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BNZ cuts home loan fixed rates

BNZ makes triple rates cut after competitors did the same.

Here’s when you should consider a longer home loan fix

The time may be coming to lock in a longer rate, here's how you can spot it.

Inside Economics: Capital Gains Tax v Wealth Tax – what's the difference?

Liam Dann answers readers' questions about economics.

Is mohair the next big thing for Kiwi farmers?

Michael and Susie Woodward run 250 Angora goats alongside dairy cows at Cowgora Hills.

Richard Prebble: Why NZ needs a modern Magna Carta for basic freedoms

OPINION: No civil servant knows as much about your life as you do.

The greening of New Zealand business

Large and small, businesses are not waiting to be told how to address climate change.

Skifield buyer Whakapapa Holdings potential operator for Chateau Tongariro

Whakapapa Holdings is interested in operating the currently decaying heritage building.

'Shocked': Kingsland Apartments owners get $36m minimum fix-up bill

Owners of 2-bedroom places get three choices: $350,000, $643,000 or $800,000 fix-up bill.

Market close: US tariff threats rattle sharemarket heavyweight Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Investors are trying to figure out what Trump's policies will mean for the markets.

New data shows economy still struggling

Service sector survey and Seek job ads both point to a tough end for 2024.

Rise in holiday spending at end of 2024, electronic card data shows

New data from Stats NZ shows spending in retail performed strongly during December sales.

Federal employees union sues Trump over Musk-led efficiency drive

Doge-gone it: Lawsuit filed minutes after Trump sworn in as 47th US President.

Apple hit by Belgian probe over ‘blood minerals’ from Congo

Financial Times: Former colonial master starts probe into Apple 'blood minerals' claim.

‘What a waste of money’: Why agent left $500k career

Mike Harvey left his job after seeing issues with how the industry operated.

Picky, picky: 25 peculiar ad complaints – togs, topless All Blacks, vibrators, nose-pickers

Banks, supermarkets, house firms in the firing line: 'I am not trying to be a Karen.'

Property Insider: 6 big things likely to dominate 2025

Seascape, Ikea, some big new buildings and a court drama loom.

Port pricing the remedy for ‘alarming’ decline in sector’s returns on capital: Forsyth Barr

Most ports are owned by local councils suggesting "public good" thinking over performance.

QV figures: How much has your home lost since the market peak?

We can't say 'peak to trough' because we don't yet know if we have hit rock bottom.