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Hot and spicy boost for Restaurant Brands
Increased KFC sales helped boost Restaurant Brands revenue 5.8 per cent to $108 million in the second quarter.
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Your Business: Hiring right with Mike Hewitt, DARKHORSE
Your Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks with Mike Hewitt from PR and events company DARKHORSE about hiring staff.
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All Blacks could cash in on mega-merger
All Blacks including Dan Carter and Richie McCaw could receive a windfall from a proposed mega-merger of 19 privately-owned retirement villages.
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Road to family adventure
Even with three kids in tow, Rob Cox manages to have a ball in Rotorua and Ruapehu.
![VnC Cocktails founder Shane McKillen quits Veritas board](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
VnC Cocktails founder Shane McKillen quits Veritas board
Shane McKillen has resigned from the board of Veritas Investments to focus on other business commitments.
![Inside Money: Regulator puts banks on KiwiSaver switch watch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Inside Money: Regulator puts banks on KiwiSaver switch watch
The FMA has wagged its finger at banks for up-selling KiwiSaver switches without fully informing customers of the consequences.
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New Zealand: Spring vacation
From ponies to penguins, caving to campfires, Danielle Wright finds plenty of camping action for the next school holidays.
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Cloud over Black Widow portrait
A controversial artist's portrait of a convicted murderer could be destroyed if allegations of copyright infringement are pursued through the courts.
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Making great strides in the Bay of Islands
Elisabeth Easther visited Russell for a sneak preview of the Bay of Islands Walking Weekend and found a wealth of wanders on offer.
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Waimahia Inlet spells new homes hope
On September 19, the first buyers of a new mass-scale affordable special housing area at South Auckland's Waimahia Inlet, on the edge of the Manukau Harbour, are due to move in.
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Judge rises from humble beginnings to top of nation's legal system
As the judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial was training to qualify, she changed her name from Matilda to Thokozile - the Zulu word meaning happy.
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What's on this weekend
Sunshine, fresh air, the great outdoors. Spring has got us all anticipating summer. Better get ourselves out there then.
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Universal student allowance pledge
All tertiary students would be paid a universal student allowance and also have the cost of their course fees paid under an Internet Mana Party policy.
![Your Business: Fashion focused with Trish Peng](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Your Business: Fashion focused with Trish Peng
Your Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks with Trish Peng about her fashion business.
![Martinborough: Well oiled in olive country](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Martinborough: Well oiled in olive country
It isn't just wine that Martinborough excels at, discovers Sharon Stephenson.
![Siobhan Keogh: Why do local games lack Kiwiness?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Siobhan Keogh: Why do local games lack Kiwiness?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about whether or not video games should be offered Government funding. One of the reasons the Labour party was in support of Government funding for games was that they can contribute culturally.
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Kia ora: Whangarei
North is just the tops, Elisabeth Easther discovers on a trip up to Whangarei.
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Dollar holds below 82 US cents
The dollar held below 82 US cents overnight after the Reserve Bank yesterday reiterated that is too high and signalled interest rates would remain on hold.
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Success: Pic's spreads across the ditch
Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter made in Nelson will be on the shelves of 700 Coles stores in Australia. It's official: Kiwis prefer to slather their toast with locally made peanut butter. Pic Picot, the founder of Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter, says...
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Apps ask for too much info - survey
Nearly 40 per cent of mobile apps in New Zealand ask for too much information, a global survey has found.
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Are voters facing a stark choice?
When it comes to the economy the country's two major parties are promising to take New Zealand in very different directions, writes Bryce Edwards.