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Markets rise and fall. People live through what follows.

We look at companies, industries and economic cycles — and at what those changes mean for ordinary people.

We also look from inside our own small shop in Auckland, at what happens on both sides of the counter.

For facts about companies, industries and markets, we rely on public records, data and company documents. Where something is inferred or remains unconfirmed, we say so.

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All business articles

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Project records and a timeline being organised at an evening deskMARKET CHANGES · PROCESS & RECORDSEveryone Knew About It at the TimeWhy what everyone knew at the time can become difficult to establish later.Read article →A construction worker overlooking Auckland housing developments and the city skylineMARKET CHANGES · NEW ZEALAND PROPERTY CYCLE IFortunes in the Boom, Liquidations in the BustThe money, cycles and human judgement behind New Zealand property development.Read essay →An excavator entering a green vineyard with an uprooted vine in the foregroundMARKET CHANGES · NEW ZEALAND PROPERTY CYCLE IIWhen Vineyards Start Pulling Up VinesThe Bentley was eventually sold.Read article →The west coast and Manukau Harbour seen from the Ōmanawanui ridgeMARKET CHANGES · NEW ZEALAND PROPERTY CYCLE IIINew Zealand Property Cycle III: Across the HillsThis time, we really couldn't make it back on our own.Read essay →Aladdin Kebab exterior at Botany JunctionSTORE OBSERVATIONS · BOTANY JUNCTIONAcross the Counter: AladdinA kebab lunch and a shop owner from Nepal.Read story →Literary illustration: David returns to the shop where he once worked while I serve a customer and he waits to one side.STORE OBSERVATIONSWhen the ’90s Kids Reach Middle AgeRead story →Colour hand-drawn illustration of a flower-loving shop owner arranging a bouquetSTORE OBSERVATIONS · AUCKLANDThe Woman Who Loved FlowersFlowers, a Wednesday closure, a ballroom-dance poster and a bag of lemons slowly reveal the life of a small Auckland restaurant owner.Read story →Colour hand-drawn illustration of a family-run Chinese restaurant, with duck feet on the table and family members at workSTORE OBSERVATIONS · AUCKLANDThe Dragon RestaurantDuck feet, work clothes, cheap-meal pressure and family labour trace the changing rhythm of a Chinese restaurant in New Zealand.Read story →Colour hand-drawn illustration of Mr A sketching streets and development blocks on paperSTORE OBSERVATIONS · AUCKLANDMr A of AucklandMaps, suits, property bets, 'Put things in writing' and a lingering fifty-dollar debt form a portrait of an Auckland property mentor.Read story →The storefront where the 111 call took placeSTORE OBSERVATIONS · AN EMERGENCY CALLThe 111 Call from the ShopA woman walked into the shop, handed me her phone and kept repeating, “I need an ambulance.”Read story →