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Real estate agents under fire for not repaying wage subsidies
Real estate agents are under fire for failing to repay millions of dollars in wage subsidies, despite record property prices and a booming market.
Checkpoint can reveal more than $13 million was paid… Video, Audio
TVNZ to pay back $5m in wage subsidies as profit doubles
TVNZ is repaying nearly $5 million it received from the Government in Covid wage subsidies.
Christchurch Foundation criticises review of its finances
A review that has found a charitable trust guilty of high costs and a lack of transparency has been labelled strange and ridiculous.
Supporters celebrate Kiwisaver access rule change
Campaigners and advocates are hailing the government's move to allow thousands of people with life-shortening conditions early access to their Kiwisaver funds.
Christchurch Foundation labels review 'ridiculous, strange'
A review that found a charitable trust guilty of high costs and a lack of transparency has been labelled "strange and ridiculous". The chair of the Christchurch Foundation made the comments as he… Audio
Govt requires Reserve Bank to factor house prices in decisions
The government has pulled another lever to try to slow the runaway housing market - requiring the Reserve Bank to take house prices into account.
National says the move's far too late and a senior… Audio
Early KiwiSaver access for disabled about 'equity' - Clark
People with life-shortening conditions will soon get to access their KiwiSaver earlier.
The government has announced that from March people with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Huntington's disease… Audio
Foran discusses Air NZ losses, equity raising plan
Air New Zealand has burnt through $1 billion in cash reserves, with the company today announcing a loss of $185 million for the second half of 2020.
It has just over $170 million of its own cash… Video, Audio
Doctors still waiting on promised mental health funding help
A Waikato doctor wants to know where promised funding for mental health has gone, after it was pledged by the Prime Minister at his practice.
Jacinda Ardern visited the Matamata Medical Centre in… Audio
Your Money with Mary Holm
Mary Holm talks more about shares as an investment option and people's fears of putting their money into them. Audio
Reserve Bank told to consider housing when decision-making
Business journalist Bernard Hickey talks to Jesse about the Reserve Bank's new remit to consider house prices when making decisions. Audio
Kiwisaver access applauded by disability advocates
Disability advocates are celebrating after the government announced there will be early Kiwisaver access for people with certain life-shortening congenital conditions.
Four conditions were approved -… Audio
Reserve Bank must now take house prices into account
The Government has decreed the Reserve Bank will now have to take house prices into account when making its decisions.
The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, suggested this course of action last… Audio
OCR: What will low interest rates mean for housing market?
The Reserve Bank has signalled interest rates are likely to stay at historically low levels for some time.
It says a significant amount of money still needs to be pumped into the economy despite a… Audio
West Coast businesses plead government for support
Businesses near Franz Josef and Fox glaciers have issued a plea for government support after a new report finds widespread job losses and many people leaving the struggling communities.
They've sent… Audio
Businesses take $6.5m in payments for self-isolating employees
New Zealand businesses have already received more than $6.5 million under the government's latest Covid-19 support scheme.
The Resurgence Support Payment was only made available to employers on… Audio
New car prices remain firm after Covid supply-chain supply issues ease
If you are in the market for a new car and have been holding out for prices to drop, you might be out of luck.
Taxpayers paying millions of dollar for private healthcare - study
A first of its kind study in New Zealand shows patients who needed public hospital care after private inpatient treatment cost $11.5 million in the 2013/14 year.
Covid-19 likely to have undone child poverty improvements - officials
Latest child poverty stats show improvements were being made before Covid-19 hit - but officials warn any progress is now likely to have been undone by the pandemic.
Figures released by Stats NZ for… Audio
Mental health services improving but still way to go - Little
The government is being urged to pump money and resources into mental health services, to counter what one medical professional has described as "chronic underfunding".
Some young people are waiting… Video, Audio
