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How do overseas pensions affect NZ Super? - Ask Susan
4 Jan 2025RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.
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Boxing Day sales boomed after flat first half of December
4 Jan 2025"Every retailer I've spoken to said they did really well," Retail NZ head says.
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Where were the best investments of 2024?
3 Jan 2025If you were looking for the best investment returns of the past year, international assets would have been your top bet.
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How much house prices dropped in 2024
3 Jan 2025Since February, values have slowly been drifting down, Corelogic says.
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Tesla annual deliveries fall for first time
3 Jan 2025Tesla reported its first fall in yearly deliveries today as lucrative year-end incentives for the Elon Musk-led EV maker's ageing line up and the new Cybertruck pickup failed to lure customers wary of…
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Ikea receives 800 applications for some roles before Auckland opening
3 Jan 2025The global retailer is spending $407 million on setting up the store, which is due to open in Sylvia Park towards the end of this year.
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Why Rolex watches are among the things getting more expensive in 2025
3 Jan 2025The soaring price of gold is being blamed for the price of the Swiss watches going through the roof.
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Multi-billion dollar startup sector bounce back – 8 big trends will shape 2025
2 Jan 2025Start-ups can help New Zealand's persistent productivity challenges.
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Top tips for landing a job in tight labour market
2 Jan 2025Jobseekers are competing with hundreds of other applicants. Here's how to stand out.
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US stocks just did something they haven’t done in nearly three decades
1 Jan 2025US markets wrapped up a blockbuster 2024 with back-to-back yearly gains of over 20 percent.
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'Miles different': Water park owner feels 'victimised' by iPhone weather app
Emily Rutherford says the app keeps reporting the temperature in her part of Central Otago is up to 5C cooler than MetService predicts - and even that is underestimating the summer heat.
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The businesses that didn't make it through 2024
31 Dec 2024It's been a tough year around the country. Here are some of the prominent businesses that did not survive.
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What's ahead for the property market in 2025?
House prices are expected to increase over the next 12 months, but how much and how fast are still up for debate.
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Facebook, Instagram delete 'AI friends' after backlash
4 Jan 2025Meta has promptly deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots' sloppy imagery and tendency to go off the rails.
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NZ report card 2024: How the country fared in 25 key global and domestic rankings
31 Dec 20242024 was a fractious year politically, and a challenging one financially for many New Zealanders.
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What happened in NZ this year?
31 Dec 2024From supermarket rat infestations, to job cuts, a hīkoi, and the Marokopa man who continues to evade police - here are some of the biggest NZ stories from 2024.
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Investigations launched after PETA cruelty allegations
31 Dec 2024Multiple investigations have been launched into allegations of animal cruelty on a farm leased by former NBC Today show host Matt Lauer.
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Vertical farming project parent company enters administration
31 Dec 2024Hamilton business Greenleaf Fresh is being put into voluntary administration. It is the company behind Greengrower, a vertical farm operation that received $3.5 million in public funding.
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Vertical farm that received public funding goes into voluntary administration
Greenleaf Fresh has appointed administrators after financial challenges
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What's ahead for the property market in 2025?
31 Dec 2024House prices are expected to increase over the next 12 months, but how much and how fast are still up for debate.
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Money: We've survived til '25 - now what?
While brighter economic times are likely ahead, don't expect them to begin on New Year's Day, experts warn.
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Bid to get Murdoch family's secret sucession documents released
30 Dec 2024A voting machine company wants to use this in its defemation case against Fox News for 2020 US election lies.
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Hamilton business leader and philanthropist John Gallagher becomes a knight
31 Dec 2024Sir John Gallagher, a major shareholder and director of Gallagher Holdings, has been recognised in the New Year Honours for services to business, education, philanthropy and the community.
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Tenant told to pay $50k to landlord after boyfriend smoked meth in apartment
30 Dec 2024The woman says she was not aware he was smoking and was assaulted when she found out and confronted him.
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