Unemployment rises to 5.4% – highest level since 2015
Auckland’s unemployment rate is now 6.4% and Wellington is at 5.8%. However, despite the rise in the headline…
Boxing Day shopping falls 12.4% in 2025, loses title of most popular shopping day
“But for most other non-food stores in our network, their busiest days were still in the two days…
TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head
She’s not imagining it. TikTok’s algorithm favours mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and…
New Zealand set for economic revival in 2026 – what’s fuelling the optimism?
The Official Cash Rate (OCR) has fallen 325 basis points (bps) since August last year to a more…
New Apple Watch feature addresses hypertension – ‘the silent killer’
The tests take place in the background – you don’t notice them – over a month. Using data…
Starved of motion? Why our kids need a ‘movement diet’
Nicky Pellegrino Health writer·New Zealand Listener· 29 Oct, 2025 05:01 PM4 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to…
Inflation hits 3% as consumers suffer largest power price spike since 1989
The largest contributors to the annual inflation rate were all in the housing and household utilities group. The…
Weight-loss medications in NZ: What we’re missing out on, according to a dietitian and a nutritionist
Henderson says that while New Zealand doesn’t yet have strong data on just how popular they’ve become here,…
Stray Bullet Causes Spectrum Internet Outage in Dallas According to Spokesperson
Spectrum Internet Customers Experience Unexpected Outage in North Texas In an unexpected turn of events, Spectrum internet users…
Female-led start-ups got just 2.9% of venture capital funding in 2024
“These are appallingly low figures, but what makes them worse is the disparity. One in 10 venture capital…
House prices to lift 5.4% in 2026 as ‘comatose’ market awakens – Westpac chief economist
Eckhold said Westpac was forecasting small, positive increases in house prices over the final three months of 2025…
Northlanders urged to talk money for better financial literacy
Carr, from Your Money Blueprint in Waipu, said financial education was “more important than ever”. The high cost…