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Last year Rick Powdrell received $127 a head for his lambs. The current return has nose-dived to $85.

Rural

Our uncertain future

A simple but effective stocking policy has earned Paparoa farmers Janine and Ken Hames recognition in this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Rural

Slow and steady wins farm race

Federated Farmers launched its 'When Life's a Bitch' rural mental health campaign earlier this year. Marilyn Robertson talks about her battle with depression.

News

Finding light through darkness

A $500,000 increase in penalties for overdue rates was proof that ratepayers were hurting, Tauranga accountant Ian Stevenson told the council yesterday.

News

Accountant accuses council of 'hidden' rates hike in plan

The Primary Industries ministerial portfolio is a large, challenging one. For Horowhenua farmer and Otaki MP Nathan Guy the first few weeks on the job have been hectic, with the most severe drought since the 1940s striking the North Island and parts of the South, reports Felicity Wolfe

Rural

The farming Cabinet: Who you need to know

A Rabobank rural confidence survey showed 50 per cent of beef and sheep farmers thought their businesses were "just viable" or "unviable".

Rural

Stock farms on the brink

Interest rate swaps have become a hot topic with a Commerce Commission investigation and an inquiry by Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee.

Rural

Ups and downs of swaps

This week we are going to review the most important things you can do to build a savings nest-egg.

Business

Oily Rag: Build a nest egg for tomorrow

Kiwis love their pets. However, although our furry friends provide great companionship, they can set us back a small fortune in veterinary bills when sickness or injury strikes.

Business

Pet insurance softens the blow

The first wave of changes to the way child support is calculated are coming into effect on April 1 next year.

Business

Finance: Changes to child support

If a 9-year-old can easily figure out that buying stuff on finance means you don't get a good deal, why do so many people fall for it?

Opinion

Martine Rolls: Debt? Don't go there!

The Consumer Credit and Financial Services Law Reform Bill Lenders will have to take responsibility for the likely effect of the credit they provide.

News

Lenders have to take some responsibility (+poll)

Interest rate swaps have become a hot topic with a Commerce Commission investigation and an inquiry by Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee.

Rural

Lifting the lid on interest rate swaps

Coastal property prices in the Western Bay jumped nearly $30,000 over the past year, a new property report reveals.

News

Western Bay coastal house prices soar

Melissa McCarthy has made quite a name for herself in recent years by playing characters who aren't exactly glamorous.

Entertainment

Movie Review: Identity Thief (+trailer)

Surely the gnomes of the Reserve Bank know that many of us can't get paid unless our wages or salaries go into a bank account?

Opinion

Richard Moore: Our savings aren't safe

The possible class action against banks for charges for late payments has attracted a lot of attention. The publicity stirred a reader to write to us about their experience.

Business

Oily Rag: Challenge your bank on penalty charges

Welcome to the 2014 financial year. This has come with some additional costs.

Business

Finance: Financial changes from April 1

More than $80 million is owed in child support payments in the Western Bay, leaving some people with crippling debt.

News

Bay parents owe $80 million in child support

Teachers have slammed the the debt collection as heavy handed and hypocritical, with some still waiting for the wages they failed to receive as a result of the error-ridden payroll system.

News

Novopay debt collection cancelled

Garry Poole has been appointed Tauranga City Council's new chief executive and will take up the role in April.

News

Council chief looking forward to challenge

Creditors have called in more than $18 million in debt owed by the developer of the Pacific Apartments in Mount Maunganui, forcing the company into receivership.

News

Pacific Apartments developer into receivership

Kiwis are being urged to "think, shrink, grow" by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income in their campaign to improve our money habits.

Business

Liz Koh: Sort out savings in two easy steps

Electronic tolling planned for the Tauranga eastern link when it opens in 2016 is now being considered for Route K.

News

Route K may get electronic tolls

Accruals rules are cruel to small business owners.

Business

Finance: Tax cash owned, not owed

The Western Bay population is expected to swell to nearly 194,000 by 2026.

News

Population boom for Bay

A Te Puke woman has admitted stealing more than $54,000 in rent rebates over eight years after repeatedly failing to tell her Housing New Zealand landlord that she had a partner.

News

$54,000 in rebates on rent stolen by woman

A former self-employed internet retailer, who filed more than $80,000 in bogus GST returns, has been sentenced to nine months' home detention.

News

Tax evader lands home detention

It has been nearly a year since the Better Local Government reforms were announced.

Rural

What's in the Local Government pipeline

Hardly a day goes by without housing affordability appearing as a headline in the news.

Business

Smart solutions to get you on the property ladder

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