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Nadine Higgins: Two ways to unlock home value without opening a financial trapdoor

Reverse mortgages let retirees access home equity without selling up.

Shane Te Pou: Ministers meddling in public sector pay negotiations is dumb politics

Ministers received a 10% pay rise while warning nurses and teachers off strikes.

Unauthorised Ardern book: Author opens up - 'I ended up liking her more but respecting her less'

David Cohen: 'She may have left the church, but the church never left her.'

Inside modern China: youth pride, tech ambition and shifting economic power

ANALYSIS: A decade on from his last visit to China, Liam Dann looks at what has changed.

Grey wave: Local elections deliver NZ's oldest mayoral line-up in recent history

The average age of big-city mayors has climbed to nearly 68.

Bruce Cotterill: Seven long-term fixes to stop NZ swinging between extremes

OPINION: Why New Zealand needs a bipartisan path.

Auckland's biggest rubbish tip battles school parents to stay open

Redvale landfill wants to stay open until 2036. Dairy Flat School fears pollution.

Fran O'Sullivan: How Luxon’s trade push could reshape NZ’s place in a turbulent world

OPINION: EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič praised Christopher Luxon’s global trade advocacy.

GrabOne owes creditors $16.5m, including voucher holders

Customers, businesses, staff and Inland Revenue are among those left out of pocket.

Stock Takes: Takeover battle brews for Comvita as founder mounts rival bid against rich-lister's investment company

Founder Alan Bougen is rallying investors to oppose the Florenz bid.

'Immensely stressful': Motorway Patrol Good Samaritan's privacy complaint; Is soaring Sky ripe for acquisition?

Top ad agency's financial mess; Spark's split-car ad sent to advertising watchdog.

Matthew Hooton: Who will fill the leadership vacuum?

OPINION: Luxon seemingly can’t, while Hipkins so far hasn’t.

Market close: NZ sharemarket lifts as Skellerup update builds confidence

Skellerup’s earnings rose 10% as strong dairy demand boosted first‑quarter profit.

'Let's wait and see': Mayor urges calm over Starbucks, Burger King plans for small town

In public feedback, 104 opposed the plan and 39 submissions were in support.

Westpac trims mortgage rates amid competition from rivals

It joins BNZ and ASB in lowering its special 18-month fixed home loan rate to 4.45%.

Criminal construction: Secret Auckland company sentenced for bid-rigging

Co-defendant MaxBuild and its director, Munesh 'Max' Kumar, were sentenced last year.