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Editorial: Restricting foreign buyers probably not worth effort
Editorial: Nobody who has attended house auctions in Auckland is left in any doubt of the strength of East Asian investment in the Auckland property market.
Editorial: Nobody who has attended house auctions in Auckland is left in any doubt of the strength of East Asian investment in the Auckland property market.
Retail spending charged to electronic cards rose 1.1 per cent last month, seasonally adjusted, the largest monthly increase since August last year.
Michael Hill International has become the latest NZX-listed retailer to flag difficult trading conditions in Australia.
Aotearoa Fisheries said its first-half earnings fell sharply after its 50 per cent-owned seafood business, Sealord, wrote down the value of its loss-making Argentinian fishing business.
Business remains upbeat in the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's quarterly business opinion poll.
Alesco, whose tax-avoidance battle is seen as a test case for disputes involving more than $300 million, has won the right to appeal its case to the Supreme Court.
Small businesses across the country expect to double their profits and hire more staff in the coming months, an ANZ survey shows.
The kiwi is expected to appreciate further against the Australian after the cross rate hit a near five-year high this week.
Buried amongst all the statistics, several major population milestones came and went last year.
Auckland house prices edged up for a second month in June in the face of fewer listings and intense demand among property buyers, according to Barfoot & Thompson.
Fonterra chief Theo Spierings wants Government buy-in on a national strategy, reports Fran O'Sullivan.
We still don't know whether the freeze-up of China's interbank market last week was a hiccup or a foreshock.
Battling bigger Kiwi waistlines could be as easy as limiting the number of food outlets - especially near schools, according to new research.
More than a third of New Zealanders say they are feeling the financial pinch more than they were two years ago with less disposable income.
Kiwis ate their way through $1.5 billion worth of takeaways last year - a leap of more than 9 per cent on the previous 12 months.
There are numerous office workers bearing $5 mugs of coffee, despite most offices providing free coffee, writes Bob Jones. "It's their money, but don't tell me about hardship in making ends meet or saving."