Economy
Dealer’s choice – Bishop and Brown move to grow Auckland
Ongoing development in Drury continues to provide more places to live, but Franklin shouldn’t become a sprawling suburb with little local infrastructure or workplaces.
The...
Luxon: ‘Support must be targeted, temporary, and timely’
By Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister
We cannot control global oil prices, and we cannot control conflict in the Middle East.
What we can control is...
House prices – no boom or bust expected
What's been falling should spring back up, but no boom is expected.
According to real estate experts at Cotality, house values nationwide (including in Franklin)...
Waikato steel manufacturing project fast-tracked
A structural steel manufacturing plant has been approved through the government’s fast-track process.
National Green Steel Limited lodged its application in July 2025 to build...
Unemployment rises to 5.4 percent, highest level in nearly a decade
New Zealand’s unemployment rate has climbed to 5.4 percent, its highest level since September 2015, according to new labour market figures released today.
The rate...
‘You can’t opt out of electricity or rent’: essentials inflation bites
Finance minister Nicola Willis has revealed the delivery of Budget Day to be May 28 and has been quoted saying that while Kiwis are...
