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Get Sorted: 'Tis the season, take advantage

Low interest rates give you a sweet opportunity to pay down debt and get ahead.

Christopher Niesche: Aust Govt in a tricky balancing act

Liam Dann: Counting cranes with the kids

Liam Dann asks, when do we reach peak cranes? At what point do the silhouettes on the skyline become an ominous warning of an impending economic crash rather than a sign of economic confidence?

Kiwisaver: Tax credit worth saving for

Unlikely link between dieting and cash

We all know what's it's like to have no self-control in the two Fs - that's food and finances.

Brian Fallow: When house prices go up, Aucklanders go shopping

COMMENT: House prices are rising 10 times as fast as incomes - what is wrong with that picture, asks Brian Fallow.

Directors club gets professional

The pre-planning for continuing professional development caught the eye of Institute of Directors head Simon Arcus.

John Drinnan: Houses trump big new studio for Auckland

$90 million Hobsonville development plan abandoned partly due to big housing crisis.

Stock Takes: Pay proposals ruffle investors

Kathmandu hasn't been the only company courting shareholder discontent with questionable pay proposals.

Liam Dann: Terror attacks will spook markets

COMMENT: It is never comfortable to make the leap from real human tragedy to assessing economic and financial fallout, writes Liam Dann.

KiwiSaver: Egg trapped in one nest

KiwiSaver rules only allow you to be with one provider at a time. If you are not happy with your provider, you can switch at any time.

Bernard Hickey: The loan stats that should frighten you

In 1992 banks and borrowers were as risk-averse, writes Bernard Hickey. Fast forward to 2015 and the mathematics are on another planet.

Fran O'Sullivan: Asset sales make sense, if they help fund Auckland's future

Government has made it clear there is a limit to how much Auckland taxpayers will pay.

Brian Gaynor: Auckland lacking apartments

One of the main differences between Auckland and the three major East Coast Australian cities is the huge number of apartments.

Brian Fallow: Productivity stats get a nudge

A more cheerful picture of productivity growth than the official statistics give us emerges from new research into what has been happening at the level of individual firms.

John Drinnan: Little light on illicit movie sales

The Mt Wellington movie pirating operation shut down by Hollywood studios was run by a New Zealand representative sportsman.

Robyn Pearce: Are you too available?

Robyn Pearce talks about the effects of being too available. "Many go home every night frustrated by the myriad interruptions that block them from attending to their real work."

Fran O'Sullivan: Andrew Little's grab for territory is weak

If Andrew Little was hoping to craft a new Labour playbook, last weekend's sop to the party faithful at their annual conference was remarkably effete, writes Fran O'Sullivan.