However, the month of June was the best since April 2024, with sales up 4.4 percent.

The commission’s financial sentiment tracker shows 62 percent of women are now feeling financially uncomfortable, compared to 51 percent of men.

But an ANZ chief economist said the recovery was uneven, with residential construction slumping to its worst result this year.

Finance Minister Nicola Willis said the government would not publicly list Kiwibank on the stock market without an “electoral mandate”.

The airline’s chief digital officer Nikhil Ravishankar will replace Greg Foran.

A two-month-old died after allegedly being given the wrong dosage of phosphate by a Manawatū pharmacy.

Just when you thought the Lord of the Rings product train had run out of steam, Wētā Workshop has more.