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Kerikeri retirees John and Lyn Logie, of Kerikeri, study their latest power bill. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The New Zealanders with the lowest incomes pay the nation's highest power prices - and the city with the highest average income has the cheapest electricity. That disparity - described as "wrong" and "unfair" by a Northland budget advisor - is revealed in a survey of domestic power prices released by MBIE and based on data from Powerswitch. It shows that consumers in the Far North, using Kerikeri as an example, pay 45.59 cents per kilowatt-hour for the priciest power in Aotearoa. Consumers in the Buller District, which includes Westport, pay 44.05 cents, while the rest of the top five is rounded out by Clutha District (43.60 cents), Grey District (41.97 cents) and Central Hawke'...

Inland Revenue says their staff have recently been visiting people and businesses who owe tax, but only if all other attempts to engage with them have failed. Photo: Supplied People with tax debt to Inland Revenue could get a knock on their doors if they ignore other communication. In recent months, the department has been making physical visits - something a spokesperson said it had previously not done in a long time. "Making a physical visit to a person's or business location who owes tax occurs only when other attempts to get engagement have failed," he said. "We don't have a specific threshold but typically would be in relation to larger amounts of tax debt. We recently ran a campaign where we sent targeted text reminders telling the recipients that there was a tax debt that needed ...

The best performing fund is Milford's KiwiSaver active growth fund. Photo: 123RF A dollar invested in the best performing KiwiSaver fund from the start would now be worth nearly $5, new data shows. Morningstar data shows the best performing funds since their inception. Top of the list is Milford's KiwiSaver active growth fund, which had annualised growth since inception of 11.65 percent a year, and cumulative growth of 385.67 percent. Morningstar data director Greg Bunkall said that would mean every $1 invested at the start of the fund would be worth $485.67 now. It was followed by the OneAnswer KiwiSaver Sustainable International Share Fund at 375.06 percent and QuayStreet's KiwiSaver NZ equity fund. On an annualised basis, Superlife's KiwiSaver US large growth fund was top of the list...

Inland Revenue says their staff have recently been visiting people and businesses who owe tax, but only if all other attempts to engage with them have failed. Photo: Supplied People with tax debt to Inland Revenue could get a knock on their doors if they ignore other communication. In recent months, the department has been making physical visits - something a spokesperson said it had previously not done in a long time. "Making a physical visit to a person's or business location who owes tax occurs only when other attempts to get engagement have failed," he said. "We don't have a specific threshold but typically would be in relation to larger amounts of tax debt. We recently ran a campaign where we sent targeted text reminders telling the recipients that there was a tax debt that needed ...