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Z Energy renames stations with 'correct' kupu
23 Dec 2024"This is not about ticking a box per se, this is about a bigger sort of commitment that we have to te reo Māori."
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Scaffolder paid $17,500 for missing insurance
28 Dec 2024The man thought he had accident cover in place, but when he injured himself, he couldn't book surgery in a private hospital.
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The year in meat: Global challenges persist for industry
Meat exporters says 2024 has been a tough year for the industry - but positive signs are emerging.
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Westpac admits overcharging nearly 25,000 customers more than $6.3m
23 Dec 2024The FMA has brought civil proceedings against the bank for not delivering advertised benefits for various banking packages.
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FMA seeks High Court guidance on certificates for experienced investors
23 Dec 2024The court is being asked to clarify the issuing and use of certificates for knowledgeable investors needing less protection from finance sector laws.
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Rocket Lab completes 16 launches this year
23 Dec 2024The launch Sunday was Rocket Lab's final of the year and deployed a small radar satellite for Japan-based Synspective.
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Acclaimed Auckland restaurant popular with celebs to close
The owners of an Auckland restaurant once ranked one of the best fine dining establishments in the world has announced it will be closing soon.
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Hospitality has high hopes for hot summer amid hard times
21 Dec 2024The hospitality sector says a good summer will set it up for the year ahead, even in the face of recession.
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Will KiwiSaver affect my pension? - Ask Susan
21 Dec 2024RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.
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Periods could be costing economy $4b a year
21 Dec 2024Many women have to stay home because the pain is too great - but some say their workplaces don't understand why.
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Do EVs still stack up after a tough year?
20 Dec 2024Subsidies are gone, road user charges are in, and ACC levies are up. So do electric cars still make financial sense?
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Pedal to the metal for Dunedin electrician
27 Dec 2024Mastodon, Slayer and Whitechapel are not among the usual clientele for the average New Zealand tradie.
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South Island hydro lakes full to overflowing
27 Dec 2024A Waikato University scientist says if there was more storage capacity, it could help keep power prices down during dry winter periods.
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Shoppers hit the stores for Boxing Day spending sprees
26 Dec 2024Shoppers have packed into stores on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, to take advantage of Boxing Day sales.
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Far North restaurant puts on free three-course meal for 100 people
25 Dec 2024Jesse's on the Waterfront, in the historic town of Mangōnui, is making sure people who could have gone hungry today will instead go home full of good food and Christmas spirit.
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Why Cadbury was stripped of its royal seal of approval
King Charles grants royal warrants to 386 companies that previously held warrants from the late Queen, including Weetabix, Heinz and Nestle. Here's what it means.
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Asian dessert stores snowball, offering sweet treats amid downturn
24 Dec 2024An increasing number of Asian style dessert parlours and bakeries have opened in Auckland in the past year.
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Christmas Eve officially the busiest shopping day of the year
24 Dec 2024More than 607,000 transactions were recorded between 12pm and 1pm.
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ANZ customers impacted by online banking outage
24 Dec 2024ANZ Bank has confirmed it has fixed an outage to its online banking services that has caused disruption for thousands of customers for four hours, a day out from Christmas...
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Minimum wage increase less than MBIE recommended - again
23 Dec 2024MBIE favoured a 2 percent increase, however, the government opted for 1.5 percent rise.
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'We're all just fighting against each other for the few jobs'
23 Dec 2024Laid-off public servants have been slogging it out on a months-long job hunt, and for some that will continue into 2025.
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FMA files against InvestNow for anti-money laundering breaches
20 Dec 2024The Financial Markets Authority is headed to court again with another case for alleged breaches of the anti-money laundering rules, even as the government has signalled it will move to ease the…
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Insurers, banks decline claims for Christmas mishaps
20 Dec 2024A hospitalised reveller, a serially delayed traveller and a disgruntled borrower are just some of the cases revealed by a deep-dive.
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Here's what we've been buying at the supermarket this year
20 Dec 2024If you've been grocery shopping recently, there's a good chance your trolley contained milk and toast bread, and maybe some bananas and avocados.
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