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Whether you're a contractor or an employee, you can still have a conversation about pay.

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Joe Biden has capitalised on Trump's tax revelations.

Cuthbertson: Tax is our unsung Covid hero

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Diana Clement: Talking the talk - the secret to financial success

The right attitude to money and finances goes a long way.

Mark Bryers out on bail but still yet to enter pleas

The Kiwi businessman is accused of helping a crime boss structure an A$17.5m tax scam.

'Bottom line': The policy that could prevent a Greens-Labour coalition Govt

Future Labour-Greens Coalition government in doubt over wealth tax dispute.

Toby Pascoe: Reserve Bank is living in dreamland

Comment: Doomsday predictions of a property price slump have been wrong again.

NZ's top 10 richest private schools: The school with nearly $1b in assets

A Weekend Herald investigation ranks New Zealand's ten richest private schools.

More arrests over 2.2 million cigarette bust, syndicate suspected

A shipment from Malaysia had 2.2 million cigarettes hidden inside stacks of metal frames.

Diana Clement: How to pay off your mortgage in stressful times

Mortgages in the time of Covid.

Mary Holm: From $1042 a year to $150,000 — it is possible

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Surprise: Why NZ, Auckland house prices hit new record

Every region recorded an annual increase in median prices.

Raise retirement age, wind up Super fund - think tank

Think tank proposes increasing retirement age to 67 and winding up NZ Super Fund.

Tauranga's biggest property deal: Bob Clarkson sells $200m worth

The man who defeated Winston Peters still climbs his digger daily.

Overseas student loan holders flock back to NZ

Student loan repayments jump as overseas Kiwis return home.