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Immortality at a price

The quest to defy death – once the domain of scientists and the super rich – is fast becoming a consumer product. But efforts to cheat death are pricey.

KiwiSaver at a crossroads

Changes to KiwiSaver laid out in this year’s budget undermine what was already an underperforming scheme, writes Professor of Finance, Aaron Gilbert.

Careers beyond the numbers

The recent event Counting on Success: How Accounting and Finance Can Lead to Different Career Pathways showcased the diversity within accounting.

Are you planning to retire or “rewire”?

Increasingly, employees appear open to different ways of combining some paid work alongside increased leisure and/or family time, writes Kate Kearins.

Are clean slates for criminals working?

The question of what to do with people with convictions when it comes to employment has been considered by policymakers and justice campaigners globally.

Who'll be hardest hit by Trump tariffs?

New modelling shows how Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs will affect other trading nations - including the United States, writes Niven Winchester.

When does “gossip” become “intel”?

What counts as gossip is a slippery notion. The key is not any set of objective criteria, but rather a shared agreement that a situation counts as gossip.

Top honours for Business School alumna

A high-flying AUT Business School alumna has been awarded the prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Business Achievement Award.

Navigating the blend of zigzag working

It's called “zigzag working” - employees simultaneously blending job and family roles that once used to be separate. But who does it and does it work?