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Bidding wars over rental housing
Auckland tenants say they are trapped in a bidding war in a city choked for rental properties, as...

Terms of trade dips on commodity price falls, strong dollar
New Zealand's terms of trade - the amount of imports that can be funded by a fixed quantity of exports - fell in the third quarter, driven by falling prices for primary sector exports and a strong kiwi dollar.

Lettuce drops 37pc, leads food prices downwards
Lettuce prices were down 37 per cent and tomatoes fell 29 per cent as a vegetable price dive led to food prices down last month....

Almost half of Kiwis just scraping by
Nearly half of all New Zealanders say they have not enough or just enough to live on.

NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi may keep falling
The New Zealand dollar may extend its decline this week as investors, nervous about the slow progress being made on Europe's escalating sovereign debt crisis, sell growth-linked currencies for the relative safety of the greenback.

Domestic chores survey gets feather dusters flying
It seems rural women are ahead of their city sisters in the domestic goddess stakes by a country mile - on paper at least.

NZ current account gap widens as foreigners earn more, visitors spend less
NZ's current account deficit was $2 billion in the three months ended June 30, up from $1.53 billion in the first quarter.