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Kiwis appear to be shopping close to home, according to new reports.
Data from retail management platform Lightspeed shows about 77 percent of Kiwis surveyed prefer shopping in store above online.
40 percent shop at local businesses, and 34 percent buy online from New Zealand retailers.
Retail NZ CEO Carolyn Young says they want more of this, and for people to be proud of local stores.
She says people should think about stores in their neighbourhoods that they really love.
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There's growing calls to drop the All Blacks down from business class to premium economy, as travel costs set to get worse during the fuel crisis.
Dropping all of New Zealand's premium rugby teams down a flight class would reportedly save $6 million per year - as NZ Rugby looks to cut down losses.
NZ Rugby CEO Steve Lancaster says the All Blacks need to travel multiple times a year, and this downgrade would be a stretch.
"The All Blacks carry a huge load for us...so we're not just sending them halfway across the world and putting them there, we're flying them multiple times over long distances. So this is not a consideration."
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Prime Minister Chris Luxon has warned less cash would be thrown around in this year's upcoming Budget amid ongoing economic turmoil.
Luxon told the audience at the pre-Budget BusinessNZ event that it's important for the Government to stay on track with their fiscal strategy as the election looms.
NZ Herald senior correspondent Katie Bradford says Luxon's speech is meant to signal to voters that his Government values stability and social cohesion.
"This is a very clear message he's trying to get out there - about how National is the party of sensible, stable planned approach going in here."
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In Australia, housing supply is emerging as a key issue, for yesterday's new Labor Government Budget.
It's raising taxes on investment properties and some trust funds - to give working Australians a $250 tax break.
35,000 fewer homes are expected to be built, despite net migration of 300,000 people a year.
New South Wales University Emeritus Professor, Peter Swan, says they're destroying the rental industry.
"All citizens are going to have to put up with much higher inflation - not due to the war, but due to excessive Government expenditure."
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A promise of more public sector cost-savings, as Budget Day nears.
The Prime Minister told business leaders today that the Government's cutting another $300 million dollars from the Budget operating allowance - to $2.1 billion dollars.
Chris Luxon says responsible economic management and fiscal discipline are more important than ever.
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this development was largely expected.
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