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S&P500 sees biggest market swing ever recorded
It followed the second-biggest just a few days earlier.
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Businesses more optimistic despite challenges
8 Apr 2025Business sentiment improved in the three months ended March despite having weaker sales, shedding staff and increased inflation pressures.
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Rising weekly fees put retirement village residents under pressure
Some can't move, even if they need to, association says
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Home buyers playing it safe in ongoing soft market
Residential property values have changed little over the first quarter of the year.
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Why Netflix has increased its subscription cost
Netflix users will see a bump in their bills by between $3 and $6 a month for the streaming service. Audio
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NZ's Broadcasting Act is as old as Video Ezy. We need media reform for the streaming age
1 Apr 2025In 2025, New Zealanders' viewing and listening habits are radically different to what they were in the late 1980s.
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NZ share market closes down 3.7% after day of US tariff chaos
7 Apr 2025Three billion dollars has been wiped off the value of New Zealand's share market as the rout of global financial markets finally caught up with the local market.
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QMS takes full ownership of MediaWorks
7 Apr 2025It previously owned just under 55 percent of MediaWorks.
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NZX drops more than 3% in worst session since pandemic
7 Apr 2025Companies exporting to the US or with significant US assets or income at risk from a slowdown such as tourism are the hardest hit.
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Business owners told to use properties to help tax debt
7 Apr 2025Those with multiple properties are being encouraged to tap into the resource to find finance.
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The New Zealand institution heralding change
7 Apr 2025The New Zealand Herald is barely out of everyone else's headlines these days, but will readers notice the changes that are bubbling beneath the masthead
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New Zealanders stand by ethical investment
7 Apr 2025A survey found 75 percent of respondents still wanted their KiwiSaver and managed funds investments to be invested ethically and responsibly.
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Savers weighing up their options as term deposit rates fall
6 Apr 2025Term deposit interest rates have fallen, and one fund manager says it's encouraging people to look at what other options might be available.
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The tenancies that have lasted 20 years
3 Apr 2025One Wellington woman knew her tenancy was unusual, but she didn't realise just how much.
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The housing market has turned around - but is that a good thing?
3 Apr 2025CoreLogic is predicting prices are likely to rise this year by about 5 percent.
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Cutting the OCR next week 'likely the wrong thing to do' - economist
2 Apr 2025Westpac's chief economist expects the RBNZ will go ahead with a smaller sized cut of 25 basis points to 3.5 percent.
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Why your next pay could be a little smaller
It's part of a raft of changes that came in on 1 April.
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Marsden Point closure sparks five-year delay, re-location of $70m glasshouse
2 Apr 2025Northland will likely miss out on a multimillion-dollar, government-backed vegetable growing operation following the closure of the Marsden Point refinery near Whangārei.
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NZ officials get clarification on Trump's new tariffs
The flat 10 percent duty being applied to US imports will apply on top of any existing tariffs, but there are some exceptions.
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Ten things that might be a waste of money
6 Apr 2025Maybe it's a coffee on the way to work that you could have made at home, or a new pair of shoes you didn't really need, bought because they were on sale.
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New club of countries to emerge from Trump tariff turmoil - economist
Shamubeel Eaqub told RNZ's Saturday Morning a group of nations will come together to build a parallel system, and says New Zealand must join. Audio
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Are rates bills forcing pensioners out? - Ask Susan
RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.
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What do tariffs mean for interest rates?
US President Donald Trump may have shaken international markets with the introduction of sweeping tariffs, but what it means for New Zealand borrowers is not yet clear.
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Hackers strike Australia's largest pension funds in coordinated attacks
4 Apr 2025Hackers targeting Australia's major pension funds in a series of coordinated attacks have stolen savings from some members at the biggest fund.
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