Food prices rising fastest since 2023
Food prices rose 5 percent in the year ended July, compared to a 4.6 percent rise the month before.
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Author Archives: RNZ Business Headlines
Manufacturing index back in positive territory
Production, employment, new orders, finished stocks and deliveries were all in expansion.
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Resource Management Act changes will allow power plants to be built faster – energy producers
Parliament passed the amendment yesterday, which means councils will now need to grant consents for certain energy infrastructure within a year.
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Hotel operator in favour of bed nationwide bed levy if no alternative options found
It comes as Auckland’s mayor Wayne Brown asked the government to reconsider its opposition to a bed night levy.
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How switching banks could come at a cost
It has partly been driven by an increase in competition with “cash back” offers.
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‘Is this available?’: How to use online marketplaces and avoid the scams
New Zealand’s secondhand market could be worth an estimated $5.5 billion a year.
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Air NZ flight diverted due to Sydney due to ‘fuel discrepancy’
It has required engineering investigation.
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Cruise industry brainstorms over falling foreign visitor numbers
The industry conference in Napier is wrestling with the issues facing the tourism sector.
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Another major bank cuts its one-year fixed home loan rate to 4.79 percent
ANZ and BNZ cut their one-year speical rates earlier this week.
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Cinema software firm Vista Group trims interim losses
The company says the results reflect its focus on scaling Vista Cloud, designed to modernise and streamline cinema operations.
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