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Economy

Record pump prices haven’t hit your invoices yet. They will

Regular 91 is now averaging $3.52 a litre nationwide, up 15.9% in 28 days, with diesel at $3.23 after an 18.25% jump. That is an outright all-time record for 91, clearing the previous high set in April after the US and Israeli...

By B2B News | 33 minutes ago | 4 min read

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Employers should have to pay 6% KiwiSaver.

The harvesting of kiwifruit from 'Pergola' type vines in the orchard of Mr F.M. Sillibourne, Te Puke

Climate

Kiwi apple genetics are earning royalties in Catalonia before Hawke’s Bay

07 Oct | 5 min read

A professional businessman working at his desk, reviewing documents in a modern office environment.

Economy

Business finally feels better. One in four SMEs still won’t spend before the vote

07 Oct | 5 min read

A young girl writes numbers on a chalkboard in a classroom, supervised by adults.

Education

Schools can’t teach critical thinking to kids who can’t read the question

07 Oct | 5 min read

Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital

Finance

Short-stay visas are the $70m blind spot in hospital billing

07 Oct | 5 min read

High-tech drone disperses pesticide over mountains, illustrating agricultural innovation.

Artificial Intelligence

Drones built in Timaru are rewriting the wilding pine bill

07 Oct | 5 min read

Serious young ethnic male instructor in sportswear looking at plus size African American female doing squat exercise with medicine ball in gym

Health

Kiwis will cancel almost anything before the gym membership

07 Oct | 5 min read

A pharmacist in a lab coat selecting a medication bottle from a pharmacy shelf indoors.

Health

Pharmac’s $604m windfall is being paid for in export markets

07 Oct | 5 min read

AI chat interface displayed over a person working on a laptop, representing the growing use of artificial intelligence in business communication and sales outreach.

Sales Training

Businesses turn to 1950s methods as AI floods inboxes

06 Oct | 4 min read

Economy

Fulton Hogan’s $430m rebound is a roads boom, not a building recovery

06 Oct | 4 min read

Small propeller aircraft on runway in lush forested landscape, Poprad, Slovakia.

Finance

A loan scheme for regional airlines has quietly become an operating subsidy

06 Oct | 4 min read

Mechanic evaluating a car on a lift for maintenance in an auto workshop.

Legal

Right to repair is really a fight over who owns the service bay

06 Oct | 5 min read

Consumer law without enforcement is just campaign stationery

Labour's Fair Go Law is a good list of grievances. It would ban junk add-ons on car insurance, unclear automatic...

By B2B News | 06 Oct | 5 min read

Finance

Scam fear, not technology, is now the speed limit on digital payments

06 Oct | 4 min

Economy

Dunedin’s Gold Coast gamble is now the business case for daily flights

06 Oct | 5 min

Politics

Central Otago wants to rate cherry trees but not pine trees

06 Oct | 5 min

Economy

Importers are pricing off a dollar forecast the Reserve Bank already got wrong

05 Oct | 4 min

Health

Six years in the dock is a sentence no judge handed down

05 Oct | 5 min

Legal

A $5,000 fine won’t stop a casino paying influencers six figures

05 Oct | 5 min

Artificial Intelligence

Drones built in Timaru are rewriting the wilding pine bill

Christchurch R&D firm SPS Automation has unveiled a drone that matters less for what it is than for what it...

By B2B News | 33 minutes ago | 5 min read

Two professionals conduct a virtual job interview using laptops in a modern office.

Artificial Intelligence

Recruiting with AI is fine. Recruiting for AI training data isn’t

04 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

Hands typing on laptop searching Airbnb for accommodation options with map view.

Artificial Intelligence

Every fake holiday listing is a tax on honest tourism operators

03 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

Diverse team of adults engaged in a meeting using laptops in a modern office setting.

