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Few top companies reporting pay gaps
Most big employers are not sharing any information about their employees' pay differences for men, women, and ethnic groups.
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Coronavirus
Nat leader tests positive for covid
The National party leader, Christopher Luxon, said he had not been symptomatic but was testing regularly “as a precaution”.
Retail
Consumers gloomier as omicron shadow looms
Consumer confidence is at its lowest level since the ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index started in 2004.
Primary Sector
Bank lending to farmers shrank in the Dec qtr
The lion's share of net new bank lending still went on mortgages in both the December quarter and calendar 2021.
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