Survey finds increasing number of New Zealand graduates aim to be business owners
A survey base on 1200 New Zealand graduate students found over 40 percent aim to own a business.
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Head of NZ stock exchange Mark Peterson resigns
Mark Peterson will leave the NZ Stock Exchange in April next year.
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Sharp rise in housing and personal loans hardship cases over past year
Banks and other lending groups are being more accommodating in their approach to borrowers in deep financial trouble.
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Rents fall for first time since 2009
National median rents in the three months to May dropped 0.3 percent from the year before – the first fall in 16 years.
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What are people being paid in hospo?
Wait staff on average make just above the minimum wage.
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Morris and James set to close after half a century of pottery sales
An iconic Matakana ceramics business has made the decision to close its doors after 47 years.
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‘Butter is expensive right now. There’s no getting away from that’ – Finance Minister Nicola Willis
The Finance Minister does not believe New Zealanders are getting a “raw deal” on butter.
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A big, new Waikato butter factory isn’t expected to cut prices
The country’s newest butter plant is not expected to lower soaring prices at the supermarket checkout.
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High cost of butter hurting baking industry, making things difficult for families, bakers say
The price of butter in Aotearoa is now 120 percent higher than it was a decade ago.
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KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals boom
“Even middle-income people exploring their options” as the economy and cost-of-living bite, one provider says
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