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What happens to your KiwiSaver when you die?
19 Nov 2025Until now, different providers have had different approaches to distributing investments. Audio
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Buying blind: Mystery packages tempting shoppers
19 Nov 2025Amid anemic consumer spending, some businesses are turning to novel ways of selling "blind boxes" to boost sales.
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Oversupply putting dairy farmers under pressure
19 Nov 2025ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown says a price fall was not unexpected.
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Dairy prices fall for seventh time in row
Butter prices fell more than 7.6 percent, while cheddar prices fell 2.7 percent, and skim milk powder fell 0.6 percent.
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'Disappointed, not surprised': Nursing students nervous about delays to job offers
19 Nov 2025The graduates expected to hear about appointments on Wednesday, but have been pushed back.
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'One good week' not enough to sustain Auckland accommodation sector
19 Nov 2025The warning comes as a Metallica concert and a major conference mean hotels in the city are at capacity tonight. Audio
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Good vocational pathways 'capped and trapped' - tradie trainers
19 Nov 2025Secondary schools will have to work a lot closer with polytechnics and employers to realise the government's goals for its new "vocational subjects", say industry leaders.
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Radius hails occupancy rates as net profit triples
19 Nov 2025The aged residential care provider made $6.3 million in the six months ended September compared with $2m the year earlier.
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Napier Port benefiting from 'breadth and depth' of Cyclone Gabrielle recovery
19 Nov 2025The country's fourth biggest port handled more cargo with a rise in container volumes offsetting a dip in log exports.
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What will the Uber decision mean for drivers' tax bills?
18 Nov 2025The Supreme Court has rejected Uber's appeal against an Employment Court decision that found four of its drivers were employees, not contractors.
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IKEA pop-ups coming for Wellington, Christchurch
18 Nov 2025The Swedish furniture giant is is opening two pop-up stores ahead of its first New Zealand store, but they'll just be for window shoppers.
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Air NZ says cabin crew considering strike action
18 Nov 2025The job is far from glamourous and cabin crew are not highly paid, E tū union's Michael Wood says. Audio
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What is workslop?
18 Nov 2025We've heard of AI slop, but new study has coined a phrase for shoddy AI generated tasks - workslop.
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When will instant coffee be affordable again?
18 Nov 2025Coffee Supreme chief executive Andrew Lowe says there are a range of factors at play - but there is hope on the horizon. Audio
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The KiwiSaver members wiping out their balances
18 Nov 2025Hardship withdrawals have increased substantially in recent years as cost-of-living pressure has gone on households.
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Serko sees strong revenue growth, while posting increased loss
18 Nov 2025Travel software company Serko posted a bigger bottom-line half-year loss driven by one-offs, but its income surged, thanks to its partnership with US giant Booking.com.
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Sanford's full-year net profit $63.7 million
18 Nov 2025Seafood company Sanford has made a record full year profit driven by the strong performance of its aquacultural business.
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More than 20 public companies set to report financial results over next 10 days
18 Nov 2025Investors are keen to see any signs of an improving economy.
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What furniture items will cost at IKEA
18 Nov 2025The global home furnishing giant will open its first New Zealand store in Auckland's Sylvia Park next month. Audio
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Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone
17 Nov 2025About 1000 workers are thought to have been been exposed to high concentrations of respirable crystalline-silica dust while working with engineered stone slabs during the past 15 years.
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'Contracting work at risk' after Uber drivers' court win
18 Nov 2025Business groups are critical of the Supreme Court decision that the drivers should be considered employees.
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Growing future farmers: Taranaki students run their own farm
A Taranaki high school is training the next generation of primary industry workers.
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Services sector struggling to gain forward momentum
17 Nov 2025The services sector makes up about three-quarters of the New Zealand economy.
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Warehouse Group jobs to go in cost-cutting drive
17 Nov 2025The Warehouse Group plans to cut head office jobs as increased sales fail to deliver profit growth.
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