Sky TV hikes prices on Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now packages
Sky TV said it is raising prices on its Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now packages once more. Sky Sport's price will rise from $47 to $52 per month, marking about a 10% hike. Sky raised its price from $42 to $47 last March...
Trump hails Japan’s $36 billion US investment wave
Japan pledges £28.5 billion for key U.S. energy and minerals projects in Texas, Ohio, and Georgia. This marks the...
Mad Butcher Dunedin closes after year-long site hunt fails
Dunedin's Mad Butcher store will shut down after a year of unsuccessful searches for new premises. According to franchiser and store...
Apple launches video podcasts to rival streaming giants
Apple has announced a major revamp of its Podcasts app, rolling out slick video features this spring across iPhone, iPad,...
ByteDance AI faces copyright backlash
Hollywood's leading organisations have condemned Chinese firm ByteDance for launching Seedance 2.0, an AI platform that generates lifelike videos from...
AI platform tracks cause-and-effect gene activity in alzheimer’s patients
Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have charted how genes direct one another inside Alzheimer’s-affected brain cells, shedding new...
China eases visas for UK, Canada
Chinese authorities have introduced a visa waiver allowing ordinary passport holders from...
Services sector growth hits the brakes but holds expansion
In January, the BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI) dropped 0.8 points...
Trump eyes Venezuela’s vast oil reserves
U.S. President Donald Trump aims to tap Venezuela’s vast crude reserves—put at...
Alibaba launches Qwen3.5 AI series
Alibaba Group has launched its sophisticated Qwen3.5 AI series, intensifying China’s shift from chatbots to autonomous agent technologies. Released on Monday...
Alphabet ramps up AI spending while flagging new risks
Alphabet is sharply increasing its artificial intelligence infrastructure spending while flagging new...
Vietnam approves $1bn AI and cloud deal with G42 and FPT
Vietnam has approved a $1 billion artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure investment...
Automated bots now generating more NZ traffic than journalists
Artificial intelligence–generated news pages are attracting significant engagement from New Zealand social...
Getty Images announces partnership with NZME
Visual content provider and marketplace Getty Images has revealed its partnership with New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) to license...
Fletcher Building slashes half-year loss, braces for tough year ahead
Fletcher Building reports a reduced half-year loss amid ongoing efforts to resolve its legacy issues, even as market conditions stay...
Family wins big against Johnson & Johnson in talc-linked cancer verdict
A US jury has awarded a large sum to the family of a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson, claiming...
NZ tops 3.5M tourist arrivals post-Covid
Tourist arrivals have surpassed 3.5 million for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Stats NZ data. This surge...
Events and holidays fuel Auckland hospitality boom
Auckland's hospitality sector is gearing up for a blockbuster month, kicking off with SailGP and Valentine's Day, expected to pull...
Otago’s largest private hospital hits the market
Otago's largest private hospital is on the market, with "advanced" talks underway with a prospective buyer. Mercy Hospital, founded in 1936...
Bitcoin drops 12.6% on signals of tighter US monetary policy
Bitcoin’s sharp repricing is no longer confined to crypto forums. The token dropped 12.6% in a single session to US$63,295...
NZ SMEs gear up for busier Q1 2026
One-third of New Zealand's SMEs anticipate higher workloads in Q1 2026 than typical, signalling positive momentum in economic activity. MYOB's latest...
Skellerup logs strong earnings for first half
Skellerup, a rubber products maker, reported a record first-half profit driven by sales growth across its operations. For the six months...
Meta deepens Nvidia AI chip partnership
Meta Platforms has forged a major multi-year partnership with Nvidia to deploy millions of advanced processors across its AI data...
Pentagon set to drop Anthropic amid safeguards row
The U.S. Department of Defence is contemplating severing ties with AI developer...
Canada eyes Chinese EVs to revive car industry
Canada has slashed tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to lessen its economic...
Endometriosis New Zealand pushes Pharmac for Visanne, Ryeqo funding
Endometriosis New Zealand has applied to Pharmac for publicly funded access to two key hormonal treatments: Visanne (dienogest) as a...
New World Christchurch recalls baked goods over metal risk
A New World supermarket in Christchurch is recalling various baked goods over potential metal contamination. The affected products included Red Velvet...
Health NZ releases alert after Diamond Harbour sewage incident
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora released an updated health alert,...
USAID shutdown linked to 9.4 million projected fatalities
Cuts to global development aid could result in 9.4 million preventable deaths...
How to cut overhead costs without sacrificing quality
In 2002, Toyota quietly announced it had saved $2 billion—not by slashing staff or closing factories, but through quality improvements...
Top side hustle ideas to enhance your career
Freelancing is a highly effective side hustle that can double as a career booster for Kiwi B2B professionals. Freelancers can...
Factors to consider before outsourcing your marketing services
Around 80% of businesses globally utilise outsourcing to optimise their operations and access specialised skills. Among the various functions outsourced,...
Kiwi businesses hit by stealthy slump in Google Search rankings
New Zealand businesses are increasingly reporting weaker visibility in Google search results, accompanied by a drop in inbound enquiries. ...
NZ global brand still linked to landscapes and lamb, study says
New Zealand’s global brand continues to be shaped by natural beauty and agriculture, according to a new international survey. The...
New Zealand loses ground in cruise market
Fewer cruise ships are docking in New Zealand, a trend that could hit tourism and trade hard. While ports worldwide...
How to rebuild team morale and drive in New Zealand B2B teams
Team disengagement is becoming a top concern for B2B executives in New Zealand as market complexity and internal churn disrupt...
Top high-growth B2B opportunities in New Zealand for 2025
Digital transformation, climate regulation, and global market volatility are placing growing pressure on New Zealand’s B2B sector in 2025. Legacy...
Is TV advertising really over?
The internet is said to be the future of marketing, and many people believe that television will eventually become entirely...
Auckland’s Daniel Smith named New Zealand’s top carpentry apprentice
Auckland’s Daniel Smith (32) has won the coveted title of New Zealand’s top apprentice at the NZ Certified Builders (NZCB)...
Auckland edtech startup Polymath secures $1M to transform maths learning through gaming
Polymath, a kid-tech startup focused on making maths education more engaging through gamification, has secured $1 million in funding to...
Kiwi software firm Lumin reaches 100 million users
New Zealand-based document management company Lumin has hit a major milestone, surpassing 100 million users worldwide. The Christchurch-founded firm, which...
New Zealand signs U=U Commitment, tackling HIV stigma head-on
New Zealand has endorsed the global U=U Call-to-Action (Undetectable = Untransmittable), reaffirming dedication to eliminating HIV transmission and empowering those...
Iran eyes nuclear compromises with US
Iran's deputy foreign minister has signalled Tehran's readiness for concessions to forge...
Democrats assure Europe Trump era is temporary
U.S. Democrats at the Munich Security Conference sought to ease European concerns...
Trump’s tariffs trigger £2.8 billion bond crisis
U.S. importers confront record customs bond shortfalls nearing £2.8 billion in fiscal...
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