Joseph Darby says rising costs have widened the gap between what a tenant pays and what their house costs to provide with the owner paying the difference. Why does the shortfall exist, and what's the return landlords need to justify it?

Higher fuel prices are prompting changes in spending and travel behaviour, notes Gary Blick, Auckland Council's chief economist

ANZ NZ economists now expect Reserve Bank to increase OCR to 3.50% rather than 3%

ANZ NZ senior economist Matthew Galt says global developments and ‘resilience’ in latest GDP data suggests it would be ‘prudent’ for the Reserve Bank to hike the OCR in October

Natalia Albert argues nobody is selling the combination of taxes we need. It is by design and it is why the tax debate is stuck, she says

Policies worthy of Soviet Russia circa 1926, seem ludicrously heroic in the New Zealand of 2026

Solid growth in overseas student and foreign worker numbers, fewer residence visas being approved