Artificial Intelligence

Your staff adopted AI years before any party bothered with a policy

03 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Atomic Tessellator is the deep-tech win New Zealand must not export

03 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

43rd annual West Point Debate Tournament

Artificial Intelligence

Ministers chose a 55,000 headcount before pricing the AI meant to deliver it

01 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

Record pump prices haven’t hit your invoices yet. They will

07 Oct | 4 min

Kiwi apple genetics are earning royalties in Catalonia before Hawke’s Bay

07 Oct | 5 min

Business finally feels better. One in four SMEs still won’t spend before the vote

07 Oct | 5 min

Schools can’t teach critical thinking to kids who can’t read the question

07 Oct | 5 min

Short-stay visas are the $70m blind spot in hospital billing

07 Oct | 5 min

Drones built in Timaru are rewriting the wilding pine bill

07 Oct | 5 min

Health

Kiwis will cancel almost anything before the gym membership

07 Oct | 5 min read

Health

Pharmac’s $604m windfall is being paid for in export markets

07 Oct | 5 min read

Economy

Fulton Hogan’s $430m rebound is a roads boom, not a building recovery

06 Oct | 4 min read

Finance

A loan scheme for regional airlines has quietly become an operating subsidy

06 Oct | 4 min read

Legal

Right to repair is really a fight over who owns the service bay

06 Oct | 5 min read

Climate

Kiwi apple genetics are earning royalties in Catalonia before Hawke’s Bay

VentureFruit, the variety-commercialisation arm of T&G Global, has launched ADORE, a family of apples bred to handle hotter growing conditions....

By B2B News | 33 minutes ago | 5 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Health

Kiwis will cancel almost anything before the gym membership

33 minutes ago | 5 min read

Health

Pharmac’s $604m windfall is being paid for in export markets

33 minutes ago | 5 min read

Tranquil seascape featuring a lone boat, ideal for diving enthusiasts, under an overcast sky.

Health

Six years in the dock is a sentence no judge handed down

05 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

Friendly goats with horns grazing in a green meadow. Perfect farm life depiction.

Health

Fifty-five goat farmers just showed dairy where the premium growth is

05 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

Sisters' Hospital, Sunset Boulevard, ca.1910 (CHS-2447)

Health

Auckland’s zoning rulebook has stalled a $150m private hospital for eight years

05 Oct 2026 | 5 min read

Kiwi apple genetics are earning royalties in Catalonia before Hawke’s Bay

07 Oct | 5 min

Business finally feels better. One in four SMEs still won’t spend before the vote

07 Oct | 5 min

Schools can’t teach critical thinking to kids who can’t read the question

07 Oct | 5 min

Short-stay visas are the $70m blind spot in hospital billing

07 Oct | 5 min

Pharmac’s $604m windfall is being paid for in export markets

07 Oct | 5 min

A loan scheme for regional airlines has quietly become an operating subsidy

06 Oct | 4 min

Legal

Right to repair is really a fight over who owns the service bay

06 Oct | 5 min read

Detailed view of a hand writing a signature on an official document with a ballpoint pen.

Legal

Consumer law without enforcement is just campaign stationery

06 Oct | 5 min read

Jetstar planes lined up at Melbourne Airport on a cloudy day, showcasing airline fleet.

Economy

Dunedin’s Gold Coast gamble is now the business case for daily flights

06 Oct | 5 min read

Vibrant red cherries hanging from a tree branch in a lush orchard setting.

Politics

Central Otago wants to rate cherry trees but not pine trees

06 Oct | 5 min read

Cranes and shipping containers at Hamburg port, a hub of industry and trade.

Economy

Importers are pricing off a dollar forecast the Reserve Bank already got wrong

05 Oct | 4 min read

An unpriced pay equity bill is the real hole in Labour’s surplus

05 Oct | 5 min

Finance

Hallenstein Glasson just made retail gloom look like an excuse

05 Oct | 5 min

Finance

The smartest new power project in the country is a 1935 dam

04 Oct | 5 min

Elderly couple engaged with a laptop, reviewing paperwork at home office desk.

Finance

Most retirement village residents will never see the $60,000 payout

04 Oct | 5 min

Economy

Investors are paying up for a Queenstown the pipes can’t yet support

04 Oct | 5 min

Finance

Compulsory KiwiSaver without a tax carrot is just a payroll tax

04 Oct | 4 min

Exterior view of a Netto store with bicycles and a brick facade.

