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Sunday, 19 January 2020

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Auckland Market At Most Buoyant In Four Years In December
15:00 | 8/1/20

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The Auckland residential housing market ended 2019 strongly with December sales numbers being their highest in four years and prices holding onto most of the gains made in November. more»
Fines handed out for illegally installed electrical work
10:47 | 8/1/20

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Two unregistered electrical workers have appeared before district courts in Auckland and Porirua after unlawfully performing prescribed electrical work (PEW) when not licensed to do so. more»
NZCB builds on mentoring success with new initiative
10:42 | 7/1/20

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New Zealand Certified Builders (NZCB) has introduced a new membership category, Rusty Hammers , in response to building market trends and inspired by the success of its current mentoring programme. Rusty Hammers is designed to enable older builders who ... more»
Union shuts down bus drivers’ strike, scapegoats migrants
10:32 | 7/1/20

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By Tom Peters, Socialist Equality Group 6 January 2019, original url https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/06/buss-j06.html more»
The four-day week discussion in NZ will accelerate this year
10:27 | 7/1/20

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The four-day week discussion will accelerate this year and a number of Kiwi companies are looking to pilot the concept. The initiative was created by Andrew Barnes and Charlotte Lockhart at Perpetual Guardian. Evidence shows very clearly how chasing ... more»
NZ Post joins cheque withdrawal from end of February
10:14 | 7/1/20

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NZ Post has had to review the use of cheques as a form of payment, and as a result from the end of February will no longer accept them. more»
Kiwis left with a $533 million post-Christmas debt hangover
11:13 | 6/1/20

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06 January, 2020, New Zealand – Kiwis are now faced with a mountain of debt after Christmas according to financial comparison site Finder , which has recently launched in New Zealand. more»
Ch’i Drinks re-energised for the 2020s
12:06 | 5/1/20

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It has been one year since Ray Nicholls led a buy-out of Ch’i International Ltd. However, the once corporate FMCG executive is reluctant to accept he owns a Kiwi institution. more»
Kiwis ring in the New Year with a record stream of data
17:39 | 2/1/20

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This New Year’s Eve Kiwis rang in 2020 in massive numbers, with data used across Vodafone New Zealand’s mobile networks increasing by 34.9% compared to last year. Nationally Kiwis consumed more than 121.96 terabytes of mobile data on New Year’s ... more»
Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ is world's most popular TV series
08:16 | 31/12/19

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Netflix is out to an early lead in the highly competitive race for the next Game of Thrones . more»
Boxing Day tops busy season for merchants
10:36 | 28/12/19

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A merry time was had by shoppers and merchants this year, across the Paymark network. A new peak spend was reached on Friday 20 December and spending over the six weeks leading into Christmas Day was up an underlying 4.6% on last year to $8,887 million. more»
Whopping increases in smart phone use and online devices
10:28 | 28/12/19

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Kiwis put their devices to good use this festive season, hitting record highs for data usage across Vodafone’s networks in New Zealand. Nationally Vodafone customers consumed 777 TB (Tera Bytes*) of data on Christmas Day and Boxing Day**, compared ... more»
Publicised P lab sells above CV at auction
10:24 | 28/12/19

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The sale price of a well-publicised former P lab in South Auckland blew all expectations, selling at auction for $880,000 – well clear of its $855,000 2017 CV. more»
Record breaking Christmas Eve
14:51 | 24/12/19

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Christmas Eve is often one of the busiest shopping days of the year and 2019 is proving to be no different. While final sales figures are yet to be collated, we are on track to be close to the record figures from Friday of $297.5 million for ... more»
South Island Foodstuffs supermarket workers protest
11:53 | 24/12/19

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South Island Foodstuffs supermarket workers protest for living wage after ‘bargaining’ for three years Source: First Union more»

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