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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Plans to open a Dunedin bottle store earlier in the day have been quashed after being told it would have been inappropriate in the student quarter. Bottle O Cumberland applied to increase its off-licence hours to 9am until 10pm at night each day. Currently, it opens at 10am and the ... <a title="Dunedin bottle store’s plans to open earlier quashed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/dunedin-bottle-stores-plans-to-open-earlier-quashed/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin bottle store’s plans to open earlier quashed">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand If you’re setting financial goals for the new year, just make sure they are realistic and doable. 123RF If 2026 is the year you get your money life sorted, you may be wondering where to begin. In this five-part series, money correspondent Susan Edmunds guides you through the basics. First up: ... <a title="Get your finances sorted in 2026: Set a budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/get-your-finances-sorted-in-2026-set-a-budget/" aria-label="Read more about Get your finances sorted in 2026: Set a budget">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf The past year was a tough grind for many households and businesses but forecasters say there is economic improvement on the horizon. Kelly Eckhold, chief economist at Westpac, said he was expecting the economy to be much stronger in 2026, with growth in GDP of about 3 percent over the ... <a title="‘It can’t be worse, right?’: What’s ahead for the economy in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/it-cant-be-worse-right-whats-ahead-for-the-economy-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It can’t be worse, right?’: What’s ahead for the economy in 2026">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An Ikea customer is Marika Khabazi / RNZ An Ikea shopper who tried to buy a set of dining chairs was left fuming after the order was cancelled – except for the stickers on the bottom of the chairs, which still carried a $69 delivery fee. “I placed an online order ... <a title="$69 delivery fee for Ikea dining chair stickers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/02/69-delivery-fee-for-ikea-dining-chair-stickers/" aria-label="Read more about $69 delivery fee for Ikea dining chair stickers">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER 2025 was not a great year for many house price forecasters, who had to revise their forecasts down many times as the year went on. At the start of the year, Westpac thought prices might lift 7 percent. At one point ASB thought they could lift 10 ... <a title="What will happen to house prices in 2026?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/02/what-will-happen-to-house-prices-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about What will happen to house prices in 2026?">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A luxury island development in South Auckland has welcomed its first residents after more than a decade in the works. Pararēkau Island in Karaka was connected to the mainland by a causeway with a gate which would only allow cars belonging to residents to enter. Prices for the lots started at ... <a title="What it’s like being the only residents on a private South Auckland island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/what-its-like-being-the-only-residents-on-a-private-south-auckland-island/" aria-label="Read more about What it’s like being the only residents on a private South Auckland island">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There are a number of questions that people who are looking to retire should ask themselves. RNZ / REECE BAKER Retirement is one of the biggest financial changes that many people go through in their lives. If this is the year that you sign out of work for the last time, ... <a title="Five things to do if you’re retiring in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/five-things-to-do-if-youre-retiring-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Five things to do if you’re retiring in 2026">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Founder of accounting company Xero, Rod Drury. RNZ / Diego Opatowski Founder of accounting company Xero, Sir Rod Drury, who has been made a Knight Companion in the New Year Honours, says he has loved using his business skills to help the community in recent years. Drury has been made a ... <a title="New Year Honours: Xero co-founder Sir Rod Drury knighted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/new-year-honours-xero-co-founder-sir-rod-drury-knighted/" aria-label="Read more about New Year Honours: Xero co-founder Sir Rod Drury knighted">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kitchen Things went into receivership mid-year. Google Maps It’s been another tough year financially for many New Zealand households and businesses. While some commentators said in 2024 that businesses needed to focus on the mantra “survive til 2025”, for some it was a case of battling to survive through the year, ... <a title="Ten businesses that didn’t survive 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/ten-businesses-that-didnt-survive-2025/" aria-label="Read more about Ten businesses that didn’t survive 2025">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposal is subject to Commerce Commission approval. RNZ / Dan Cook The Automobile Association believes a proposed merger between two fuel companies should drive down pump prices. NPD and Gull want to combine sites, teams and supply chains to form what they say would be the largest independent, majority New ... <a title="Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down – AA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/28/gull-npd-merger-should-bring-fuel-prices-down-aa/" aria-label="Read more about Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down – AA">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ’s money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions. RNZ Every week in 2025, RNZ money correspondent Susan Edmunds answered your questions online and on her podcast [ https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/no-stupid-questions No Stupid Questions]. Here are some of the most-asked questions this year. If you have any you would like her to tackle in ... <a title="Can I travel while getting NZ Super, and other most-asked questions of 2025 – Ask Susan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/27/can-i-travel-while-getting-nz-super-and-other-most-asked-questions-of-2025-ask-susan/" aria-label="Read more about Can I travel while getting NZ Super, and other most-asked questions of 2025 – Ask Susan">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Raewyn Dailey says the burglary of imported jewellery from her Napier antique store was a blow on top of recent challenges to retail in the area (file photo). RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham A Napier antique shop owner is blaming the high price of silver, after an overnight burglary at her store ... <a title="Break in at antique store ‘another blow’, owner says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/break-in-at-antique-store-another-blow-owner-says/" aria-label="Read more about Break in at antique store ‘another blow’, owner says">Read more</a>
