Business

The company did manage to lower its debt from $9.7m down to $5.5m at the end of September.

It was a record first-half result for the car dealer and financier as its loan book grew strongly, while margins also improved, despite subdued consumer demand.

The Kiwi has been struggling against Australia's, Britain's and China's currencies.

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Since the Reserve Bank began reductions to the official cash rate 15 months ago, it has dropped from 5.5 percent to 2.5 percent.

Households are carefully guarding their wallets with a backdrop of continued job losses.

Soil tests done as part of a remediation project at the controversial former plant in Paritūtū, New Plymouth have found "no evidence of contamination".

Nearly two thirds of Māori business leaders are feeling positive about current overall business performance, driven by a stronger primary sector.

Overall, confidence is improving and investors are becoming more accustomed to global uncertainty, a new survey shows.

ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown says a price fall was not unexpected.