Fearful dairy owners try to sell 

Dairy owners want to get out of the business, but it's not easy. (file photo).

As robberies rise, so do the number of dairy owners looking to get out - but no-one's buying.

Fish-less days for tourists

Some Kiwi anglers believe tourists should pay lot lot more than $165 for a full season fresh water fishing licence.

Banning tourists from popular fishing spots at weekends is among ideas to give Kiwi anglers a fair go.

Wicked Campers boss' new pad

Wicked Campers boss John Webb has moved across the ditch.

He runs a controversial rental van company, and now owns a $1.9m home in NZ.

Playing house price catch-up

Sheer unaffordability may limit the extent of Auckland's price rises, ANZ says.

If you want capital gains, look outside Auckland, one economist suggests.

Depriving ex-wife of cash fails

Orchardist Richard Hodgkinson tried to make himself 'judgment proof'.

Days after being ordered to pay out, Richard Hodgkinson put nearly a $1 million into a family trust.

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Shapes for breakfast get bloody

Images of Arnott's shapes for story

Arnott's says sorry after girl cut by glass shard in her packet of Shapes.

Open banking pilot begins

Open banking requires trust to thrive.

A pilot project has begun which could pave the way for safer "open banking".

Cost escalations a mix of timing, market forces and red tape

Enjoying the basketball hoop in Rauora Park.

Why are big Christchurch building projects so expensive and their budgets blowing out?

$370K fine over molten zinc burns

Avon Industries was sentenced at the Whangarei District Court (file photo).

Worker submerged foot in 450-degree metal while trying to fix a faulty machine.

FMA ordered to pay $50,000

It was only a partial victory for the men.

Failure to disclose thousands of documents before a high court trial has resulted in $50,000 of costs for the Financial Markets Authority.

Hiring non-smokers only

If you want to smoke, put on a jacket, go down the road and when you come back brush your teeth and take off the jacket ...

Some firms are advertising for non-smokers only and more would if they were sure they could.

Brews, beans and banter

Adrianna Greenhill and Tane Morgan are providing coffee to their neighbourhood ? and beyond - from their home, which ...

This New Plymouth couple are roasting and serving coffee from their garage.

Dead starfish sold online - fishy? video

Christchurch woman Kat Balloch bought starfish on Ali Express to put in her wedding invitations, but she never expected ...

Dead starfish, ducklings, chickens and rabbits are being sold on Ali Express and posted to NZ - and it's perfectly legal.

Cafe lease despite chef's former failure

The lease for the Ilex Cafe in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens was awarded to Jonny Schwass in 2017.

A business collapse did not stop another company connected to celebrity chef Jonny Schwass being awarded a council cafe lease.

A short history of block offers

Pattrick Smellie: ''In the last two years, there has been almost no serious interest in exploring for oil and gas in New ...

OPINION: If the Government ends block offers for oil exploration permits, it might be no skin off the oil industry's nose.

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money

No profit with $11 cauliflower

Cauliflower prices have shot up in recent weeks.

Expensive veges are putting the squeeze on restaurant owners.

Easter's no 2nd Christmas

OPINION: Easter's great, and you don't need to spend lots of cash to make it so.

What's a green bond and why should you care?

Cash rate left at 1.75 per cent

small business

Brews, beans and banter

Adrianna Greenhill and Tane Morgan are providing coffee to their neighbourhood ? and beyond - from their home, which ...

This New Plymouth couple are roasting and serving coffee from their garage.

Build a wardrobe on compost video

Rework Network founder Annie Bretherton wants people to turn their table scraps into currency.

Table scraps will be traded for clothing and other goods in effort to cut down on waste.

The Chinese Kiwi fruit phenomenon

Darrin Wong with his mum, Yvonne Wong, in the fruit and vege department of Pioneer New World in Palmerston North.

Cultural impact of Chinese fruiterers in New Zealand ripe for the telling.