Legal

Foodstuffs’ best weapon against a break-up is a 2.3% profit margin

04 Oct | 5 min

Legal

Fast-track’s promise of certainty is dying in a Queenstown basin

04 Oct | 5 min

International

A Land Rover name on a Chery platform is the threat premium dealers missed

04 Oct | 5 min

Wide view of container ships and cranes at Hamburg port under a cloudy sky.

Economy

Seventy percent FTA coverage couldn’t stop a 9% terms-of-trade hit

03 Oct | 5 min

Education

Striking lecturers are a skills-shortage problem, not just a campus one

03 Oct | 4 min

Finance

Without capital gains, a rental property lives or dies on its rent

03 Oct | 5 min

Golden Bay Cement stays open under $60m Crown deal

3 min read

Digital Marketing

TikTok adds $1.2b to economy

3 min read

Security camera mounted on a modern glass office building monitoring the workplace exterior

The rise of workplace surveillance

4 min read

Politics

Does a following make a politician?

5 min read

Artificial Intelligence

AI data centre boom runs into politics and the law

7 min read

WRITERS

Mike Jerome Infante

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Ben O'Connell

Employers should have to pay 6% KiwiSaver.

Consumer law without enforcement is just campaign stationery

Scam fear, not technology, is now the speed limit on digital payments

Dunedin’s Gold Coast gamble is now the business case for daily flights

Central Otago wants to rate cherry trees but not pine trees

Importers are pricing off a dollar forecast the Reserve Bank already got wrong

Six years in the dock is a sentence no judge handed down

A $5,000 fine won’t stop a casino paying influencers six figures

Drones built in Timaru are rewriting the wilding pine bill

Recruiting with AI is fine. Recruiting for AI training data isn’t

Every fake holiday listing is a tax on honest tourism operators

Your staff adopted AI years before any party bothered with a policy

Atomic Tessellator is the deep-tech win New Zealand must not export

Ministers chose a 55,000 headcount before pricing the AI meant to deliver it

Record pump prices haven’t hit your invoices yet. They will

Kiwi apple genetics are earning royalties in Catalonia before Hawke’s Bay

Business finally feels better. One in four SMEs still won’t spend before the vote

Schools can’t teach critical thinking to kids who can’t read the question

Short-stay visas are the $70m blind spot in hospital billing

Drones built in Timaru are rewriting the wilding pine bill

Kiwi apple genetics are earning royalties in Catalonia before Hawke’s Bay

Drones built in Timaru are rewriting the wilding pine bill

Scam fear, not technology, is now the speed limit on digital payments

A $5,000 fine won’t stop a casino paying influencers six figures

AgriZero’s $308m methane bet will be won or lost in the paddock

Short-stay visas are the $70m blind spot in hospital billing

Kiwis will cancel almost anything before the gym membership

Pharmac’s $604m windfall is being paid for in export markets

Six years in the dock is a sentence no judge handed down

Fifty-five goat farmers just showed dairy where the premium growth is

Auckland’s zoning rulebook has stalled a $150m private hospital for eight years

Kiwi apple genetics are earning royalties in Catalonia before Hawke’s Bay

Business finally feels better. One in four SMEs still won’t spend before the vote

Schools can’t teach critical thinking to kids who can’t read the question

Short-stay visas are the $70m blind spot in hospital billing

Pharmac’s $604m windfall is being paid for in export markets

A loan scheme for regional airlines has quietly become an operating subsidy

An unpriced pay equity bill is the real hole in Labour’s surplus

Hallenstein Glasson just made retail gloom look like an excuse

The smartest new power project in the country is a 1935 dam

Most retirement village residents will never see the $60,000 payout

Investors are paying up for a Queenstown the pipes can’t yet support

Compulsory KiwiSaver without a tax carrot is just a payroll tax

Foodstuffs’ best weapon against a break-up is a 2.3% profit margin

Fast-track’s promise of certainty is dying in a Queenstown basin

A Land Rover name on a Chery platform is the threat premium dealers missed

Seventy percent FTA coverage couldn’t stop a 9% terms-of-trade hit

Striking lecturers are a skills-shortage problem, not just a campus one

Without capital gains, a rental property lives or dies on its rent