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Countdown on for 2025 ski season
A North Island ski field is opting for a soft launch this weekend, while snow guns are blazing down south.
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How do I know what to offer for a house - Ask Susan
5:04 am todayRNZ's money correspondent answers your questions. Send them to susan.edmunds@rnz.co.nz
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ACC chair Tracey Batten resigns
30 May 2025ACC Minister Scott Simpson said the organisation is confronting challenging issues and expects to announce a turnaround plan in the next few months.
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Rocket Lab signs $460 million deal to build missile defence system
30 May 2025The aim of the defence dome is to create a shield that can shoot down all sorts of missiles including nuclear warheads.
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High food prices, 'tariff noise' cast shadow over consumer confidence
The five-point dip coincides with another drop in business confidence announced yesterday.
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'The King didn't want to see waste': Why Charles currency is taking so long
30 May 2025The King's coins will circulate alongside Queen Elizabeth's coins. Audio
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Watch: The 80-year story of home appliance store Magness Benrow
30 May 2025First opened in 1945, Auckland home appliance store Magness Benrow is still going strong.
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Pacific Edge posts full year net loss of $29.9 million
30 May 2025Cancer testing company Pacific Edge has posted another sizeable full year loss and will tap investors for more capital as it battles to regain federal health insurance coverage in its key US market.
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Here's how much falling interest rates are helping first-home buyers
30 May 2025A drop in home loan rates over the past year is making a first-home mortgage hundreds of dollars cheaper each month.
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Is it time to lock in a longer home loan fix?
The Reserve Bank cut the OCR again on Wednesday, and banks are offering a range of terms just below 5 percent.
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NZ King Salmon reduce harvest due to small, 'stressed' fish
30 May 2025It also cut its full year underlying profit guidance by about half .
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How the Reserve Bank decides the OCR
29 May 2025The setting of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee meetings to set the official cash rate every six weeks or so is the closest New Zealand has to a Papal Conclave.
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Are borrowers missing out if banks don't fully pass on the OCR cut?
29 May 2025The Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate on Wednesday by 25 basis points.
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Fonterra boss blames soaring butter prices on global demand
29 May 2025Miles Hurrell says he understands frustration about the price of butter, but that the co-op has to deliver for farmers.
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Farmers in for bumper dairy season as Fonterra reveals big forecast
29 May 2025Farmers are in line for another bumper dairy season after Fonterra revealed its opening forecast for the new season.
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Are credit card rewards schemes worth it?
29 May 2025Credit card reward schemes are likely to be scaled back further as pressure goes on interchange fees, Consumer NZ says.
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Regional airlines hanging on in a high-risk business
29 May 2025The small plane routes that keep our country connected are becoming increasingly fragile links.
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Tariff uncertainty prompts agricultural businesses to seek new markets
28 May 2025New Zealand agriculture can no longer relay on its usual international customers.
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Mainfreight full year net profit at $274.3 million
29 May 2025Transport heavyweight Mainfreight full year net profit is up by nearly a third on the year earlier, with the Australian business the largest generator of revenue and profits.
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'Worrying': Businesses fear speaking out on high energy costs
29 May 2025Many businesses fear jeopardising future energy contracts if they are critical which is troubling, the Auckland Business Chamber boss says.
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Tech entrepreneur Sir Ian Taylor remembers the day electricity came to his home
29 May 2025The small east coast town in where Sir Ian grew up in the 1950s was, late arrival of electricity notwithstanding, a thriving place, he says.
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New feature allows faster payments for small businesses
29 May 2025Accounting software firm Xero has joined the ranks of firms enabling contactless payments.
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Infratil eyes sale of $1b in assets as it targets stronger growth
29 May 2025Its chief executive says no decisions have been made on what's for sale, through the retirement business was one option considered in the past.
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Hairdressing regulation changes a 'waste of time'
One hairdresser says there are bigger issues facing the industry. Audio
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'Very good news': PM Luxon says OCR cut will help Kiwis
28 May 2025The benchmark rate drops to its lowest in more than two years
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Sick landlord fails in bid to move back into his home
28 May 2025The landlord says he's currently living in a garage.
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El Cheapo Cars to pay customers $340k after failing to give key loan information
28 May 2025Borrowers who had a loan that was varied between 2015 and 2021 may be eligible for compensation.
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