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Confirmed: Kiwis love a good bargain
Data has confirmed Kiwis' love for a bargain with $6 out of every $10 spent on sale items.

Lost life savings: The strife of leaky buildings
Grey Power concerns about those caught by defective building issues.

Record-breaking NZ sharemarket poised for Big Wednesday
The sharemarket is poised for big Wednesday, with a slew of results due.

China's Mataura Valley Milk up and running
Mataura Valley Milk will make skim and whole milk powder and nutritional formula.

Two Mobil stations, 2km apart. A 19c/L difference. Why?
Explainer: How the price of petrol can vary so much from station to station.

Take a walk: St James Theatre, Auckland
This week the Herald visits the historic and once-mighty St James Theatre.

Small Business: Lingerie retailer educating women
Claire Long, founder of retailer Avokado, talks about running a small business.

Auckland projects prominent in top architecture awards
Auckland projects are prominent in a shortlist for national architecture awards.

800 new south Auckland residences planned
More than half of the properties will be in the affordable price range.

Cooks Global Foods' big plans for coffee brand Mojo
NZX-listed Cooks Global Foods will acquire coffee brand Mojo for $19 million.

Revealed: NZ's most complained about companies
The most complained about company operating in New Zealand should come as no surprise.

$1b Commercial Bay project delayed another six months
The project at Commercial Bay has been delayed by a further six months.

Whittaker's opens first chocolate store
Travellers will be able to get their chocolate fix at Auckland Airport.

$289m InterContinental hotel for Auckland waterfront
This pushes the development at Commercial Bay into billion-dollar territory.

Kiwi e-commerce entrepreneur launches giftbox business
Iyia Liu, the woman behind Waist Trainer, has launched another e-commerce business.

Lessons for real estate sector after Colliers' court ruling
Two Colliers International agents were ordered to pay a former client more than $800,000.

ComCom sues ticket reselling site Viagogo
Consumer watchdog the Commerce Commission is sueing ticket reselling site Viagogo.

Auckland house price slide continues as rest of nation roars
House prices across the nation are up, but Auckland continues to slide.

Arria aims for NZX debut amid new listing drought
Arria is planning to list in the fourth quarter of this year.

Summerset chief extols benefits of expansion into Australia
Summerset posted a half-year profit of $82 million.

Small businesses paid average of 8.3 days late
Insight from Xero shows small businesses are paid an average of 8 days late.

Watch: A walk through 'construction central' in Auckland's Albert St
Albert Street is undergoing a massive transformation.

Elderly residents must rent as leaky apartment vacated for repairs
Residents are concerned about how long the repairs are likely to take.

Oyster farmers still owed millions in compensation
MPI under fire for Stewart Island oyster farm compensation performance.

Plastic bag ban could cost people's jobs - union
E tū says a few hundred people work producing plastic bags in New Zealand.

Small Business: Tourism firm funded by German tourists
Chilean expat Felipe Rebolledo talks about how his multi-faceted tourism business.

Giant retirement project rising at Papamoa
One of New Zealand's biggest retirement living projects is being created on a 35ha site.

Government introduces Small Business Council
Small business set to become a bigger focus for New Zealand economy.

Retailers rush to support Govt's single-use bag ban
Retail companies react to Government's plans to phase out single-use plastic bags.