Business & Tech
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.
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.
Checking your phone at work just makes you more bored, study finds
When you're bored at work, do you aimlessly scroll through your phone?
Restaurants stop service in protest of ongoing staff problems
About 2000 restaurants are switching the lights off and suspending service for two minutes today.
New Zealand is sending two satellites to Mars
New Zealand is going to Mars…
I started one of NZ’s first Discord drug servers at 18
The mastermind of one of NZ’s first illegal drug servers was an 18-year-old Wellington student.
Women are paid $60,000 less than men working as chartered accountants, a new survey finds
The survey of more than 4500 chartered accountants in New Zealand and Australia shows women are paid up to 40 to 50 percent less than their…
New Zealanders are working longer without a lot to show for it
We work real hard and it doesn’t really pay off, according to the New Zealand Productivity Commission’s report released today.
The report reveals that we work longer…
Facebook wants you to read articles before sharing them
Facebook is testing a feature where users who haven’t read news stories are asked to before sharing.
I got rejected from so many flats, I asked landlords what I was doing wrong
Advice from property managers and landlords on how to get that flat.
Covid proved having no access to internet is dangerous in NZ
The internet is what made eight weeks in lockdown bearable for most of us. But for the estimated 20% of Kiwis who experience digital exclusion, not…
Restaurants are begging us not to order through delivery companies
Delivery companies can take such a high cut that it's not worth it to open at all.