Susan Edmunds

3 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Susan Edmunds

3 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Susan Edmunds

Tauranga man Scott Koster says it's "tone deaf" for Air New Zealand to be showing off its new uniforms at the same time that many travellers are facing particularly high airfares. He has been trying to fly his daughter back to university in Wellington and said it was currently cheaper for her to take a bus to Auckland, an Uber to the airport and then fly Jetstar to Wellington than it was to fly on Air New Zealand from Tauranga to Wellington.

3 days ago | rnz.co.nz | Susan Edmunds

A senior analyst who says he was unjustifiably dismissed from the Reserve Bank after he made a protected disclosure to the board chair has lost his bid for interim reinstatement. Stephen McCormack has taken his case against the central bank to the Employment Relations Authority. He started in his role there in January 2022 and was dismissed in late 2024. The Reserve Bank said it had acted fairly and reasonably and in good faith throughout his employment.

4 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | Susan Edmunds

Uncertainty around Donald Trump's tariffs have caused uncertainty for sharemarkets around the world. Photo / AFP / NZXShare markets around the world have been shaken by the introduction of US tariffs - but some New Zealand companies have been particularly hard hit. Market commentators said the New Zealand-listed companies most exposed to the impact of tariffs were Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Mainfreight, Infratil and Tourism Holdings.

5 days ago | sunlive.co.nz | Susan Edmunds

New Zealand's population has increased by roughly twice the size of Hamilton since 2018 - but our housing market appears to have digested the influx, commentators say. Stats NZ data showed the population was 5.31 million at the end of December, up from 4.94 million in December 2018. Natural increase - birth minus deaths - and net migration contribute to the increase, but arrivals from offshore have become a more significant part in recent years.