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2.5 million free-range eggs faked
An egg producer who made hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 206,000 dozen falsely labelled eggs has been sentenced to home detention.
Alan Clarke: Choose the money or the house
How many people near retirement or already retired have a big third and/or fourth unused bedroom?
Liz Koh: Educate your kids about finances
Financial education is now more widely available in NZ schools, and only 30% of students were in schools where financial education is not available, compared with the OECD average of 48%.
Jeremy Tauri: Relief offered for flood-hit farmers
Flood-affected farmers in Northland have felt the hit to their bottom line from the recent wild weather.
Jeremy Tauri: Farmers focus on debt
We spend a lot of time worrying about the residential property market, if prices are out of control and how young people will get their first homes.
Grower quits after $100,000 avo thefts
Northland avocado growers are being warned to be on high alert for fruit thieves with one Whangarei grower estimating $100,000 worth of fruit has been stolen over the past years.
Ingestible-deodorant idea smells like victory
Huanui College students had their business skills tested in the BP Business Challenge.
Jeremy Tauri: It's okay to blow your own trumpet
I meet a lot of people who tell me they're the best in the business at what they do, writes Jeremy Tauri.
Ex-mayor baffled over SFO probe
Former Far North Mayor Wayne Brown is confident a Serious Fraud Office investigation of the district council will not turn up any evidence of impropriety against him.
Supermarket rival moves in next door at Regent
It was expected to herald a price war and it seems customers at Whangarei's newest supermarket - Countdown Regent - were delighted to be at the frontline of the action.
Jeremy Tauri: New rules to protect buyers
Thinking of making a bit of cash running a home business selling items on Trade Me?
Chinese investors treated badly - expert
New Zealand's political treatment of Chinese investment in New Zealand "borders on the disgraceful", according to a leading consultant in Shanghai.
Velvet touch needed as Wilkins keep eyes on China
It's a long way from netball hoops to jumping through the hoops of doing business in China but farmer Mike Wilkins is aiming as carefully as his former Silver Fern wife.
Jeremy Tauri: Telework flexibility gaining popularity
Skilled workers are becoming a scarce commodity, writes Jeremy Tauri.
Jeremy Tauri: Keep the bugs away from work
It's the cold and flu season and I'm starting to hear the coughs and sniffles start, writes Jeremy Tauri.
Jeremy Tauri: Pay taxes online to be on time
Are you paying your taxes online? The Inland Revenue wants you to.
Striking drivers ready for pay talks
A major transport and logistics company has agreed to resume talks with the union of six Northland-based tanker drivers striking over pay and working conditions.