Pessimism persists despite slight lift in employee confidence
Cooks in a restaurant kitchen. Photo: 123rf Employee confidence has improved slightly but remains deeply in pessimism. The…
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
Episode description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth…
Businesses urge government to rethink ban on PayWave transaction fees
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson announced the ban in July. Photo: 123RF Thirty-five chambers of commerce…
How NZ economy is tracking after gloomy GDP figures
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has been under pressure for the country’s economic contraction. Photo: Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister…
$50,000, $1 million – or more? How much do you really need to save for retirement?
How much do you really need for a ‘no frills’ retirement? File photo. Photo: 123RF How much do…
Is Europe’s ‘moment’ slipping away?
At the beginning of the year there was optimism in Europe that, despite a long to-do list, the…
Job applications rise to record high
Photo: 123rf The number of job applications rose 2 percent to a record high in July, with low-skilled…
Grads look offshore as public sector jobs dry up
Photo: RNZ / Quin Tauetau Graduates looking to start a career in the public service are finding themselves…
BNZ under fire for ‘demeaning’ digital wallet ad
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi Several retail associations have panned a Bank of New Zealand ad promoting its…
Should a woman automatically get half a partner’s KiwiSaver if they separate?
Photo: RNZ / Hingyi Khong A new report has raised the question of whether the entitlement to half…
NZ ed-tech company Kami buys UK-based Book Creator to grow international reach
Kami founders Hengjie Wang, Bob Drummond, Jordan Thoms and Alliv Samson Photo: Supplied New Zealand-based interactive education technology…
‘That’s Dana eating what you killed’: Matt Brown vehemently against UFC-style promotion being adapted by boxing
TKO Group Holdings — the parent company to the UFC — officially kicked off a move into boxing…