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KiwiSaver: Land legitimate use of first-home funds
If my husband and I purchase land using our KiwiSaver funds, can someone else build the house for us to live in or does the title of the house need to be in our names?

$220m of new work planned
Auckland's rapidly expanding economy has prompted the city's biggest private developer to announce $220 million of new work.

Get Sorted: Anchors away
We get hooked on less-important costs – they loom larger in our minds than they really should.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: 10 powerful persuasive presentation tips
Here are 10 tips to save you time and to help you get significantly better results for your written and visual communications.

Takeover bid challenges Telstra's crown
Almost no one outside his inner circle knows what David Teoh looks like.

Liam Dann: Plenty of practice with dairy safety issues
This time, with the threat made by some nasty individual to poison baby formula with 1080, it certainly seems like Government and industry efforts have been much better co-ordinated.

Mary Holm: Provincial town trends can change
Selling up to rent could leave you high and dry if prices firm and you want to get back into the market, writes Mary Holm.

Jock Anderson's Caseload: How the judge thanked a chum
CaseLoad's coverage of the stellar career of a dashing celebrity judge was graciously acknowledged recently.

Brian Fallow: Trade disputes not so clear-cut
As people turned out to march against the Trans-Pacific Partnership last weekend, one of the issues exercising them was "investor-state dispute settlement" (ISDS).

John Drinnan: No Spark in Henry's new show
Leading telecommunications company Spark actively considered becoming the cornerstone sponsor of the new Paul Henry breakfast show, but has pulled out, writes John Drinnan.

Inside Money: Bonanza! How banks cash in on KiwiSaver
If banks wanted to adopt a theme song for KiwiSaver it would have to be the song from Bonanza.

Andy Hamilton: Kiwi companies need to think bigger
Everything is fine in New Zealand is it not? The country has experienced a great few years. We have ridden the commodity boom and other countries' misfortunes.

Christopher Adams: All eyes on reaction of Chinese media and consumers
After everything New Zealand's infant formula industry has been through over the past few years, the last thing it needed was yesterday's news of the 1080 threat.

Mark Lister: Reserve Bank in tight spot on house hikes
Despite it being only March, we've already seen 17 central banks around the world reduce interest rates this year.

Not working? Still worth joining KiwiSaver
Our son has special needs and will probably never be employed. He does, however, get a small pension from the government.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Two money making time saving database marketing tips
Now is a perfect time to instill better organisation for your database of customers and prospects.

Liam Dann: Goldilocks economy in a complex world
The US economy continues to surge back to life, moving into territory which some economists describe as "full employment". However, Americans who are still without a job may disagree.

Bernard Hickey: The renting generation
Imagine what "Generation Rent Party" designed to represent NZ's young renters would do if it got into power in Auckland or Wellington, writes Bernard Hickey.

Diana Clement: Insurance company's sales tactics shocking
YOUI debited $592 from my Visa card even though I’d cancelled policy, writes Diana Clement.

Mary Holm: Deposit guarantees have downsides
Insurance of this kind is not always effective, may be unfair and can lead to risky lending by banks, writes Mary Holm.

Brian Gaynor: Building consents highlight Auckland's problems
Why has the level of construction activity in Auckland remained low though the region has a huge housing shortage and house prices have risen substantially over recent years, asks Brian Gaynor.

Brian Fallow: Another way to save on super
Is it right to pay more than the dole to wealthy superannuitants?

Stock Takes: Brokers invited to join the crowd
New Zealand's latest equity crowdfunding campaign is being pitched to sharebrokers, suggesting the big end of town might have a role to play in the new capital-raising route for small, fast-growing....