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Market close: Mainfreight result lifts sharemarket as investors eye Infratil update

Mainfreight's half-year result was better than expected.

The biggest development projects lined up for Auckland

Work at the $1b James Kirkpatrick Group hub dominates: one warehouse alone is 65,000sq m.

Reserve Bank building could be closed for weeks due to asbestos

Contamination complicates refurbishment of maximum-security cash vaults.

ASB’s latest legal fight adds to mounting regulatory troubles

The Commerce Commission alleges ASB has breached lending laws.

From ‘It’ shoe to investor headache: Can Allbirds find its footing again?

The shoe maker cut full-year sales guidance, hinting at a weak Christmas run.

Costco Wholesale will be able to sell alcohol in new Drury store

Costco made $361.5m total revenue in its latest trading period, although it's still new.

Richard Prebble: Why the real election battleground will be the household budget

OPINION: Falling interest rates may boost voters' sense of financial relief.

Qantas sale offers fares from NZ to Australia as low as $219

Business class as low as $559, sale covers Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide.

Residents oppose plans for 9-level purple apartment block, The Kubrick, in wealthy Auckland suburb

It could be much worse. Plan change 120 means area zoned for 15 levels, opponents admit.

Price poke: Small retailer's cheeky billboard dig at top chains - using their logos

Marketing expert welcomes rare head-to-head, David v Goliath advertising battle.

Market close: NZ sharemarket dips ahead of Mainfreight and Infratil results

The NZ sharemarket closed marginally down on Tuesday as Mainfreight readies to report.

Rocket Lab delays Neutron but shares jump as it beats earnings estimates - and Beck talks up a constellation that could compete with Starlink

The Kiwi-American firm was questioned about the impact of the US Government shutdown.

Inside the Kiwi Gen Z job crunch: ‘I was applying to at least 10 jobs a day’

An employment expert says attitude is not the problem among younger workers.

Reserve Bank's Auckland office lease cost quadruples to $56m

Finance Minister Nicola Willis wants the bank to sublease the space.

Thousands of US flights cancelled as Trump threatens air traffic controllers

More than 7,000 flights were delayed as controllers worked without pay.

'Global milk faucets are flowing': Analysts warn of price pressure ahead

Futures point to a $9.77/kg payout, below Fonterra's $10 midpoint forecast.