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How I have fun with friends without spending money

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12 January 2026

I've kept low-cost, high-fun habits alive for years, even after returning home to a city where socialising often seems to mean shelling out.

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It's been revealed another health provider, Canopy Healthcare, was hit by a data breach - six months ago
	12 Jan: It's been revealed another health provider, Canopy Healthcare, was hit by a data breach - six months ago... more

Air New Zealand has been making improvements in its aircraft on-time performance
	12 Jan: Air New Zealand has been making improvements in its aircraft on-time performance... more

NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026
	12 Jan: Globally, specialised small firms are demonstrating the power of being better, not bigger. NZ could capitalise on the trend if it adjusts some long-held assumptions.... more

Rising living costs are driving up both the number of first-time student loan borrowers, and the size of their loans
	12 Jan: Rising living costs are driving up both the number of first-time student loan borrowers, and the size of their loans... more

The Government says a move to "open electricity" will give consumers more choice through better transparency
	12 Jan: The Government says a move to "open electricity" will give consumers more choice through better transparency... more

The Government hopes the roll-out of "open electricity" makes it easier for Kiwis to get cheaper power
	12 Jan: The Government hopes the roll-out of "open electricity" makes it easier for Kiwis to get cheaper power... more

Grocery costs remained largely unchanged over the Christmas period
	12 Jan: Grocery costs remained largely unchanged over the Christmas period... more

If you think you're paying too much for a cup of coffee, there's good news and bad
	11 Jan: If you think you're paying too much for a cup of coffee, there's good news and bad... more

New Zealand households and small businesses will soon have a simpler way to slash their electricity bills
	11 Jan: New Zealand households and small businesses will soon have a simpler way to slash their electricity bills... more

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Most Popular Recent Business News

02 Jan: Authorities are working to get to the bottom of a major cyber security breach which may have exposed the personal health data of tens of thousands of Kiwis +++++++++++++++++++++++

01 Jan: Hopes the new vocational education model kicking in from today will put industry in the driver's seat +++++++++++++++

26 Dec: Retailers have their last push of the year - as Kiwis hit the shops for Boxing Day sales +++++++++++++++

24 Dec: This year's Christmas spread could cost a bit more to put on tomorrow ++++++++++++

24 Dec: A jury's ordered US pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson to pay more than 2.5 billion dollars - to a woman who blamed it for causing her cancer ++++++++++++

01 Jan: New agreements take effect today - for a strategic coal reserve stockpile at Huntly Power Station ++++++++++++

23 Dec: Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato ++++++++++++

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11 Jan: Microsoft office 2024 home & business drops to $99.97 (PC World)

10 Jan: Replace cloud-only tools with a lifetime version of microsoft office 2021 for $35 (PC World)

10 Jan: Smarter displays, faster mini pcs, ai everywhere: msi is redefining professional performance at ces 2026 (PC World)

9 Jan: More businesses call to be included in pub rates backtrack (BBCWorld)

9 Jan: 'pub tax u-turn' and 'caring catherine' (BBCWorld)

9 Jan: Large fire engulfs building in auckland's pakuranga (RadioNZ)

9 Jan: Business rate rises for pubs to be watered down after pressure from landlords (BBCWorld)

9 Jan: ‘appalled’: ird apologises after paywalled news articles copied and shared among 600 staff (Stuff.co.nz)

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