‘Brings tears to my eyes’: Family consider selling after $2600 monthly interest rate rise
Rising inflation is likely to bring even more pain to young home owners.
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Inflation remains at annual rate of 7.2 per cent
Inflation has remained at an annual rate of 7.2 per cent, driven by higher prices for airfares, food and housing-related costs. Video / NZ Herald
How four retailers helped drive retail sales to record $1.7b
$200m of sales made in December alone.
Auckland housing developer folds after lender says ‘no’
Five big problems blamed for housing developer's failure.
Migration gain picks up steam in November
The country attracted more migrants in November, building momentum on earlier gains.
Greta Thunberg slams leaders' lack of climate action
The young activist was at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Market Watch: What to expect in 2023
Business Editor-at-Large Liam Dann talks to Pie Funds Founder and CIO Mike Taylor talk about what to expect in 2023. Video / NZ Herald
High inflation and efforts to tame it defined 2022 economy
The economy, 2022 was a throwback year. And not in a good way.
Economy, crime, Royals: Recapping the biggest news stories of 2022
Exploring how the year could contain so much.
Opinion: Must the Reserve Bank wreck the economy to fight inflation?
OPINION: A social justice researcher asks why we have to accept the RBNZ strategy.
UK cost-of-living woes prompt push for more free school meals
Estimated 800,000 children in England living in poverty are not eligible for free meals.
Market Watch: Year in review
Business Editor-at-Large Liam Dann talks to Pie Funds Founder and CIO Mike Taylor about the year that was. Video / NZ Herald
Opinion: Economics for extraordinary times
New Zealanders are to face the toughest set of economic circumstances in a generation.
What it would take to ‘really crack’ NZ’s housing market: Sir John Key
There is increasing concern over the economy.
Letters: Individual and collective responsibility
OPINION: Letters on Winnie the Pooh, Sir Murray Halberg, vernacular, and Three Waters.
Black Ferns triumph shows the way to heal our social divisions
The Black Ferns showed us how to be united again. Where else can we find common ground?
Summer bonanza: More than 20,000 working holidaymakers arrive in NZ
A further 18,000 workers have also had their visas approved.
Govt books in relatively good shape, but Robertson has warning for NZ
Crown accounts for the four months to the end of October were released by Treasury today.
Clive Elliot: Lessons for NZ in Finland’s success
OPINION: Finnish PM's visit is a reminder of what NZ could be.
Retirement giant Arvida Group pushes up interim profit
More than 250 new units being built in big expansion.
Susan St John: No excuses for hungry children
OPINION: Government has levers - why doesn't it pull them?
What rising interest rates mean for travellers and tourism
What the rising OCR means for your summer holiday.
UK voters warm to new PM Rishi Sunak, but not Tories
Rishi Sunak has steadied the nation after the brief term of predecessor Liz Truss.
Dairy worker killed in stabbing, hit and run arrest & the supermarkets using facial ID | Focus Morning Bulletin 24 November, 2022
Fatal dairy stabbing, man charged over hit and run and Kiwis asked to spend sensibly just a day before the biggest sales hit in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Ross Copland: Everyone has a role to play in infrastructure
OPINION: Our infrastructure challenges require sustained effort from the Government.
How women became a powerhouse in NZ’s infrastructure
Three key trends influencing the infrastructure sector.
As British voters cool on Brexit, UK softens tone towards EU
Rishi Sunak's new Tory govt is trying to improve ties with bloc after years of acrimony.
Ardern: IMF warning of recessions 'a cause for concern'
IMF delivered Apec leaders a grim warning, and leaders condemned Ukraine war in statement.
UK in recession: Chancellor delivers gloomy autumn statement
It means higher taxes and steeper energy bills for people.
Overseas nurses applying for NZ work visas drops by 60 per cent
Government under pressure to fast-track residency to encourage nurses into the country
Reclaiming ambition: Two big ideas to upgrade New Zealand’s economy
'If your house were to burn down, you probably wouldn’t build it back exactly the same.'
Property: Double-digit house market declines in main centres, new figures show
QV House Price Index shows the average home dropped in value by 3.9 per cent.
Focus: Robertson says prospect of National Govt 'dangerous'
Following his first speech at the 2022 Labour Party Conference Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson warns the prospect of a National lead Government in 2023 is 'dangerous for New Zealanders'. Video / NZ Herald
Focus: Grant Robertson addresses Labour Party Conference 2022
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson makes his first in-person Labour Party Conference speech since 2020, by taking a swipe at Luxon & National’s tax policy, touts the Covid response and reiterates Labour’s values. Video / NZ Herald