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Auckland Airport to reopen at midday
Auckland Airport was hit by flooding with passengers taking to social media to show pictures of people wading through water in the international terminal.
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Economy
ANZ: Marginally less gloomy start to the year for businesses
ANZ says business confidence has edged up – for now.
Infrastructure
Auckland floods: govt ponders intervention into flood insurance market
Any government intervention into residential insurance needs to avoid blunting market signals on flood risk, Treasury says.
Economy
Govt collected more tax but paid more interest
The government's net debt at Nov 30 was 19.2% of GDP.
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