Business & Tech
I’m a sex worker…and I’m asexual
“I have no intention of leaving the industry. This is a part of my identity.”
An OnlyFans creator making $5k a week answers your questions
“A lot of people want to smell my gym socks.”
How do we get more women in trades? Stop men being dicks
Only 12% of tradespeople are women and sexism is keeping it that way.
A free Tesla is being offered with this $1.8m Auckland home
Rana says he has had more than 50 email enquiries since advertising the Tesla offer yesterday.
Sole searching: New report reveals unethical footwear brands
Only 40% of companies knew where all their direct suppliers were.
A practical guide on how to get a good job reference
Give your flatmate a break.
Bad news: doomscrolling is ruining your health
Who would’ve thought?
Exploring the horny and heartfelt world of VRChat
"The encounters I had could be split into categories - the heartfelt, the harassing and the horny."
NZ CEOs earn up to 88 times more than employees: We crunched the numbers
The gap between CEO and worker pay has been widening in recent decades.
Interest explained: how it affects the price of everything
But even if you’re not borrowing money, interest affects the price of everything in Aotearoa.
Spotify and Tinder use AI to influence us but won’t tell us how
“The process isn’t human or necessarily understandable to us."
Living in NZ is expensive, what will the Budget do? Economist explains
Will the Budget really make a difference to the cost of living? We asked an economist.
Supermarket sector competition 'not working well for consumers'
The Commerce Commission has shared its recommendations to improve competition.
‘Comically bad’ NZ-made NFT scheme ‘Pixelmon’ sparks outrage
"It literally looked like something from Microsoft Paint."
How buying coffee and Uber rides can stop you from getting a mortgage
Now I know how Anna Delvey felt.
‘We're trying to make CVs irrelevant’: Rangatahi create new job app
It’s an age-old dilemma. You want a job but don’t have enough experience but you need a job to gain experience.
It’s a problem that a group…
Fashion brands like Kate Sylvester and Ruby may not be as sustainable as you think
Glassons and Juliette Hogan did not follow labelling rules, a consumer protection group says.
How the Kellogg’s strike affects our Corn Flakes in NZ
From Corn Flakes, Nutri-Grain and Coco Pops, local supermarkets are filled with Kellogg’s products.
Countdown essential workers strike, asking for wages to match rising cost of living
About 800 distribution centre workers want pay increase to match rise in cost of living.
I opened a new business during a pandemic | Side by Side
“My dream was to have this place full of people.”
For the rest of the year Pasifika women work for free because of the pay gap
For every $1 an hour a Pākehā man makes, a Pasifika woman will earn 72 cents.
New report reveals which clothing brands are unsustainable
Where do your clothes come from, and how are they made?
Young New Zealanders are learning more about their finances from TikTok and YouTube than from school
90 percent said they want to learn more about budgeting and how to plan and save their money.
Here’s what we know about the Facebook outage this morning
The outage was the second biggest the company has experienced.
80% of future jobs will require maths and sciences, skills NZ is lacking
A projected 80 percent of future jobs will require maths and science skills. And NZ is not ready.
Lockdown has helped fuel the second hand shopping industry
Lockdown doesn't mean we have to give up second hand shopping
OnlyFans has decided not to ban porn, after backlash from sex workers
Many sex workers say the damage is done and they won’t return to the platform.
‘It’s a fucking slap in the face’: NZ sex workers respond to OnlyFans banning porn
“The only reason OnlyFans is so popular around the world is because of sex workers."
Retail workers frustrated they’re selling champagne flutes and fake plants during lockdown
“Workers are feeling unsafe, worried, angry, frustrated.”
New Instagram settings designed to protect younger users
All Instagram accounts for those aged under 16 are now private by default.