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'Unsophisticated' developers offloading cash strapped projects
Property Free

'Unsophisticated' developers offloading cash strapped projects

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.  

Brent Melville 12 Apr 2022
The waning of economic and political confidence
Economy the chart

The waning of economic and political confidence

Confidence in the economy and direction of the country is lower than at any time since the first lockdown.

Andy Fyers 11 Apr 2022
Dark secret unwrapped for Kiwi chocolate lovers
Retail

Dark secret unwrapped for Kiwi chocolate lovers

The pittance paid by Mondelez to cocoa farmers in Ghana might leave a bitter taste in the mouths of NZ chocolate lovers.

Murray Jones 08 Apr 2022
Distrust in media undermining democracy: two new reports
Politics

Distrust in media undermining democracy: two new reports

Both globally and in NZ, news consumers increasingly fear they are being fed biased news, although journalism remains far more trusted than social media.

Pattrick Smellie 07 Apr 2022