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Toyota bZ4X spotted in Bandung City, JA (23 Feb '24)

Start planning your EV fleet purchases two years out or miss the window

Sold out, then more expensive Toyota New Zealand has just done something that tells you exactly where the EV market has...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Waka Kotahi blames busyness for shelving the strategy meant to manage its busyness

The sequencing is backwards New Zealand's infrastructure agenda rests on a simple bet. Rather than raise fuel taxes to levels no...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Prepare now for the payroll transition that could split your systems in three

A broken law nobody defends Strip away the political shouting and one fact is beyond dispute. The Holidays Act 2003 has...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Who actually bears the cost when a forever chemicals ban is genuinely hard to enforce

A ban that is easy to write and hard to obey Banning "forever chemicals" is the kind of policy that writes...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
A vibrant display of stacked shipping containers, highlighting industrial organization.

New Zealand exporters are pricing US contracts blind this week

Five words no exporter wanted to hear Asked on the Newstalk ZB breakfast show on 20 July 2026 when the next...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Government pays $60m to fix what its carbon policy broke at Portland

Fletcher Building has confirmed the government will give Golden Bay Cement a $60 million grant, not a loan, to keep...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
Everyday Wines in Kerrytown Ann Arbor

96% revenue growth followed Everyday Wine closing its physical stores

The numbers that should make retailers uncomfortable Everyday Wine, a small independent specialising in organic and natural wines, posted 96% revenue...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Growth forecast hits a four-year high despite firms still cutting staff

The direction changed, the numbers didn't After a brutal stretch, the mood has lifted. Infometrics is forecasting economic growth reaching a...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
Group of men holding a $100,000 prize check after winning an IT contest.

One album sale beats 3,000 Spotify streams and that’s the whole pitch

The number that should stop any platform-dependent business There is one figure at the heart of Lume, and it is a...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Private stormwater failure at Waimauku West puts flood costs on public books

A development where the fast-track argument gets real Fast-track consenting is a legitimate answer to Auckland's housing shortage. Speeding up approvals...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Fake Arrowtown boutique exploited Kiwi shoppers trust in local retail

The scam that wears a local face At least six New Zealand shoppers believed they were buying from an Arrowtown boutique...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
A bartender assists a customer with contactless mobile payment at an upscale bar.
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Every business that checks ID gets a new legal obligation under digital licences

The consumer pitch for digital driver's licences is easy to make. They are optional, they are harder to fake than...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
Port of Tauranga

Six mayors and a minister needed to stop a $3 billion blunder

A fund worth stopping a fight over Bay of Plenty Regional Council has paused plans to restructure its $3 billion-plus investment...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
A picturesque scene of sheep grazing in a lush meadow in Coromandel, New Zealand.

Tairawhiti Whenua Trust is the largest Maori farming operation most business leaders have never heard of

Scale that changes the conversation Strip away the framing and look at the numbers. The Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust manages 198,000ha...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
Monochrome image of commuters waiting on a dimly lit subway platform, showcasing urban life.

Midtown is the CRL’s biggest commercial winner

A transport project that is really a property reshuffle The City Rail Link is expected to open between late August and...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
University of Otago campus panorama

What does it actually cost a business to dump a contested supplier?

The report protesters did not want On 18 July 2026 the University of Otago released an independent report clearing Palo Alto...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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