Personal Finance news
Mortgage rates: How low can you expect rates to go?
Home owners are switching to longer-term rates as the bottom of the cycle nears.
Interest rates are falling, so why did mortgage arrears hit an eight-year high?
Mortgage arrears at their highest level since March 2017.
Waiting to fix in ’26 could cost mortgage borrowers more, analyst says
Rate relief is here! Or is it?
After the OCR cut, is now time to change your mortgage rate?
If you are waiting for rates to fall, you may have missed your chance.
Home owners face $400 hike as disaster insurance levy set to rise
Treasury consults on how much the Natural Hazards Insurance Levy needs to rise by.
Diana Clement: How Facebook Marketplace scams are catching out Kiwis
Netsafe has reported a steady stream of scam cases.
KiwiSaver news
Donald Trump's tariffs will be 'pretty ugly' for KiwiSavers, providers warn
But the impact may not last.
Mary Holm: Do we really need to save $1.45m for retirement?
OPINION: The figures provided by the FinEd centre seem high.
Biggest KiwiSaver provider ANZ among the worst performing
And the fund that was the highest performer last year.
Interest rates news
Mortgage rates: How low can you expect rates to go?
Home owners are switching to longer-term rates as the bottom of the cycle nears.
Interest rates are falling, so why did mortgage arrears hit an eight-year high?
Mortgage arrears at their highest level since March 2017.
Investment news
Property investors are back, borrowing almost twice as much as a year ago
Will they send house prices through the roof again?
Waiting to fix in ’26 could cost mortgage borrowers more, analyst says
Rate relief is here! Or is it?
Economic shifts: Heartland’s $50m write-off versus Turners' profit boost
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,051.12, down 17.81 points or 0.14%.
Tax news
IRD sets sights on taxing 9000 clubs, societies and other not-for-profits
Tax expert worried about administrative nightmare.
How much bigger could the economy be if the corporate tax rate was cut?
Deloitte economist shares her tax modelling.
Corporate tax rate cut unlikely to spur growth, but three other things could work, expert says
Call for more targeted tax tweaks as economy languishes.
Business news
Media mutiny: Billionaire's battle to sack board of NZ news giant; Who is in line for top TVNZ role
Tinā smashes the box office; Tom Sainsbury's Scandal erupts - from top podcast to TV show.
Billionaire investor says he has close to 50% support for NZME board overthrow
Jim Grenon says his support is building; union takes aim at 'controversial' figure.
More personal finance news
How much bigger could the economy be if the corporate tax rate was cut?
Deloitte economist shares her tax modelling.
‘Don’t get upset' - Adrian Orr’s mortgage rate warning
Global instability could soften domestic interest rate relief.
Mortgage wars heat up as another major bank offers under 5%
Banks have responded quickly to the Reserve Bank's latest OCR cut.
Mary Holm: Why do some generations still prioritise boys over girls?
OPINION: And why do some employers behave the same way?
Politicians to grill bank bosses again; ASB CEO happy to ‘get the facts on the table’
ASB's half year profit rises by 2% to $763m.
Could $50b ACC investment fund be better managed? Govt commissions review
Minister wants to remove 'constraints' limiting ACC's returns.
ASB drops some mortgage rates
Big bank says competition on interest rates is fierce.
Corporate tax rate cut unlikely to spur growth, but three other things could work, expert says
Call for more targeted tax tweaks as economy languishes.
‘I got paid $6 an hour, what happened?’: The ‘quirks’ to watch out for with parental leave
Some aspects of paid parental leave can catch new mums and dads by surprise.