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Mark Lister: Women make better investors than men

COMMENT: Sorry lads, but in every study I've seen, they beat us hands down

'Staggering': The city where houses are earning more in a month than most people earn in a year

The latest REINZ data shows the city's house price have reached a record $1,050,000.

Tauranga's LawVu named Business of the Year

This year, the awards night was held as a hybrid digital-physical event

Could the vaccine mandate hit the Bay's falling unemployment rate?

The lowest recorded unemployment rate for the region was 2.9 per cent in June 2007

Regional House to get new $2.5m Civil Defence emergency coordination centre

The new emergency coordination centre was due to be completed by April 2022

Business digest: Study shows Bay most adaptable area

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Councils could get tougher on consent applications when RMA is axed

Govt considering how new resource management system will improve councils performance.

Mark Lister: 2021 just wasn't our year

OPINION: That said, I think we should cut the local sharemarket some slack.

Jo Raphael: Can you forego barista coffee to get on the property ladder?

OPINION: Be prepared to lay your cards on the table for banks to give you a home loan.

Have house prices hit their peak? New report reveals where they're heading

Rotorua and Waikato values indicate brakes being applied on prices as headwinds bite.

Banks 'going through statements with a fine tooth comb'

Red flags could include excessive cafe, bar, dairy, alcohol and gambling expenditure.

Richard Prebble: Is Simon Bridges the one to save National?

National's woes are much greater than just Judith Collins.

Landlords say tax loophole is 'bribe' to switch to social housing

Tax breaks a huge incentive for landlords to evict hard workers - rent to social housing.

'I googled how to start a business': Rise in people wanting to be their own boss

If you were to start up your own business, what would it be?

Business digest: Bay of Plenty commercial director awarded Ray White Director's Cup

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Mark Lister: Consumer Price Index and the cost of living

COMMENT: Mark Lister is Head of Private Wealth Research at Craigs Investment Partners.