unexpected big bill, and more than a third want to save more but are struggling to do so, a survey finds.

Centrix managing director Keith McLaughlin says the data shows there has been three months of serious arrears, but expects it is going to get worse over the next six to 12 months.

Introducing asset and income testing for NZ Super is one way to address the rising cost of the scheme, an investment fund manager says.

ANZ's chief economist says the forecasted drop will see house prices fall "from those crazy levels". Audio

Despite soaring living costs and inflation, fewer New Zealanders are withdrawing their KiwiSaver funds because of financial hardship.

The government has $40m to spend on the transition of two - RNZ and TVNZ - into one entity, and at least a quarter of that is going on contractors.

There are significant inequities in how Kiwis experience the later years of life, according to a review of New Zealand's retirement policies. Audio

Renters in Queenstown are being forced into impossible decisions due to the housing affordability crisis. Audio

Depositors are set to benefit as the central bank's funding for lending programme comes to an end.