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Alan Clarke: A week to start thinking ahead

Liz Koh: Take cues from the financially successful

Achieving financial success in life has little to do with academic qualifications and everything to do with habits and mindset.

Whangarei still a subtle but significant city today

Northland's skills gap widening

Jeremy Tauri: The reality of having a mortgage

Alan Clarke: Prepare for downhill slope

Liz Koh: Learn outcomes of financial decisions

Every day we are faced with financial choices. It may be as simple as a choice of whether to buy this week's special at the supermarket or as complex as whether to buy a house.

Staying small to retain artisan flavour

Seven-year rule could do with tweaking

Every year, our letters are met with surprise. "Do I really have to keep all my records for seven years?" They ask me this like they hope the rule has changed, writes Jeremy Tauri.

Bars bucking council await decision

The Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority has reserved its decision on licence renewals for two Whangarei bar owners who are refusing to embrace a one-way door policy.

Confidence good for region

Small businesses in Northland are tracking some of the most significant growth in the country, as national revenue growth hits its highest level in five years.

Switch to organics pays off

A battle with kikuyu and a change over to organics proved to be two challenges that a Kerikeri vineyard triumphed over this year.

Alan Clarke: A bust often follows the good times

In an ideal world, we would be able to predict the top of a boom, and then we could alter our investments and assets accordingly, writes Alan Clarke.

Jeremy Tauri: Tax cuts should not be snubbed

I've been surprised at the number of people who say they don't want National's proposed tax cut, writes Jeremy Tauri.

Jeremy Tauri: It's hard to see merit in capital gains tax

Capital gains tax is a big topic of debate at the moment, although David Cunliffe's Labour camp may want to forget his policy fumble in the recent debate.

Unveiling of $1.7 million Kotuitui Whiti Bridge

Whangarei's newest bridge and associated 4.2km walking/cycling loop will be officially opened tomorrow with a formal ceremony on the Hihiaua Peninsula.