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Jeremy Tauri: Wages may prove your best choice

For the self-employed payday is not as straightforward as it might seem, writes Jeremy Tauri.

SPI directors fined over financial reporting breach

Two directors involved in Whangarei's $9.5 million Quest apartment block have been fined $25,312 each for breaching the Financial Reporting Act.

New furniture store has retro twist

Liz Koh: How much risk can you take

The definition of investment risk is not the probability of losing money, but the probability that the investment outcome will not be what you expect.

Oily Rag: The penny pincher pick n mix

International award for Paihia B&B

Inge Amsler's dedication to guests may be why her Bay of Islands bed and breakfast has won an international award.

26 people poisoned by bakery

A major outbreak of food poisoning affecting 26 people throughout the North Island has been traced back to a Northland bakery.

New crane will mean fewer trucks on highway

A $5million crane for loading containers on to ships at Northport will take cargo trucks off the road south of Marsden Pt, says the port boss.

One in five farms polluting

Nearly half of Northland's 965 dairy farms did not meet consent conditions for effluent management in the past year and one in five farms chalked up significant breaches.