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‘Clobbered’: Household expenses could increase by $150 a week this year - ASB

Mortgage repayments, food and transport costs will be the biggest contributors.

Richard Prebble: Ardern, Hipkins and the coup that nobody voted for, or saw coming

OPINION: Labour's legal coup must have been the result of months of secret debate.

Cost of living: Food now a bigger worry than housing

Survey reveals who is feeling it the hardest.

'Does not define who I am': Man with Down syndrome can't get a job

Hamish Gilbert wants prospective employers to see the value he can bring to a workplace.

Listen live: Finance Minister Grant Robertson fronts after worse-than-expected GDP slump

Economists had expected data for the December quarter to show a sharp contraction.

Liam Dann: Big GDP slump muddies outlook and divides economists

RBNZ's Adrian Orr said it was time to 'cool the jets'. GDP data suggests we listened.

Contractor or employee? Disappointment over Govt stalling work to clarify the difference

Some contractors could effectively be earning less than the minimum wage.

Trade balance slips deeper into the red - current account deficit worst since 1988

Deficit was $12.7 billion wider than in the year ended December 31, 2021 (6 per cent GDP).

Cost of food surges: Growers 'battling hard' to reduce fresh produce prices

Leaderbrand chief executive says fresh produce price hikes are not positive for growers.

Liam Dann: Kiwis still waiting at start-line of recessionary marathon

OPINION: New data shows that the real economic pain is still to come.

Mortgage arrears climbing as interest rate pressure builds

More than 18,000 households were behind in mortgage payments in January.

Labour - out of the Covid frying pan and into the Gabrielle fire

OPINION: Observations from the Milford Track.

Lockdowns are over. WFH isn’t. Why?

Financial Times: Much of the world remains in the grip of ‘Long Social Distancing’.

Liam Dann: Before we pay the price of climate change we need to agree on the bill

OPINION: This election should be a referendum on the way forward.

Invasion of Ukraine one year on: Impacts on NZ's economy

Kiwis have felt the repercussions of Putin's invasion.

Liam Dann: Did the Reserve Bank and Adrian Orr get it right?

OPINION: Focus stays on inflation but hike shouldn't mean big mortgage rate rises.

Rate hike aftermath: Adrian Orr says inflation slowing, down to 3 per cent by mid-2024

After rate hike, how will NZ beat inflation, cyclone damage bill?

Four-day working week makes staff happier - and companies more money, new study reveals

'Major breakthrough': Adopting new working pattern could increase revenue, cut burnout.