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'No red flags': Heartbroken realty agent loses $100k in elaborate finance scam
'I just burst into tears. It’s my life savings'.
Banks less trusted than supermarkets - Consumer NZ survey
Public trust in banks falls as profits surge in the middle of a cost of living crisis.
Food price inflation will continue to bite Kiwi households
Stats NZ said today that food prices are the highest since 1987.
Difficult year ahead for consumers as food prices continue to rise
Food prices are at a 30-year high but increases should slow down later this year.
Northland wildlife sanctuary owes IRD $264,000, tiger and lion welfare a priority
Covid-19 wage relief subsidies of $199,000 were received during the pandemic height.
Slice of waterfront Wynyard Quarter for sale, ASB building could lose views
Sale could net cash-strapped council $36 million or more - property investor.
Catfish Casanovas, fake extortion and blackmail scams on the rise
Is it love? No, it's a scam - but you're not alone in falling for it.
New ASB Netcode scam adds to flurry of recent bank cons
A scam a day: Another bank warns customers of new scam in circulation.
ASB, Heartland, Watercare, staff claim $250,000-plus from insolvent baking business
Bakery said it had failed to recoup costs due to Covid-19 lockdowns.
ANZ donates $3 million to cyclone relief
The bank has joined ASB and BNZ in making donations; Westpac offering small business fund.
ASB boss calls for more coordination over climate challenge
Recent storm events have shown how inaccurate flood modelling is.
Civil earthworks company that took Covid wage subsidy in liquidation, ASB owed $5.4m
Even the Government money wasn’t enough to keep it going so the owner called it quits.
Supply Shock: Where economists expect price rises in wake of flood
Impact to wider economy marginal, but flooding means more disruption to supply chains.
ANZ stands by refund decision after $31,000 spent on customer’s stolen cards
Bank believes she likely disclosed her password somehow or made it easy to guess.
Auckland showgrounds: new operators, tenants sought
Auckland's showground centrepiece up for grabs.
The bank that gave away its $150m farm to Mount Albert Grammar School
Mount Albert Grammar School had previously leased the farm for nearly a century.
NZ's recession tightrope walk has banks in guessing game
"We are well and truly in an environment of slower growth," says ASB's Nathaniel Keall.
Inflation 'likely to remain high for several years'
Employers warned to look at the longer term as relief from cost pressures some way off.
ASB chief says borrowers coping with higher rates so far
But it has increased its provisions to cover emerging risks.
Multi-million dollar class action lawsuit against ANZ, ASB to include all affected customers unless they opt-out
The lawsuit was filed in September last year and could include up to 150,000 customers.
ASB Bank predicts record $10/kg milk price for 2022/23
It would be the first double-digit milk price on record if it comes to pass.
GDP slump: Why we're not halfway to recession ... yet
The economy will rebound from the Omicron slump, but the real pain may still be to come.
GDP preview: Early bets in on path of economic growth
Economists say the first quarter was tough as Omicron kept people home.
ASB mistakenly tells KiwiSaver members they have made no contributions
The message was sent to members even if they had been contributing.
Liam Dann: Bad news for borrowers as RBNZ gets tough on inflation
The RBNZ's big commitment to beating inflation looks like bad news for mortgage holders.
'Recession can't be ruled out': Sluggish retail data points to tough year ahead
New data shows retail had a slow start to year. It will only get tougher, economists say.
Kiwis shrug off inflation woes to spend more in April
Hospitality is the sector still doing it toughest StatsNZ card transaction data shows.
Liam Dann: Tight labour market points to more inflation ahead
Unemployment is low but how is it defined and how does it compare to benefit numbers?
Unemployment tipped for another record low
Labour shortages have likely driven the strongest wage growth since 2009.
Why today's inflation figure offers no respite from rising interest rates
Rising domestic inflation, which could prove hard to beat, is worrying economists.
Will inflation top 7pc today? Economists expect highest in 30 years
StatsNZ releases Consumer Price Index data for the March quarter this Thursday.