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'Stung for $100k': Same water boss hired through same agency 3 years apart
The DIA used the same firm to hire Michael Brewster for a similar role in 2023.
Brief respite: Inflation rate falls but not for long
New figures show inflation dipped as petrol prices fell in the third quarter.
Why subsidised prices do not lower the cost of living
OPINION: Labour productivity grew just 0.1% a year from 2020 to 2024.
Could electric vehicles solve our current account deficit woes?
ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.
'Stimulation, not suffering': Les Mills unveils cold plunge pool, bigger saunas
Upgrades cost $3.5m at one gym but nationally, the business is spending $6m expanding.
New Zealand should make KiwiSaver contributions tax-free, not compulsory
OPINION: Act should go further than its policy to make investment returns tax free.
Compulsory KiwiSaver could push struggling households into debt, research shows
NZIER notes that low-income earners will struggle to contribute more to KiwiSaver.
Inflation set to ease to 3.7% but October hike still in play
Annual inflation is forecast to drop from 4.1% in June.
Property slump casts long shadow over National's re-election odds
OPINION: The property market is weighing on National’s traditional Auckland voter base.
Tech entrepreneur Guy Haddleton on being so poor he couldn't afford bus fare
Money Talks: Liam Dann talks life, politics and economics with outspoken NZ billionaire.
'Disappointing': Fuel price surge delivers another blow to retail sector
Hospitality spending fell 2.3%, while fuel spending rose 2.9%, Stats NZ figures show.
National negative on Act's negative gearing property policy
Nicola Willis says this isn't the time to give investors tax relief.
National and Labour have lost economic credibility
OPINION: Both parties' plans rely on implausible economic forecasts.
Brain drain to Australia is finally slowing, new figures show
Stats NZ data also shows a record number of Aussie tourists coming to New Zealand.
More 'tax cuts for landlords'? Act reveals significant policy
Policy may result in property investors' tax bills falling by about $300m a year.
Cashed out – use of paper money continues to decline
ANALYSIS: Liam Dann answers readers' economic questions.
'I don't apologise for the decisions we made at the time': Labour's Barbara Edmonds talks to Liam Dann
Barbara Edmonds on boosting the economy and why she still wants to pay down debt.
Election promises ignore the cost of Government debt
OPINION: Returning to 2017 public service staffing could save $2b annually.
Billionaires, ambition, getting rich (and more taxes) – what’s not to like?
OPINION: New Zealand must stop treating wealth creation as a moral failing.
Southern Cross North Harbour capacity to rise as buildings nearly double in size
The project will nearly double hospital’s existing footprint and add much-needed capacity.
Firmus pulls ASX listing
It had been billed as the biggest capital raising event since Telstra in 1997.
Nicola Willis on cost of living, wages and supermarket reform
Liam Dann asks Nicola Willis why the economic recovery has been so slow.
Labour's living wage pledge could 'end in tears', economist warns
Hiking wages without lifting productivity risks causing inflation to spike.
Harcourts agent must pay buyer $23,800 over third car park claim
Tribunal found that the buyer suffered a loss due to her actions: two, not three parks.
Taxpayers still paying $28.5m to fix Middlemore Hospital leaks
McIndoe houses the emergency department, intensive care and national burns unit.
Failed townhouse development leaves creditors facing $4.7m hole
Vincent Capital claims the collapsed developer owes it $2.7m.
Inside Economics: Do foreign asset sales make us richer or poorer?
ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.
The hidden maths behind the Government’s $40m events strategy
Govt concerts and a $780,000 project & tool that tallies benefits (works on weddings too).
The Auckland investor who bought 60 apartments in one deal
Stonemont bought units in a waterfront block this year and has dozens of ex-Du Val units.