Property

• Mobile app identifies earthquake-prone buildings (22 December 2019)
• Housing Confidence: Good vibrations - ASB (9 December 2019)
• Renovated Pirongia Five Stags tavern ready for new operator - Bayleys (18 November 2019)
• Mighty Manawatu continues to outperform (22 September 2019)

KiwiSaver & Saving

Concern increased retirement contributions could result in backdoor education cuts

The education sector union NZEI TE Riu Roa is calling on the government to come clean about how increased employer contributions to Kiwisaver and other retirement schemes will be funded for the education sector.

• Key --- for mandate read mockery (25 May 2011)
• KiwiSaver cuts put further pressure on Health budget (24 May 2011)
• Public mandates one of four major Budget policy proposals (22 May 2011)
• English takes Budget message to investors (20 May 2011)

Home Loans

• LVR start date deferred until 1 October 2016 (12 August 2016)
• Kiwibank cuts variable home loan rates (11 August 2016)
• BNZ cuts interest rates (10 December 2015)
• Kiwibank cuts floating interest rates (10 December 2015)

Employment

• COVID-19: Breaches of work rights will be logged with unions - CTU (29 March 2020)
• Small businesses will feel sting of minimum wage rise - McClay (11 January 2020)
• Steps to end forced labour and lift the wellbeing of workers (15 December 2019)
• 'Hundreds of shoppers show support for a lift in pay at their supermarket' (31 March 2019)

Tax

• Retail NZ asks Nash to stand by GST commitment (16 November 2017)
• Ditch the paper and file GST online - IRD (24 October 2017)
• Auckland builder gets 34 months’ jail for evading more than $500,000 in tax (26 September 2017)
• Tax law change needed to help rebuild and preserve buildings - NZ First (8 February 2017)

Prices & Spending

Discretionary spending increases

Figures released today by Paymark, which processes around 75% of all electronic transactions in New Zealand, show that Kiwis spent a total of just over $4.6 billion in December via Paymark's network, pushing the annual growth rate up slightly to 3.4 per cent.

• Electronic card spending up again in October (9 November 2011)
• Oily Rag by numbers (16 September 2011)
• Tomatoes and green vegetables lift food prices (25 August 2011)
• Core retail card spending up (9 August 2011)

Investing

• Kiwibank switches home loan promotion (7 June 2013)
• Akaroa Gallery to reopen once earthquake repairs completed (5 April 2013)
• Motorcyclist killed in Marlborough crash named (3 April 2013)
• Social housing is Chch Council's shame - Brownlee (14 March 2013)

Business

• ASB welcomes Alert Level 1 (8 June 2020)
• 2020 Budget: Some great initiatives but more needed - CTU (14 May 2020)
• Demand for consumer credit 'declines by more than 70% during lockdown' (7 May 2020)
• Small business owners urged to pivot, not pause, marketing efforts - MYOB (5 May 2020)