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![Your Business: Handling the holidays with John Macpherson, Advintage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Your Business: Handling the holidays with John Macpherson, Advintage
John (Mac) Macpherson is the owner of Havelock North-based online wine retailer Advintage, which employs eight staff.
![Your Business: Handling the holidays with Emma Bidois, Summer Supply](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Your Business: Handling the holidays with Emma Bidois, Summer Supply
Planning is the key to ensuring the Christmas holiday period runs smoothly as Emma Bidois of Summer Supply explains.
![Auckland: Landlubbers ahoy!](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Auckland: Landlubbers ahoy!
Labour Weekend marks the start of summer. In Auckland, with harbours on both sides of the isthmus, it's difficult to avoid the sight of boats - big and small - out on the water.
![Where the river meets the sea](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Where the river meets the sea
Whitebait, wild seas and welcoming locals ... Danielle Wright takes her family to Port Waikato.
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Road death casts shadow over weekend
One person has died after a a car and truck collided north of Auckland. It is the first road death of the long weekend.
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What's on this weekend
Yay, 72 hours of weekend awaits. With maybe even a touch of summer. Get going, writes Catherine Smith.
![Your Business: Jewellers - Petra Bettjeman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Your Business: Jewellers - Petra Bettjeman
Established in 2011 Petra Bettjeman Jewellery's retail range is designed and crafted in Petra's Auckland workshop.
![Hawkes Bay: Fun in the Bay, any time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Hawkes Bay: Fun in the Bay, any time
The home of sunshine has a lot of activities to offer away from the usual charms of beach and blue sky, writes Julie Haines.
![Kia ora: Whangamomona](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Kia ora: Whangamomona
An unforgettable stop on the Forgotten Highway entrances Elisabeth Easther.
![Coastguard urges care on water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Coastguard urges care on water
Labour Weekend marks the enforcement of a new bylaw making it compulsory to wear a lifejacket when on board a vessel 6m or under in length, unless the skipper of that vessel gives you permission not to.
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NZ among best places to move to
NZ has ranked sixth in a global survey on the best places to live abroad, with scenery, landscape and weather listed among the most attractive qualities of life here.
![Triple meat Double Down unleashed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Triple meat Double Down unleashed
Restaurant Brands cited the success of KFC's Double Down as a factor in their latest profit forecast, and an even bigger version of the bunless burger could be coming to NZ.
![Your Business: Jewellers - Rachel Sloane, Naveya & Sloane](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Your Business: Jewellers - Rachel Sloane, Naveya & Sloane
Rachel Sloane is the owner and creative director of jewellery brand Naveya & Sloane, which she founded with partner Alex Bunnet in late 2009.
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KFC sales plump Restaurant Brands profit forecast
The nation's largest fast food operator, raised its annual profit forecast as it benefits from higher sales and restructuring of stores. The shares rose to a record.
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Rates tipped to stay low on weak CPI
Interest rates in New Zealand are likely to stay lower for longer, after today's unexpectedly low inflation numbers were released.