Banks stump up better deals

Homeowners are flocking to their banks to demand better interest rates on mortgages.It comes after Bernard Hickey\'s column last week, which pointe

Bernard Hickey: Trim debt load with the savings we make for you

Last week I recommended that readers ring their bankers to demand a lower floating mortgage rate.I\'ve been swamped with tweets and emails from readers saying it worked. Many report getting their floating rates reduced from 5.75...

Damien Grant: Taxpayers\' millions poured down free-to-air gurgler

TVNZ7 IS an awful channel, which is why no one watched it and why the Government did not want to fund it. Peter Dunne can rail about insulting the intelligence of the TV-watching public but no one wants to endure documentaries on...

Lifestyles hit by forced austerity

We\'re ditching the fun things in life to pay for the basics - and new research shows the problem is forcing many people to change their lifestyles.Research carried out for the Herald on Sunday shows people are putting aside more...

We \'like\' those lollies

Social media marketing is credited with helping a new business turn over $1 million in its first year of trading.United Sweets of New Zealand has hit nearly 13,700 Facebook likes and is attracting about 1000 new fans each week.It...

Water to wine for Russian

A secretive russian billionaire who was allowed to buy 10ha of sensitive land on the condition he build a water bottling plant will instead construct a private winery.Mikhail Khimich abandoned plans to expand Waiwera Water after...

Matt McCarten: Derisory Budget wages war on working class

It\'s usual for any government to selectively release some of their Budget policies before it\'s dropped on Parliament. This year is no exception.At present we have an $11 billion deficit. The Government claims it\'s going into the...

Jack Tame: Degree of hope found in land of opportunity

Gac Filipaj cleans bogs for a living. Not just any bogs, mind. Privileged bogs. Ivy-league bogs. Between the corridors and walls of one of the world\'s finest learning institutions he works a regular late shift, sweeping and cleaning...