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Minimalist, meek homes among national NZIA prize-winners

It doesn't have to be flashy to win. Ingenuity and beauty in style caught judges' eyes.

The Ex-Files: I’m angry my dad changed his will, leaving 90% to a woman he met at bridge

Lawyers say signs of undue influence could see the late change thrown out.

The offspring: How heirs to Kiwi family fortunes earn their keep

Meet the heirs of New Zealand's wealthiest families.

Diana Clement: The biggest money lessons I've learned in 2025

OPINION: Climate risk, insurance refusals and AI changed how we think about money, homes.

David Harvey: Missed chances on media reform haunt today’s online regulation debate

OPINION: Why a 2013 blueprint may still be the answer to today’s internet angst.

Mary Holm: Why you should consider investing outside of New Zealand

OPINION: The NZ sharemarket makes up about 0.1% of all the shares in the world.

Cecilia Robinson: New Zealand through migrant eyes – fairness, freedom and family life

OPINION: Why New Zealand quietly became the country I chose to call home.

‘All careers end in failure’: Finance guru on how to retire comfortably

Financial expert Martin Hawes on three big mistakes people make planning for retirement.

Ashley Gardyne: What 2025’s wild markets taught investors heading into 2026

OPINION: In April 2025, tariffs drove a near 20% plunge from S&P 500 highs.

Summer Questions: Kiwi businesses need to think bigger earlier − Alliv Samson

Kami co-founder shares her best tip for start-ups wanting to make it on the world stage.

Low-cost fuel chains plan merger, promises to cut prices for motorists

The company would run about 240 sites nationwide if cleared by the Commerce Commission.

'Easier to get growth out of an economic hole': Did we survive 2025?

Liquidations and unemployment are both sitting at decade-high levels.

'Biggest and best': Rodd & Gunn CEO on new $10m+ Melbourne store

'Level of detail and how each floor of the store works is incredible,' says Mike Beagley.

Budgets still constrained: Christmas peak spending falls for fifth year

Worldline NZ processed 563,303 transactions from noon to 1pm on Christmas Eve.

Market close: Muted year on market – NZX edges up in thin pre-Christmas trade

The S&P/NZX 50 is up just 3.3% for 2025 with two and a half days left to trade.

Abandoning home ownership may be changing how people behave at work and home

By age 30, 15% of 1990-born renters had already abandoned hopes of buying a home.