The slowing real estate market, escalating interest rates and a stretched building sector are seeing developers walk away from their consented plans while buyers take a more discerning view.
Confidence in the economy and direction of the country is lower than at any time since the first lockdown.
The pittance paid by Mondelez to cocoa farmers in Ghana might leave a bitter taste in the mouths of NZ chocolate lovers.
Both globally and in NZ, news consumers increasingly fear they are being fed biased news, although journalism remains far more trusted than social media.