Susan Edmunds

You've probably heard the warnings about retirement, but what if you want out early?

The fortunes of sellers and house hunters in the South Island are rapidly diverging from their northern counterparts.

How soon is the official cash rate likely to start to increase? And will any hint of it send what banks charge higher?

RNZ's Susan Edmunds answers your questions.

The Opportunity Party says New Zealanders would be better served by dropping NZ Super and replacing it with an entirely new support system. Audio

New Zealand's biggest bank is opening the doors to low-deposit lending for property investors.

A woman who helped her son and his wife buy a house has been offered compensation for the way the bank handled the dispute when the relationship went sour.

Inland Revenue data showed there were 10,000 more withdrawals for hardship reasons in 2025 than for a first home.

Customers are being caught out by large changes in the valuation of their vehicles.

Sky TV is apologising for what it says is a processing error that meant some Sky Sport Now annual pass customers were not given enough information about their contracts rolling over.

监管机构建议人们在投保前仔细阅读保险政策并了解自己的权益，如果对保额估价不满意，对保险公司也应"货比三家"。

Flight attendants working on Air New Zealand's Boeing 777 and 787 long range aircraft are striking for two days, but one customer says she only found out at the last minute. Audio

If you are in Auckland or Wellington, the answer may be more than you might think.

New data from Cotality shows that 12 percent of people selling residential properties in the last quarter of last year did so for less than the amount they paid for them.

Women's clothing label Augustine has announced it will no longer be doing plus sizing.

Consumer NZ is warning that power prices could rise at least another 5 percent this year, after a 12 percent increase in 2025.

It's now worth about NZ$115,631 compared to a peak of more than NZ$212,000. Audio

Rachel Brant was hoping 2026 would be a big year for her speed dating business, but a decision by Stripe to cut her off has left her scrambling for an alternative.

A system could pay itself back in seven or eight years, chief executive of Rewiring Aotearoa says.

University of Auckland researcher says traditional Lotto could be changed into lottery bonds.

More AA Insurance customers say they've encountered strange changes to their vehicles' value when their policies renewed.

Standalone houses in the Auckland suburb, usually the country's most expensive area, have a median value of $3.03 million.

Here's what you need to know to avoid multi-million-dollar subscription traps. Audio

Morningstar has released its latest KiwiSaver survey, which shows that over the year, the best performer was Kernel's S&P Global Clean Energy Fund, up 59.9 percent.

A woman who was shocked to discover that her insurance company had increased the value of her car at renewal says it's a reminder to people to check what they are agreeing to.