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Inflation has lifted to 3.1 percent, but economists say recessionary slack means the Reserve Bank may delay any OCR hike until later in the year.

Rising bills for food, electricity, rates and rents have driven inflation up to 3.1 percent.

Dairy giant Fonterra expects to complete the sale of its consumer business in the first quarter of this year.

Trade Me says rents are down - but that could be about to change.

The fast food giant will develop a 450 square-metre 24 hour restaurant and drive-through in the Otago town.

Department of Conservation confirmed to RNZ that the concerns of locals are under investigation.

The Commerce Commission has warned Woolworths for what it believes is a likely breach of the Grocery Industry Competition Act.

The unions say they will argue that they were not consulted properly by Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

A property reseller caught out by the falling housing market has been told to pay an Auckland couple more than $750,000 in damages, plus more than $100,000 in interest.

A Wellington man says his business lost money after its Instagram and Facebook accounts were banned. 

ANZ senior economist Miles Workman says seasonal factors are at play in the December period.

Three Kiwi siblings went from carrying a table 2km to their Paris showcase to getting cheques from Claudia Schiffer.

The installation of new surveillance cameras was stalled over costs and unresolved privacy issues.

The generator near Taupō is delivering electricity to the national grid and expected to be fully operational by March.

Auckland's Sylvia Park shop was the top-performing in the Ingka Group anywhere in the world for food sales.