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Realestate.co.nz said, based on its data, the national average weekly rent was down 1.8 percent in 2025 compared to 2024.

Many New Zealanders' summer holidays ended as wild weather battered the North Island.

The unions say they will argue that they were not consulted properly by Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

It has released its data for December, which shows the national median price was up 1.4 percent year-on-year to $786,977. Month-on-month it was down 1.6 percent.

More than 40 percent of employers use online guides to calculate salaries for familiar roles.

Financial mentors impart their advice for those feeling stressed about their holiday spending and back-to-school costs.

For the first time in ages, Auckland has been overtaken as the most expensive place to buy.

Borrowers might want to fix their home loans soon, forecasters warn. Audio

Auckland's Sylvia Park shop was the top-performing in the Ingka Group anywhere in the world for food sales.

Artificial intelligence could soon be helping you get your supermarket shopping done, but one expert is warning consumers to be wary of the potential trade-off.

While people are often told house prices double every 10 years that hasn't been the case since 2015, an expert says.

Holiday spending is putting a big burden on households.

An annual Mood of the Workforce survey showed nearly 60 percent of the more than 3000 surveyed said their income had fallen behind the cost of living.

An economist says adding a flat would increase the value of a property, but potentially not as much as other work might.

Squirrel chief executive David Cunningham says ANZ's new floating mortgage interest rate will increase profits and offset the 1.5 percent cashback offer on new home loans.

If you think about what you - or your parents - were spending your money on 30 years ago, it might be quite different to how you spend it now. Audio