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Budget 2021: Government considering unemployment insurance

Scheme could see workers receive 80 per cent of their pay if they are made unemployed.

Audrey Young: If not now, then when for beneficiaries?

OPINION: After spending $57b on the Covid fund, the time was right to lift benefits.

Live blog: Budget updates and the best memes and tweets

The Government has just announced its new Budget — but what does it actually mean for you?

Community in shock over potential closure of Kawerau mill

Owner Norske Skog has met with employees to begin consulting on future of operation.

Future of 160 jobs at Kawerau mill to be decided

The mill employs 160 people and no decision has been made for its future.

Port delays: Commercial contracts at risk say businesses

Imported goods are bypassing Auckland and are being re-routed to Tauranga.

Taupō firm secures investment in lithium extraction for batteries

Company hoping to mine geothermal waste for use in making electric vehicle batteries.

Is the Bay's boiling property market starting to simmer? New data revealed

Tauranga's median house price is $937,500 and Rotorua's $630,000.

Mark Lister: Brace yourself for an inflationary spike

Mark Lister is Head of Private Wealth Research at Craigs Investment Partners.

More people retraining and upskilling post-lockdown

What is causing Bay tertiary enrolments to climb post-lockdown?

Survival of the fittest: Bay businesses thrive post lockdown

Bay businesses are looking towards a bright future post-lockdown.

'Silver lining': More young people entering real estate post-lockdown

A total of 154 Bay people have applied for their real estate licence since lockdown

'We can't sleep at night': Two stores burgled, one the second time in eight days

'We can't sleep at night worrying if they will come again': Shop owner

Bay properties win in architecture awards

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'Mental beat-up': Landlords face rhetoric of abuse as rents keep soaring

Great tenants who love their homes beg landlord not to sell - and she hasn't.

Bubble: NZ hotel heading for full recovery by end of the year

Best events bookings in a decade means a familiar challenge in tourism - finding staff.