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Foodstuffs extend price rollback on some grocery items

The initiative at Pak’nSave, New World and Four Square will last for another three months.

Cost Of Living •10:45am

Elon Musk sells $11b in Tesla shares ahead of Twitter fight

Musk pulled out of the historic deal citing Twitter had lied about the number of "spam-bots" on the platform.

Business •8:30pm

Investing in refugees good business model for NZ fashion label

Nisa is a clothing company that has a mission of offering refugee and migrant women a chance at financial independence.

Business •6:31pm

Up to 100,000 Air NZ passengers could have bookings cancelled

It comes as the airline reduces seats by around 1.5% as sickness hits staffing levels.

Travel •Thu, Aug 11

ASB's cash profit up 9% to $1.42 billion

It came despite home lending growing 6%, compared to 12% the year prior.

Economy •Wed, Aug 10

Spark issues refunds after 'misleading' 113,000 broadband customers

Customers were charged for an unnecessary wire maintenance service over six years.

Business •Tue, Aug 9

Passenger who booked flight months in advance upset at being bumped

Kylee Davis discovered when arriving for her Air NZ flight she’d been bumped for passengers from a cancelled flight.

Travel •Tue, Aug 9

Fair Go: Parents cry foul over pay rates for pamphlet delivery

The work, which is paid per item, equates to $2-4 per hour, one Auckland dad says.

Business •Mon, Aug 8

Medicinal Cannabis Scheme 'unworkable' - industry

Problems with the scheme leave most Kiwi users still reliant on the black market, according to the New Zealand Drug Foundation.

1 NEWS Team •Fri, Aug 5

Building supplies draft report finds competition not working

The Commerce Commission looked into building supplies amid soaring prices and inflation.

Economy •Thu, Aug 4

Some shoppers turning back on big supermarket chains

Hannah Blumhardt said online community groups were full of people exchanging ideas about how to avoid supermarkets, from crop swaps to bulk refill stores.

Food And Drink •Thu, Aug 4

Petrol prices expected to continue falling

The global price of oil has dropped significantly this week, which should see prices at the pump fall in the coming weeks.

Transport •Thu, Aug 4

Unemployment rate steady, wages up 6.4% - Stats NZ

Wage inflation, measured by the labour cost index, was 3.4 per cent in the year ended June 2022.

Employment •Wed, Aug 3

Failed live export costs leave farmers out of pocket

The fallout from a failed shipment of 12,300 cattle earlier this year has left 40 farmers collectively owed $1 million, while the exporter tries to find a solution.

Farming •Wed, Aug 3