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How to navigate the health insurance maze

The tips, tricks and pitfalls when it comes to getting health insurance.

How to protect your cash in a split

Make sure a broken heart doesn't also break the bank.

The thing unsatisfied insurance customers have in common

Consumers are less satisfied when they use a broker or bank to buy insurance.

'Totally insensitive': CBD apartment's 'no homeless men' ad slammed

The ad uses the lack of "homeless people" and "housing NZ folks" as selling points.

Revealed: NZ's most (and least) affordable cities to buy a house

309 cities around the world ranked, and the Kiwi city that's less affordable than London.

New housing provided for workers

Houses are the first stage of a future "village" of 14 dwellings for staff.

Amsterdam to buy out young people's debt

The council will negotiate with creditors to get the debt passed onto them instead.

Vital Healthcare boss: $240m of work on - and still worried about his Grey Lynn villa do-up

New Vital chief quakes at villa restoration.

Trust obsession: Massive 325,000 NZ properties in trust ownership

Why are trusts involved in so many New Zealand properties?

Tenants warned after Christchurch owners bring $21,000 case

"Extremely difficult for these poor landlords to get back the money" - Andrew King

Leading questions: Leonie Freeman on election year, plastic bags and honey

Leonie Freeman doesn't anticipate any issues in switching off during the break.

Tenants fined $2600 for trying to escape tenancy agreement

The tenants tried to get out of the lease within two months of signing on.

'Having to use the oven 24/7 to keep kids warm': Father's fight with landlord

Landlords were found to be in breach of law.

The reality of one NZers journey to early retirement

FIRE - Financial Independence, Retire Early is possible. Here's how.

Barfoot real estate sales hit four-year high

Peter Thompson said last month was particularly strong for sales volumes.

New push to reform $50 billion apartment sector

National MPs have long called for the changes with signatures on petition growing.

Bouncing back: Auckland house prices make biggest jump in two years

House price resurgence gains speed as pundits tip further rises this year.

'Undrinkable, contaminated': Office rental with dirty water running from taps

A business owner says her staff have had to boil the tap water in upmarket rental.