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This week …More positive signs for our economic recovery, the battle of the pre-election business policies continues, plus the fuel effect on Kiwi’s spending habits.
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Kim Crossman has spent more than 20 years building a career in entertainment... but becoming a mum has changed everything.
In this episode of Make It Happen, we sit down with Kim to talk about what happens when the career you’ve spent decades building suddenly isn’t the only thing defining your future.
We talk about the uncertainty of an industry where your next job is never guaranteed, learning to back yourself through change, and how becoming a mum to Coco led Kim to rethink what she wanted her next chapter to look like.
Kim opens up about her experience with postpartum prolapse and how one of the hardest periods of her life exposed a problem she couldn’t stop thinking about. That problem eventually led her to become a co-founder of Vital Bits - a business dedicated to postpartum recovery and wellness products.
We get into career reinvention, starting a business for the first time and using a personal brand to open doors in an entirely new industry.
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Could we FINALLY be at an economic turning point?
Westpac economists have forecast the economy will return to growth in the current quarter.
They reckon there'll be 2.1% growth across 2026 – even picking up to 3% next year ... with exports and tourism doing the heavy lifting.
So, are we out of the woods - or is this just a brief respite before the next shock?
Today on The Front Page, Westpac chief economist Kelly Eckhold joins us to break down what it means for your wallet, your job, your mortgage – and whether this recovery is for real.
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You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network.
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Editor/Producer: Richard Martin
Producer: Jane Yee
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Meridian’s profit rebounds sharply as renewables investment accelerates. CEO Mike Roan outlines the growth plans and what they mean for power prices.
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Westpac's latest report expects the economy to grow over the next two years, and unemployment to improve. Nicola Willis joins Herald NOW.
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