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How do your KiwiSaver employer contributions compare?
1 Mar 2025Employers offering to match larger contributions could help address retirement savings gap, providers say.
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Regulator wins precedent setting financial case
28 Feb 2025Former chief financial officer of failed CBL Insurance Group Carden Mulholland was ruled an accessory to the breaking of information disclosure rules.
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'No customers, no cars': Businesses 'crippled' by road closure
28 Feb 2025Business owners in Whakatāne say poor communication over road closures this summer crippled their businesses.
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Retirement villages consider rejecting referrals from public health system
28 Feb 2025"We know this will mean a bigger burden will be placed on the public health system," the chief executive said.
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Freight downturn eats into KiwiRail's half-year earnings
28 Feb 2025The state-owned company recorded an operating surplus of $25.8 million for the six months ended December, down more than a third from a year ago.
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What’s the difference between burnout and depression?
28 Feb 2025Analysis: If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you're not alone.
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Changes underway for media industry, but it's a messy process
28 Feb 2025Media oversight and regulation is described as messy, and screen productions desperately need help.
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Consumer confidence survey steady in February
The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence survey for February was little changed at 96.6, after edging through the 100 point optimism level for the first time in three years in December.
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Rising export tide lifts Tauranga port profit
28 Feb 2025Strong export demand and a rebound in imports have delivered a strong profit for the country's biggest port.
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Should you fix your home loan for two years? ANZ economists say probably
27 Feb 2025The bank's latest Property Focus report says its economists generally agreed rates may not drop much lower.
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Job market showing signs of recovery
28 Feb 2025Seek says after six months of consistently falling job ads the rate of decline has slowed down.
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TVNZ reports half-year profit, but foresees potential full-year loss
28 Feb 2025A drop in television advertising revenue was in contrast to a 16 percent year-on-year increase in digital revenue.
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Hopes new Marlborough port will speed-up region's wine exporting
27 Feb 2025The facility is located next to the country's largest wine bottler, WineWorks. Audio
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Business confidence keeps inching up, as interest rates go down
27 Feb 2025Businesses are increasingly more confident of New Zealand's economic recovery, ANZ says, as interest rates lower and they anticipate more spending.
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The young KiwiSavers with $80,000 in the bank
27 Feb 2025While New Zealanders only have about $30,000 on average in their accounts, some of the youngest members of the population already have significantly more.
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Kiwibank forecasts better second half after profit dip
27 Feb 2025The state-owned bank's half-year profit has fallen as the weak economy hit its margins and increased costs, but it lent more money.
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Brakes come on four big electricity generator-retailers
27 Feb 2025The big four electricity generator-retailers will not be allowed to give preferential treatment to their retail arms through hedge contracts, under proposed new rules. Audio
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The bank offering 4.39%
27 Feb 2025One smaller player has come into the market offering significantly less.
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AI tech firm Nvidia earnings up, despite international challenges
27 Feb 2025AI tech firm Nvidia's latest earnings announcement has been positive, with all eyes on the firm amid challenges from new tech emerging from China.
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Warning low-income households 'left behind' as power companies innovate
It may be a tough winter for some, and the better off may be getting the better deals, advocates say
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'The opportunities are not as available' - male property investors still outnumber women
27 Feb 2025Just 21.9 percent of property investments are owned by solo women, compared to 26.1 percent by solo men.
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NZ lags behind in bequeathing money for charity
27 Feb 2025Only half of New Zealand adults have a will, with a small fraction of money being left behind for charity, according to a new report.
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Michael Hill CEO dies from 'adverse reaction' to medical treatment
26 Feb 2025Daniel Bracken had been in the role since 2018.
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Banks swamped as home owners rush to refix
26 Feb 2025Borrowers are taking an extra interest in their mortages as rates fall.
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