Property

• Level 3 still workable for Auckland real estate - Century 21 (15 August 2020)
• REINZ: Potential impacts of COVID-19 on the housing market (17 March 2020)
• Mobile app identifies earthquake-prone buildings (22 December 2019)
• Housing Confidence: Good vibrations - ASB (9 December 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

• Banking sector embraces Living Wage (27 July 2020)
• Improved Pay Equity Bill on the table - BusinessNZ (21 July 2020)
• Covid-19: Essential workers need Fair Pay Agreements - CTU (27 April 2020)
• COVID-19: Breaches of work rights will be logged with unions - CTU (29 March 2020)

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

• New wealth event to profile global opportunities - Wealth Morning (17 November 2020)
• Get help before dropping off insolvency cliff - CA ANZ (3 September 2020)
• Wage Subsidy is about jobs, SME’s also need support - Michael Barnett (18 August 2020)
• Stop picking winners and losers - Auckland Business Chamber (16 August 2020)