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Focus: Shopping blues: Price of 'everything' set to increase

The cost of your ASOS order, buying your daily coffee, fruit and veggies and filling up on petrol is set to increase.

Focus: New house prices set new national record

New Zealand has a new national house price record of $562,000, up 5 per cent or $27,000 annually.

Ministry: Tourists pay 'fair share' as new tax looms

Details on new ways to tax foreign visitors are due out later this week.

Family helpless as man pours about $100K into romance scam

"It's his money, he can pretty much do what he wants with it."

Agencies fighting back against scammers

"The sad reality is it is growing, it is constant and it is continual."

Focus: Air New Zealand hikes international fares by up to 5%

Some long-haul fares will be pushed up by more than $100 and the airline is blaming the increases on higher operating costs. The increases come into force from Thursday.

The scam industry: You could be the next target

"They were really slick" - how one couple lost $230,000 in an investment scam.

Duped: Scams costing Kiwis up to $500m a year

Kiwis are losing up to $500 million annually to international scammers.

Focus: The Kiwi who lost $230k to an overseas investment scam

The wife of an Auckland man who secretly sent payments over five months to Malaysia and Hong Kong, speaks about the toll it took on her family.

Spirit of China, in a bottle, reaches NZ

Kiwi launch the first step in world marketing campaign for China's 'national liquor'.

Turbulence ahead: Why your holiday might cost more

A tourist tax is looming but the Government says it will listen to industry feedback

Focus: The Government move that could push up airfares

Airlines fear a planned new tax on tourists will load costs on them, force up ticket prices for all passengers and could lead to some carriers dropping certain routes, or no longer flying to New Zealand.

Focus: What will Kiwis get out of the EU trade deal?

It's early days yet but the agreement once signed could be worth billions to NZ's economy.

How Google 'thumbs its nose' at NZ's justice system

In recent high-profile court cases Google's actions have threatened NZ's due process.

Spark planning to extend its sports content

Spark and Sky have reportedly partnered on a sports deal

Focus: What Kiwis want from the budget

We ask people in South Auckland what they want to see from the budget.

Focus: Smiths City fallout: Retailers in firing line

More than 500 retail workers have already complained to the union about unpaid work in the wake of the Smiths City decision.

Focus: Interest-free mortgages considered for first-home buyers

New Zealanders seeking a home could be given access to a second, interest-free mortgage under a scheme being considered by the Government.