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David Seymour's floating the idea of giving high school students 500 dollars each, to learn investing.
Students would be able to track earnings and losses, and will be tested on it.
Seymour told Matt and Tyler, "I just think, especially for poor children from poorer households, if you don't have someone in your household who knows how to invest and talks about this stuff, how would you learn?"
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Christchurch bars, restaurants and retailers are preparing for a bumper weekend with the city's new stadium playing host to its first crowds.
One NZ Stadium hosts Super Rugby’s Super Round over the next three days, with the Crusaders taking on the Waratahs in the opening match tonight.
Recent alcohol law changes mean hospitality venues can now open past midnight and sell alcohol without serving meals.
Business Canterbury Chief Executive Leeann Watson told Ryan Bridge that the stadium will bring people into the city and have them spend locally, which is exactly what they want.
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Victorian Hydrogen is proposing a $3 billion urea plant to be located 30km northeast of Invercargill.
The company says it could deliver 1.5 million tonnes a year of urea fertiliser (using 3 million tonnes of lignite), making New Zealand's agricultural sector fully self sufficient.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.
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The Finance Minister says politicians should see our downgraded Moody's economic outlook as a wake-up-call, as she pieces together her Budget.
The rating agency's moved our designation from stable to negative, but reaffirmed our triple A credit rating.
Nicola Willis says she's got a clear set of goals for the 2026 Budget - and she's committed to sticking with them even during the ongoing crisis.
"The most urgent thing I'm having to do, pretty much every day at the moment, is say no to spending more...many New Zealanders are saying cut the petrol tax, do this for us, do that for us - I get it."
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The ongoing uncertainty about the Middle East conflict is impacting the markets, but there's some hope.
Initial ceasefire talk saw things pick up, but enthusiasm took a dive after the weekend.
Milford Asset Management's Remy Morgan explained further.
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