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Confidence in the housing market has slipped as rising interest rates, stubborn inflation, and expectations of flat prices weigh on...
Bunnings has introduced facial recognition technology across all of its North Island stores, saying the move is aimed at reducing...
A senior public servant was removed from her role as acting chief executive of a government agency after it was...
Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has said the company is seeing stronger momentum in its push to become a major...
Some shoppers are running into delays when trying to sign up for Foodstuffs’ new Club+ loyalty programme, as the co-operative...
Elon Musk’s legal challenge against OpenAI has been rejected by a California jury, marking a major victory for the ChatGPT...
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to contain a worsening Ebola outbreak in the country’s east,...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today that the government will cut approximately 8,700 public service roles by mid-2029, targeting a...
340 buyers, 16,000 meetings, one missing ingredient TRENZ 2026 opened today at Auckland's new International Convention Centre with the kind of...
The recovery everyone wanted to talk about The numbers look good on the surface. Education New Zealand reports 92,580 international students...
The bill that changes everything New Zealand's Deepfake Digital Harm and Exploitation Bill, introduced in October 2025, amends the Crimes Act...
The strategy that was promised and never delivered Somewhere inside MBIE, a webpage still commits the government to publishing a national...
The tax rise that never went to a vote No government stood up in Parliament and proposed raising taxes on middle-income...
Japan’s economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter of 2026, offering an encouraging start to the year even...
Oil prices fell on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had postponed a planned military strike on Iran,...
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he has delayed plans for a fresh military strike on Iran after leaders from...