Economy
Early Business News for 28 August 2024
Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio
Tax department comes knocking - literally
For the first time in a long time, Inland Revenue is physically visiting those owing money.
Building cost inflation return to 'normal' levels
Some material cost falls and supply chain shortages easing has helped inflation to get back to pre-pandemic levels, QV CostBuilder says.
Evening business for 27 August 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Midday Business News for 27 August 2024
Midday Business News for 27 August 2024 Trans-Tasman steel products company Vulcan Steel's full-year profit is weaker amid tough trading conditions regarded as worse than the global financial crisis… Audio
Early Business News for 27 August 2024
Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio
Early Business News for 26 August 2024
Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio
Economic recovery: Is this time different?
NZ's biggest bank says things are uncertain because the recession the country has been through was deliberately caused.
Budgeting services seek review of MSD process after funding cuts
The Ministry of Social Development is no longer funding 44 of the 132 budgeting services it supported last financial year.
Can music policy transform cities?
Does music have the power to make a cities economy, tourism, and quality of life better? Shain Shapiro is a leading music and cultural policy thinker. In his book This Must Be The Place he examines… Audio
Evening business for 23 August 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Less restaurants and cafes compared to last year
Is the coffee cup half empty when it comes to New Zealand's cafe scene? Stats NZ data shows that, for the first time on record, the number of restaurants and cafes shrank compared to the year before… Audio
Retail sales down in June quarter
The drop continues the downward trend seen for two years.
Fisher and Paykel health care expects profits to rise
Fisher and Paykel expects significant profit growth due to increased demand for its healthcare products.
