Rakon takeover bid fails to lift NZ sharemarket – Market close
They again had a record close with the Dow gaining 0.48% to 49,504.7 points and the S&P 500…
West Auckland dairy robbery: Axe-wielding youth allegedly demanded cash from teenage staff before fleeing with chips and drinks
Another staffer, who was outside when the ordeal started, rushed into the store and went through the side…
Should you be adding cash to your emergency kit?
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Multimillion-dollar Tribesmen drug syndicate dismantled
Behind the wealth was a weakness in regional airport security that allowed Poa’s operation to flourish. It was…
Corrupt ex-council manager filed late appeal to protect parole chances
Goel’s offending included awarding a contract to build a $7 million wastewater treatment plant at Franz Josef to…
Year in Review: Hazelnuts prove to be a good cash crop for Waikato farmer
Raewyn and her husband Allan bought 25 hectares of her family farm in 2008 and raised their two…
Funding boost to help wipe out last possums from Mahia Peninsula
Once possums have been removed, a detection network will be installed to identify any possums that return to…
High-flying super yacht designer Charles Robinson in tax evasion case
The court heard Robinson’s records showed money owed to other companies was paid in preference to tax owed…
Police seize guns, methamphetamine, cash in Hawke’s Bay raids, three arrested
Five search warrants were executed across Central Hawke’s Bay and Hastings yesterday. Police seized an amount of methamphetamine,…
Reserve Bank Governor says there is no preset course for monetary policy after Westpac hikes interest rates
She declined the opportunity to explicitly talk the market up or down. Rather, she stressed a couple of…
Westpac lifts longer-term mortgage and term deposit rates by whopping 30 basis points
Indeed, Westpac said wholesale rate rises were behind its decision to lift its two-, three-, four- and five-year…
Social Security increases are coming soon — but there’s a catch
For the near 75 million Americans depending on Social Security benefits to survive, the SSA’s annual Cost of…