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Why buying a house can seem stressful and overwhelming
5 Aug 2025Research shows 80 percent of people find the experience stressful, driven by competitive conditions, rising costs and the number of options buyers have to deal with.
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Trump tariffs: Early modelling shows most economies lose
5 Aug 2025The global rollercoaster ride of United States trade tariffs has now entered its latest phase.
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Business called on to report electricity companies
5 Aug 2025The commission is making an anonymous reporting tool available, which encrypts users' data to keep them anonymous. Audio
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Unemployment rate expected to hit nine-year high
4 Aug 2025Unemployment is set to hit its highest level in nearly nine years, as the lagging effects of last year's recession and the sluggish recovery hit hiring and wages.
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Big four power companies agree to stockpile coal
4 Aug 2025The country's big four power companies have signed an agreement to set up a coal stockpile at Huntly Power Station.
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Media Council upholds complaint against RNZ over inaccurate Rocket Lab report
4 Aug 2025A May 2025 article inaccurately linked the aerospace company to Ukraine's war effort.
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Wellington fruit shop to close the doors after 65 years
4 Aug 2025It has stood the test of time - spanning decades and generations in a coastal Wellington community - but it's finally shutting its doors. Audio
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How to get a medical certificate without a doctor
4 Aug 2025What to know about when you have to provide a sick note, and other ways to get one.
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Trump trade tariff decision came 'blunt and late' - Luxon
4 Aug 2025It comes as top diplomat Vangelis Vitalis heads to Washington in the wake of the decision to impose 15 percent tariffs on New Zealand. Audio
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Tourism Holdings rejects Australian takeover bid
4 Aug 2025Campervan firm Tourism Holdings has rejected what it is calling an opportunistic takeover offer for the company.
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Why 'go woke, go broke' is no longer true
4 Aug 2025Analysis: The dichotomy between "wokeness" and capitalism is both simplistic and increasingly out of step with corporate reality.
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Billions shifted from big banks to boutique operators in KiwiSaver shakeup
Over 160,000 investors switched KiwiSaver providers last year, with major banks losing ground to high-performing independents. Audio
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Australian state seeks to enshrine work from home in law
3 Aug 2025The premier of Victoria announced Saturday plans to enshrine working from home in law, saying it should be "a right, not a request".
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Can a partner claim part of my house if we never lived together? - Ask Susan
2 Aug 2025RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.
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Trump revealed his new tariff plan. Here's what you need to know
1 Aug 2025The countries that have tariffs higher than 15 percent revealed.
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How bad is the tariff news for NZ, really?
New Zealand exports to the US will now face a 15 percent tariff, but economists say it could have been much worse. Audio
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Thousands bank more than $1m in Sharesies, Hatch
1 Aug 2025Sharesies now has more than 1500 portfolios with more than $1m invested, and fewer than 100 of them include KiwiSaver. Audio
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'Disappointing development': Willis reacts to 15% US tariff
Trade Minister Todd McClay has pushed back on suggestions he didn't negotiate hard enough. Audio
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'My fear is that I will have to leave NZ': 100 jobs to be axed at Wētā FX
1 Aug 2025Wellington mayor says if losses are confirmed it will be a major blow to the city's creative sector. Audio
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Foodstuffs accused of 'indifference' as dozens jobless at fire-hit supermarket
1 Aug 2025Only just over 100 of more than 180 people have so far found work in other Foodstuffs supermarkets. Audio
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Accountants call for capital gains tax
1 Aug 2025A group representing more than 3000 accountants has called for a rethink of the tax system, including the introduction of a capital gains tax.
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'Really, really well off people' needing help with debt
1 Aug 2025The agency representing the country's financial mentors is calling for tighter rules to stop some 'unscrupulous debt collectors' acting unethically.
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Property investors: It's not time to break up yet
1 Aug 2025Calls for Kiwis to break up with property investment and focus instead on investing in more productive assets are missing the point, says an economist at one property investment firm. Audio
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Consumer debt issues down, but liquidations up
1 Aug 2025Consumers are getting on top of their debts, but it is a different story for small businesses.
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