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It was another 'disruption' for businesses, just as their confidence began to return.

OPINION: Good for Helen Clark, fuel for thought and cost of living.

OPINION: New Zealand now holds only about four weeks of fuel in onshore storage.

Up to one quarter of older New Zealanders have no access to online resources.

Nicola Willis says NZ has 28 days' worth of fuel on hand and 29 more days' worth en route.

The Government has not yet decided whether to go through with the plan.

Owner Mahmoud Alhardan says building a business in Australia is 25-30% cheaper than here.

People who don't shop around may be seeing their premiums rise much faster.

Councils could collect more than $200 million each year if the rules changed.

A badly timed supply shock threatens to spike inflation and sink our fragile recovery.

The debate continued on Wednesday with both parties far from common ground.

Jodie and David Turner share affordable family dinners on TikTok and Facebook.

Global butter prices have risen 6.1% since the last GDT sale and 34% since December.

OPINION: Christopher Luxon offered 37 initiatives but little sense of priority or empathy.

'These are the hard decisions we must make to keep our city functioning.'

ANALYSIS: National is in an unfortunate position at the start of election year.

The Finance Minister admits that she is 'impatient' as well.

Aldi and Lidl also declined to engage, leaving the supermarket duopoly intact.

Labour productivity has grown by under 1% a year, while wages rose by about 6% a year.

Confidence dropped sharply in Auckland and Wellington but rose elsewhere.

State of the Nation speeches reveal main parties have no ideas, or don’t want to share.

Child poverty figures remain persistently high, according to new data from Stats NZ.

A finance expert says it is a concern that people don't have emergency funds on hand.

Two parents on average wages with two kids in daycare lose over a third of pay.

Hipkins continued to impress upon voters the need to make realistic promises.

Students say loan support falls short of basic costs.

In January, Student Job Search had 38,000 applications for 4600 roles.

From April 1, default KiwiSaver rates rise to 3.5% from both sides.

Cheaper smoked salmon at $11.05 per 100g is imported from Norway via Germany.