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Cash isn't king - Why stuffing your dollars may backfire
"Cash stuffing" can be a major headache when it comes to applying for a home loan, mortgage advisers say.
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Oops, we made a mistake - or did we? The rise of 'mistake marketing'
29 Mar 2025'Accidental' free shipping, 'leaking' a discount code - how legitimate is mistake marketing?
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Rocket Lab nets major Pentagon contract
29 Mar 2025Rocket Lab, which launches from Hawke's Bay and the US, has won into a significant Pentagon contract, which includes billions to spread around.
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Is selling my house to make money for retirement a good idea?
29 Mar 2025RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions
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'Should be done once and done right' - Battle over bed tax for visitors
29 Mar 2025Hoteliers hope to convince Auckland Council not to go ahead with its proposed bed tax, instead calling for a nationwide solution.
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Stock markets slide over US inflation, tariff fears
29 Mar 2025The market mood has soured over fears that Trump's tactics will trigger tit-for-tat tariffs that would rekindle inflation.
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Struggling parents put back-to-school costs on Afterpay
28 Mar 2025The biggest start-of-year expenses were stationery, followed by transport, uniforms and technology-related costs.
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Sneaky surcharges adding to credit card bills, adviser warns
28 Mar 2025It has been estimated that New Zealanders are paying up to $90 million a year in surcharges. Audio
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NZ's fruit wins in competitive Vietnamese produce market
26 Mar 2025NZ apple exporters are trying to capitalise on the increasingly wealthy Vietnamese consumer, while elbowing out global competition. Audio
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Building company says lower supply costs possible by saying 'no'
28 Mar 2025Latitude Homes says it has been able to negotiate lower prices despite rising supply costs.
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Reform eyed to tighten rules around debt avoidance
28 Mar 2025Some business owners attempt to avoid liability by declaring bankruptcy and forming a new company with the same leadership.
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Benefit struggle: 'I've fallen into the trap of being 100 percent reliant on it'
28 Mar 2025The regions where one in five working-age adults are on benefits.
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Consumer confidence continues to fall
28 Mar 2025Only 16 percent of expected to be better off this time next year.
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Hallenstein Glasson posts $21.2m half-year profit
28 Mar 2025The clothng retailer's sales revenue rose nearly 8 percent to $240 million, but its margins edged lower and its costs rose.
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FMA set to axe more than 20 jobs
28 Mar 2025The country's leading financial market regulator is facing jobs cuts which may weaken its ability to protect investors.
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Job cuts on the way for Corrections and Archive NZ
27 Mar 2025Corrections said proposal given to staff on Thursday included axing a total of 49 support roles - six of which are currently filled.
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Contact Energy appealing decision to decline Southland wind farm consent
27 Mar 2025The company is also reapplying under the new fast-track legislation.
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Cheapest and most expensive suburbs revealed
27 Mar 2025You'd have to pay more than $7 million for a median home in the country's priciest suburb but there's plenty of other options. Audio
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NZ King Salmon sees profit halved to $13.4m
27 Mar 2025The fish farming company has been hit by higher levels of fish deaths and lower growth rates.
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Commercial property increasingly popular with investors
27 Mar 2025Commercial property is offering higher returns than residential properties.
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Driver wins fight with insurer after claim declined for drinking
27 Mar 2025Motorists are told to be honest with insurers about drinking, but in this case that backfired.
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Taranaki firm's 'can-do' approach wins over billion-dollar Australian miners
26 Mar 2025An engineering company is hoping an multi-million dollar contract is a sign of things to come.
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Clothing retailer Jeanswest collapses, 90 Australian stores to shut
27 Mar 2025Jeanswest has several stores in New Zealand too, which administrators say are not closing.
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Hydrogen truck launch part of efforts to cut heavy transport emissions
27 Mar 2025The new trucks will be based at Hampton Downs in Waikato and in Christchurch. Audio
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NZME boardroom battle: 'Try for a fresh start for all' - businessman
26 Mar 2025The Auckland businessman looking to oust the board of media company NZME believes he has the numbers to achieve change, and told the current board resistance was "futile".
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Why it's tough to open a bank account
26 Mar 2025Recent migrants, people who do not speak English, rural communities, trusts, young people and Māori trusts are hit hardest.
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Why aren't there more women lawyers at the top?
27 Mar 2025Even though more than half of New Zealand's lawyers are women, less than a third of them are working in the country's higher courts.
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Owners of Kathmandu and Rip Curl post $20m half-year loss
26 Mar 2025Sales are up just half a percent for outdoor goods retailer KMD Brands.
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