Roasting the competition video

Some of Arrosta's coffee beans as they come out of the roaster.

Coffee roasting company looks to Melbourne cafe scene for flavour success.

better business

Fonterra boss gets report card

Fonterra should have made more progress towards its goal of adding value to its products, analysts said.

'I don't know if he ever truly connected with farmers.'

Women take longer to find work/life balance

Recruiter Greta Knight says during recruitment interviews young men were more confident about selling themselves for a ...

Women take longer to strike a work-life balance.

Be visible overseas, Ebos boss urges

Outgoing Ebos chief executive Patrick Davies says business leaders must be committed to being present in markets they target.

Ebos boss tells leaders they can't act like absentee landlords in overseas markets.

'Don't call us unskilled'

Cleaning roles can mean long hours and low pay.

Low wages, no respect and abuse - that's why Kiwis don't want to do these jobs, workers say.

property

Wicked Campers boss' new pad

Wicked Campers boss John Webb has moved across the ditch.

He runs a controversial rental van company, and now owns a $1.9m home in NZ.

Regions set to play house price catch-up

Sheer unaffordability may limit the extent of Auckland's price rises, ANZ says.

If you want capital gains, look outside Auckland, one economist suggests.

No letting fees, no rise

Transport Minister Phil Twyford says a rethink of transport funding is coming, but is not yet underway.

ANALYSIS: Will rents spike to cover a planned ban of letting fees? Experts doubt it.

CEO roasted by residents

Tauranga City Council Chief Executive Garry Poole.

Council chief executive faced a backlash from residents evacuated over failed Tauranga development.

opinion & analysis

A short history of block offers

Pattrick Smellie: ''In the last two years, there has been almost no serious interest in exploring for oil and gas in New ...

OPINION: If the Government ends block offers for oil exploration permits, it might be no skin off the oil industry's nose.

Help! Our valuation is too low

If you don't agree with your property's council valuation, you can ask for it to be reassessed.

We're selling, but buyers might get the wrong impression.

30 ways you're keeping yourself poor

Owning a bigger house than you need is a waste of money.

OPINION: On Monday one man lost US$6 billion. That's a bad old start to the week.

Air taxi a good signal for Christchurch

Canterbury is the perfect place for testing Zephyr Airworks' pioneering technology for the world's first self-piloted ...

It's the perfect place for testing technology for the world's first self-piloted electric air taxi.

farming

Cattle check at Cook Strait

Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor says too many farmers are not complying with laws over the Nait tracing ...

The Government has decided to crack down on cattle movements across Cook Strait.

'I was not pushed' - Rowarth

Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage says she simply passed on the fact the public had sent her complaints about ...

Ex-government scientist clarifies her exit from the Environmental Protection Authority.

Guilty of cow abuse

Farm manager Steven Wells has been convicted of six counts of animal cruelty in the Nelson District Court.

He broke their tails and beat them - now a Golden Bay farm manager has been convicted of ill-treating cows in his care.

'Timber' Tina's log rolling tips

Two of Tina Scheer's LumberJill's compete in a log rolling contest in the United States.

There's always a price to pay when you make a mistake in competitive log rolling.

world

Shaky markets take a dive video

This week's volatility is not a signal that the nearly decade-long stock boom has come to a close.

Markets slide to a six-week low on concerns of a global trade war.

Billionaire plan to save Toys R Us video

Ten hours into a "historic opportunity to #SaveToysRUs", ?Isaac Larian had raised US$2000.

"Historic opportunity to #SaveToysRUs" has raised US$2000 so far.

Mozilla stops Facebook ads video

Mozilla is concerned Facebook's default privacy settings wouldn't protect user data from third parties.

Mozilla took a look at Facebook's default privacy settings, and didn't like what it saw.

The country defying the 'Trump slump'

US President Donald Trump with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Fewer tourists are visiting the US under President Donald Trump. Except one - blame Canada.

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