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Eating a hole in your wallet
Food prices are continuing to rise but have steadied after reaching record highs last year. Milk and cheese have become cheaper.

Kiwi dads short-changed when it comes to Father's Day
Figures released by Statistics New Zealand show there are a few extra reasons to spoil your dad this Father's Day.

Smart-card proposal to combat NZ obesity
Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis would receive subsidies to buy healthy foods under a new system proposed by a Govt commissioned study.

<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Time to add GST to rents and mortgages
The biggest problem the tax system faces is that in a globalised era we are taxing all the wrong things.

<i>Dollar outlook:</i> Kiwi may gain as US confidence grows
The New Zealand dollar may keep rising this week after good jobs data from the US boosted confidence that the world's largest economy is recovering.

Invite your friends, relatives to NZ: Key
John Key wants New Zealanders to invite overseas relatives and friends to visit here.

We're living longer but lifestyles still not healthy
According to researchers, only one in seven of us are living a healthy lifestyle.

How healthy are we? Not very, says study
Only one in seven New Zealanders - 13.1 per cent - have healthy lifestyles, says a new compilation of statistics related to the nation's sustainability