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Urge to splurge dries out in new card spending data

Pools are tanking, but Barbenheimer and some hardy perennial fixes were star performers.

Tax and your money: How the parties' policies compare this election

Every party has gravitated towards tax cuts as a key way to combat inflation.

Watch live: The Front Bench looks at the big political issues of this week

The Front Bench will examine the issues that Kiwis are talking about ahead of voting day.

Act Party candidate for Rotorua electorate, Marten Rozeboom

Marten Rozeboom on the issues facing the electorate, from tourism to family values.

Editorial: Putting a price on happiness

OPINION: Our editorial on the price of happiness amid a cost-of-living crisis.

Big supermarket loyalty cards under fire from Consumer NZ

Foodstuffs rejects claim dismissing "loyalty".

Editorial: Never mind the politics, global forces rule NZ's economy

OPINION: Kiwis flatter themselves with the idea the economy is under our control.

Social supermarket running on empty as it fields around 50 calls for help a day

155 Whare Kai manager Samantha Cassidy says the demand for food grows year-on-year.

Warehouse Group's worst-performing retail brand revealed

It might be selling more in a cost-of-living crisis, but its profits are weak.

Inflation wipes 65pc off Warehouse Group profit in ‘tough year’

But the red sheds are booming in a cost of living crisis.

The black-belt Polish immigrant who wants to be Napier's MP

Milewski lives in a community outside of Napier that was severely impacted by the cyclone.

Watch live: The Front Bench looks at the big political issues of this week

The Front Bench will examine the issues that Kiwis are talking about ahead of voting day.

Oil price surge making Z Energy nervous

Demand has dropped "quite substantially" as Brent crude nears US$100 a barrel.

Liam Dann: The economic results are in pre-election, have you made up your mind?

OPINION: So are things good, bad or ugly out there?

'The bargain buzz': Shoppers reveal how they get the best out of Costco

A dozen bluff oysters for $3 or a storage headache?

Consumer confidence plummets further

The big concern for New Zealand households is the pressure on their finances.