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Business

NZ importers face freight premium surge as Hormuz attacks resume

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By B2B News | 28 Jun 2026 | 2 min read

SOLD: Mid-century Rockport Maple dining table and chairs

Legal

$60,000 lawsuit shows what walking out of a lease actually costs

28 Jun | 5 min read

A breathtaking aerial view of Queenstown, New Zealand, overlooking Lake Wakatipu and surrounding mountains.

Artificial Intelligence

If AI has never heard of your lodge, does it exist to travellers?

28 Jun | 5 min read

Aerial shot of a suburban housing development with roads, green spaces, and construction sites.

Legal

850 homes, rejected twice, now test whether fast-track is real reform

28 Jun | 4 min read

Modern urban drug store with cannabis signage and green exterior plant decor.

Finance

800sqm and the best corner in Queenstown tells you everything about Chemist Warehouse’s strategy

28 Jun | 4 min read

Close-up of cooling fans in a server room, showcasing technology and efficiency.

Artificial Intelligence

Southland has a consent gap no amount of global reassurance closes

28 Jun | 5 min read

Health

Funded for six specialists, Palmerston North now has none and employers pay

28 Jun | 4 min read

A vibrant evening shot of the Thames Barrier in London, highlighting modern architecture and warm lighting.

Climate

Gabrielle was roughly ten times worse than what the new stopbanks are built for

28 Jun | 5 min read

Doctor checks blood pressure of a patient wearing a headscarf indoors, focused on healthcare.

Finance

Who really owns your family doctor after two deals worth $720 million?

27 Jun | 4 min read

Climate

35-year consent locks in Waitaki as the grid’s anchor asset until 2060s

27 Jun | 4 min read

Bayport container terminal, Port of Houston

Finance

NZ scrapped its digital services tax to protect export market access

27 Jun | 4 min read

Fallen trees and electric poles after a storm in Hyrum, Utah field.

Finance

Powerco’s ageing lines are failing businesses long before the next storm arrives

27 Jun | 4 min read

Gene-edited cows offer dairy a real shot at climate resilience

New Zealand dairy is having its best year ever, and that is exactly why it should be thinking hard about...

By B2B News | 27 Jun | 4 min read

Finance

A trillion-dollar shortfall demands capital sources beyond political convenience

27 Jun | 4 min

Finance

Why does chasing a failed builder sometimes make creditors worse off?

27 Jun | 4 min

WorkSafe issued two clashing verdicts on the same employer

26 Jun | 5 min

Climate

Tairāwhiti homeowners are still waiting for a recovery system that does not exist

26 Jun | 5 min

Education

IRD arrested a specialist doctor at Wellington Airport over student loan debt

26 Jun | 5 min

Finance

Is a tough China still a better bet than a tariff-warped America

26 Jun | 4 min

Artificial Intelligence

If AI has never heard of your lodge, does it exist to travellers?

The battle moved upstream New Zealand tourism operators have already survived one wave of platform dependence. Online travel agency commissions, TripAdvisor...

By B2B News | 28 Jun 2026 | 5 min read

Artificial Intelligence