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Small Business Q&A with Willy Benson of PortaSkip

Small Business reporter Tom Raynel interviews Willy Benson about his waste management business PortaSkip. Video / NZ Herald

Another major bank cuts mortgage and deposit rates in NZ

But it isn't matching other banks which are offering 4.89% over 18 months.

NZ's power system well-placed for winter - analyst

Lake levels are close to average, easing fears of a power shortage.

Excuses and self-pity: What a film-maker caught with child exploitation files told a judge

Rajneel Singh claimed he only accessed the material to impress women online.

Immigration NZ alerted to child smuggling, families adopting more than 10 kids

Reports and warnings to ministers show concerns about motives of some adoptive parents.

Why charity tax reform got kicked to touch

Prospect of rivers of fresh tax revenues shrank, on reflection, to mere trickles.

On The Up: 'Desire to innovate' - Kiwi fitness app wins global prize for Harry Potter challenges

Plus: Tauranga gin distillery's big UK win and Pāpāmoa skincare start-up's Goop deal.

PM speaks on Newstalk ZB about new visa for parents of NZ residents

Applicants need $160,000 for a single parent or $250,000 for a couple.

Thunder and lightning hits Auckland

Multiple strikes of lightning were shown on Niwa's weather cam in Auckland this morning. Video / NIWA

'Dwindling faster': NZ's falling gas supply bad news for households

Household gas use is 4% of total consumption, but prices may rise.

Nadine Higgins: Should you swap residential for commercial property?

Commercial property yields in NZ range from 5% to 8.38%, higher than residential.

Bold Maison Louis resolute in Queensland Derby

Maison Louis clinched the Group 1 Queensland Derby, beating King Of Thunder.

Why has Dame Jacinda Ardern vanished from NZ? Popular US magazine reviews ex-PM's memoir

The New Yorker has picked apart her Covid-19 response and NZ's reaction to her policies.

Vege tips: Glasshouse vs tunnel house - the pros and cons

Opinion: A glasshouse or a tunnel house, which suits your needs?

Letters: D-Day anniversary a timely reminder to seek freedom and peace

OPINION: The coalition can't keep blaming the former Government forever.

'He’s a predator': Film-maker jailed for child sex abuse files acquitted in 2002

Police found 554 child exploitation files on his devices during a 2023 raid.

Shane Te Pou: My daughter wrote a letter to Brooke van Velden, this is what it said

OPINION: Fifty students wrote to the Cabinet minister about pay equity changes.

Mega $15m Lotto prize not struck as presenter fondly remembers former co-host

But three punters have walked away with $333,333 in First Division prize money.