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Harawira calls for 'Talley-ban' amid dispute

House sales ease in April, prices dip

Latest property stats show the number of sales eased in April, with prices down slightly from the month before.

Bollard: There's no boom in housing

Brian Fallow: Super a fiscal bomb waiting to explode

House prices sluggish despite real estate pick-up: Bollard

Dollar tumble reduces OCR cut prospects

The Reserve Bank's view that the kiwi dollar is set to keep falling has reduced prospects of a cut in an official cash rate, economists say.

Reinsurance premium hikes likely - Reserve Bank

The Reserve Bank expects global reinsurers to pass on their mounting cost of the Canterbury earthquakes to their customers, with another round of hikes to their premiums.

NZ a great place to study medicine

Canada puts its hand up to join TPP

Labour's about-face on Super Fund

Housing lack slows return to quake city

Bank works on macro policy

Rudman's city: Industry tapping taxpayers for dry dock a tad rich

It should be funded from within the industry, not subsidised by ratepayers.

Auckland property market cools in April

Unemployment rate lifts to 6.7pc

New Zealand's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose in the first quarter after the labour force swelled to a three-year high as more people started looking for work in a tight jobs market.

Inside Money: KiwiSaver tax grabs off the table

Compared to the Australian superannuation system, even the original KiwiSaver tax incentives looked anaemic, now the contrast is startling.