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Why did I have to give my ex half my KiwiSaver? - Ask Susan
Is my KiwiSaver my own account or relationship property? RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.
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Are you protected if that expensive concert is cancelled?
11 Jan 2025You're ready to go the show, and check out your favourite band - but then it's called off. What do you do next?
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Here's who will get the biggest benefit from falling interest rates
11 Jan 2025It may be people who have a one-year fix coming up for renewal in February who experience the biggest interest rate drop this cycle.
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Cancer diagnostics company's shares in trading halt
10 Jan 2025It is considering the implications of new information from US federal health insurer Medicare.
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Parents stung with unexpected $24,000 tax bill
10 Jan 2025More parents are getting bills for thousands after accidentally not declaring partners.
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Sort your finances, step 5: KiwiSaver
10 Jan 2025Money Correspondent Susan Edmunds guides you through the basics of getting the most out of your KiwiSaver.
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Building material could cut emissions by 16 billion tonnes - study
10 Jan 2025Switching out concrete and other construction materials for carbon-sucking alternatives could store the equivalent of half of all human-made carbon emissions in 2021.
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'Record-breakingly quiet' end to 2024 for property market
10 Jan 2025The number of properties listed for sale in December was the lowest since one company began compiling data.
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'Still a lot of pain' even as rising cost of building a house slows
10 Jan 2025The increase in the cost of building a house has slowed, along with activity in the sector.
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Briscoe Group's 2024 sales down on the previous year
10 Jan 2025The company said full year profit was expected to miss forecast.
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Sort your finances: Mortgage
9 Jan 2025In part four of this five-part series, Money Correspondent Susan Edmunds guides you through the basics of sorting your mortgage.
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'Expect sub-5 percent home loan rates'
The cash rate is expected to be lowered by another 50 basis points soon, and further cuts are predicted.
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Why does iced coffee cost more?
9 Jan 2025Is it a coffee conspiracy or do the iced versions of our favourite drinks really cost more to produce?
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'Disappointing': 13-hour internet outage leaves businesses fuming
9 Jan 2025A 13-hour outage forced many shops to close or switch to cash-only transactions for a day.
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Working age population getting older
9 Jan 2025Stats NZ estimate the number of people over 70 available to work in December rose 3.4 percent on the year earlier.
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Sort your finances - Step 3: Get rid of debt
9 Jan 2025In part three of this five-part series, Money Correspondent Susan Edmunds guides you through the basics of getting rid of debt.
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Tasmanian whisky makers harness sheep poo to stand out
9 Jan 2025Some of Tasmania's 90 whisky distillers are going to great lengths to give their drops a distinct style.
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'Catastrophic consequences': Concern as Facebook removes fact checking
9 Jan 2025Experts are concerned about changes to content moderation and an end to third-party fact checking on social media platform Meta.
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Struggling home-buyers and owners turning to non-bank lenders
9 Jan 2025One mortgage advisor has done more second-tier lending over the last six months than ever before.
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Whakaari White Island tour company has $8.5m debts, report shows
8 Jan 2025The company was put into liquidation on 7 June.
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How the tax crackdown is working
8 Jan 2025Inland Revenue was given a budget boost this year, and it seems to be working, experts say.
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Greenleaf Fresh goes bust
8 Jan 2025New Zealand's first large-scale vertical farming business went into voluntary administration after it was not able to reach sufficient scale to achieve profitability.
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Mother loses appeal after paid parental leave declined
8 Jan 2025The Greens say the system needs to change.
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New Zealand commodities end 2024 on a positive note
8 Jan 2025The ANZ World Commodity Price Index inched up 15 percent.
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Facebook gets rid of fact checking to reduce 'censorship', 'bias'
Mark Zuckerberg admits more harmful content will appear on the platforms now.
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Probe after fall leaves migrant worker in a coma
8 Jan 2025Jun Jiang came to NZ from China on an accredited employer work visa in 2022 - he is now on life support, and time is running out.
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Rare move as finance company receives licence to accept deposits
8 Jan 2025It is the first new non-bank deposit taker licence to be granted by the Reserve Bank in nearly a decade.
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Growth of data centres expected to match that of Sydney
8 Jan 2025Infratil thinks the centres will attract enough international investment in new renewable energy to power them.
