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Radical smoking plans win support

Licensing tobacco retailers and turning cigarette packs into plain packages bearing only health warnings is among five new proposals to reduce smoking.

Australia accelerating out of gloom

Patio heaters recalled

<i>Cartoon:</i> Cutting back on plastic bags

Charge to stay for plastic bags

Foodstuffs backtracks on plastic bag charge

A Wellington supermarket is forced to axe a compulsory plastic bag charge it introduced only four weeks ago.

Retailers' deal sees bag totals melting

The number of plastic bags used by NZ shoppers has been slashed by 157 million over five years - almost a quarter of the original total.

Rapper and Mayor unite for bag campaign

Expansion on cards for store in RMA row

Australia a bright spot for Michael Hill

Woolworths takes a stake in home improvements

Frucor to take over Simply Squeezed

Kiwibank joins bank fee slashing

Vector profits up 16pc, revenue dips in recession

Profits at New Zealand's largest energy distributor, Vector, have risen 16.3 per cent, but the recession means growth in new connections has slowed and volumes are down.

Michael Hill tax credit pushes profits up to $69m

Noel Leeming, Eric Watson resolve debt dispute

Appliance retailer Noel Leeming has reached an eleventh hour settlement with interests of its former owner Eric Watson over an unpaid debt.