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Fixed-price contracts and five per cent deposits: Building industry fights back

ANZ's Blueprint to Build nets $3.5 billion in lending since it launched last year.

Comment: Mark Lister says if you can't beat 'em, buy 'em

Investing in companies we shop with gives us the chance to back them, and hedge our bets.

Travel agents work long hours as understaffed offices keep up with demand

Some have reported business is better than it was pre-pandemic.

Business digest: New app, partnership signed, inaugural awards

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Mark Lister: Time to spring clean your portfolio?

Jerome Powell's speech a week ago was a timely wake-up call to optimistic markets

Bay boosted by strong spending but path ahead uncertain: Report

Customers are tightening their belts as higher interest rates start to bite - Retail NZ.

Toilet paper workers' stoush: Fresh negotiations as shortages felt

Kawerau's Essity mill's 145 workers have been locked out since August 9 without pay.

Shane Te Pou: What's wrong with workers seeking pay rises to combat cost of living, inflation?

OPINION: Kawerau mill workers are asking for a pay rise in line with inflation.

Northport holds key to unlock supply chain - Port of Tauranga CEO

Northport's container volumes up 42 per cent due to diverting ships.

'Horrendous': Farmers brace as costs spiral, one fertiliser up 125 %

'Farm input costs outstripping gains from good market prices.'

Mark Lister: Has the inflation worm turned?

We can't declare victory yet, but some international trends are encouraging.

Business digest: New voter app, business scholarship launched, developer's headquarters up for sale

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Chamber boss: Bulldoze the immigration bottleneck

Worker shortage is the most common issue for Kiwi employers. Surely there's a better way.

'A perfect storm': Kiwifruit review underway as huge number of fruit rejected

Kiwifruit harvest was impacted by a 30 per cent seasonal worker shortfall.

Seeka's wild ride through a stormy horticulture half year

Seeka's resilience severely tested in first half of 2022.

Kickstarter fury as NZ firm raises $1m, game fails to appear

Raise labelled 'shady' but venture capital investor stands behind Tauranga startup.

'Unanimous': Foster keeps job, Schmidt elevated to attack coach

Foster safe until World Cup, Joe Schmidt elevated in the coaching set-up.

'Turning point': Property resale gains not the usual 'cash windfall'

Tauranga, Rotorua feel 'strains of higher mortgage rates and tighter credit conditions'.