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![Letters: Farewell to Norm Hewitt – rugby star and caring friend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Farewell to Norm Hewitt – rugby star and caring friend
OPINION: 'I only met Norm once whilst working as CEO of SPCA Auckland.'
!['Rapidly rising': Kiwis face housing pain despite inflation drop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Rapidly rising': Kiwis face housing pain despite inflation drop
Food prices have stabilised, but insurance, rates and rents are still “rising rapidly".
![Inflation fall puts October rate cut on the cards - ASB](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inflation fall puts October rate cut on the cards - ASB
As the inflation rate drops close to the target range, calls for early cuts are growing.
![Adopt a Granny programme to help elderly with extra food and social support](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Adopt a Granny programme to help elderly with extra food and social support
The initiative started in response to some elderly going without food.
![Voluntary redundancies set to be offered to police staff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Voluntary redundancies set to be offered to police staff
Police have been asked to make millions in cost savings, to be reinvested.
![Inside Economics: SPQR and what data says about hospitality crisis; Markets make sense of Trump shooting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Economics: SPQR and what data says about hospitality crisis; Markets make sense of Trump shooting
Opinion: SPQR disaster a taste of hospo's woes; How will Trump shooting shake up markets?
![Opinion: NZ fruit and veg prices are going up way faster than processed food](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: NZ fruit and veg prices are going up way faster than processed food
OPINION: NZ’s price inflation remains more persistent than many other developed countries.
![Cost-of-living crisis over? Inflation stable in June quarter, annual rate down to 3.3%](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cost-of-living crisis over? Inflation stable in June quarter, annual rate down to 3.3%
Hopes were high for a decent fall in the official CPI inflation rate.
!['Worse than Covid': Popular cafe faces bleak future from new roadworks in Auckland CBD](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Worse than Covid': Popular cafe faces bleak future from new roadworks in Auckland CBD
'We are at the point of sinking,' says cafe owner Richard O'Hanlon.
![Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington defy house price downturn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington defy house price downturn
High interest rates, cost of living pressures driving some to put their homes up for sale.
![Liam Dann: Are we winning the inflation battle? Verdict due this week with CPI data out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Liam Dann: Are we winning the inflation battle? Verdict due this week with CPI data out
Consumer Price Index data should confirm whether November rate cut hopes are on the mark.
![Editorial: The familiar fall of SPQR is a lesson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: The familiar fall of SPQR is a lesson
OPINION: SPQR was felled by forces that seem all too familiar to the hospitality industry.
![Liam Dann: Economic optimism has broken out... should we be worried?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Liam Dann: Economic optimism has broken out... should we be worried?
OPINION: There's light at the end of the tunnel, what if it's a train?
![Costs 'just as out of control in Aussie': The Kiwis who have come home](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Costs 'just as out of control in Aussie': The Kiwis who have come home
Some jobs that once got 30 applications now get 300 in a week.
![Opinion: Shocking statistic that should worry all New Zealanders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Opinion: Shocking statistic that should worry all New Zealanders
OPINION: New Herald series puts spotlight on those going without.
![London calling? Incomes, living costs v NZ – and the job that's 'paradise' in UK](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
London calling? Incomes, living costs v NZ – and the job that's 'paradise' in UK
As the cost-of-living crisis drags on, Kiwis are heading offshore in droves.
![Inside Economics: Why is the RBNZ so negative - and is the divide in rate-cut forecasts credible?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inside Economics: Why is the RBNZ so negative - and is the divide in rate-cut forecasts credible?
Also today: is the divide in rate-cut forecasts credible? Why is the RBNZ so negative?
![Letters: Power companies switch common decency for profit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Letters: Power companies switch common decency for profit
OPINION: 'Is this a society that we can be proud of?'
!['Penalty for being poor': Advocates put heat on power firms to scrap disconnection fees](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Penalty for being poor': Advocates put heat on power firms to scrap disconnection fees
Advocates say disconnection from essential services as a way of debt collection is unjust.
![What is really ailing New Zealand's craft brewers?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
What is really ailing New Zealand's craft brewers?
There has been no shortage of well-known breweries hitting trouble in recent years.
![Northland businesses feeling the pinch offered workshops, mentoring](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Northland businesses feeling the pinch offered workshops, mentoring
ASB economists warn about Northland’s outlook but help is on hand for businesses.