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'Mental health tsunami is coming' as labour shortage hits workers left to pick up slack.

Fran O'Sullivan: Two views on the way forward for Māori

There's the Simon Bridges approach — and then there's Three Waters.

Business digest: Classic Group - helping first-home buyers

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Mark Lister: Workers of New Zealand, unite

COMMENT: You might not realise it, but many of you have got your employer over a barrel.

'Swimming against tide': Businesses get slammed as customers wary of spending

Inevitable that retailers will need to pass on their rising costs to consumers.

Richard Prebble: Rotorua's co-governance bill 'reduces the value of my vote'

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Mark Lister: Keeping your head during difficult markets

COMMENT: Mark Lister's first piece of advice is to stay calm, and not to panic.

Feeling fatigued? Here's how Bay bosses are managing stress before it boils over

Leaders are doing their best to get themselves and staff through the toughest of times.

What's being done to solve the Gib crisis?

The three-pronged attack aimed at solving the drastic Gib plasterboard shortage.

'Opportunists': Gib board selling for 'exorbitant' prices online in shortage

Trade Me: Average sale price in plasterboard category up 412% from October to March.

Business digest: March dip for Bay of Plenty economic prospects

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'In our DNA': How NZ company grew its value from $31m to $330m

'Last season Bay growers received $1.78 billion from the sale of kiwifruit'

'Left in the hot seat': Employers grapple with new mandate rules

Vaccine mandates and passes will no longer be required from April 4

Mark Lister: The Fed hiking cycle begins

COMMENT: This is a significant event: only the fourth one in the past 30 years.

Eventual 'slums' or much needed homes? Govt buys two plots for 80 homes

More than 80 new homes for the homeless at two new sites. But what do locals think?

Zizi Sparks: Just because the world is opening, it doesn't mean we should leave NZ

Opinion: Businesses need our support now more than ever.