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Negative equity is locking workers in place and draining the suburbs dry

An East Coast Road townhouse in Auckland sold for $610,100 less than its owner paid just 2.2 years earlier. Two...

By B2B News | 24 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Thirty years without a paint job is how the government treats a $37 million asset

No private-sector owner of a $37 million building would let the roof rot, the windows leak, and the insulation disappear...

By B2B News | 24 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Conservation’s $50 million proving ground is building an export industry nobody talks about

Eight million hectares of unsolved problem New Zealand's Department of Conservation manages about 8.6 million hectares of public conservation land. Active...

By B2B News | 24 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Trust is now a line item your business cannot ignore

The numbers behind the mood New Zealand's overall Trust Index score has dropped to 49 out of 100 in the 2026...

By B2B News | 24 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Your health insurance bill is rising at six times the rate of inflation

The numbers nobody budgeted for New Zealand's medical inflation is now running at roughly six times the rate of general consumer...

By B2B News | 24 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Paper-era transport rules are finally dying but three deadlines will bite first

$16.8 million worth of stamps and stickers New Zealand's transport bureaucracy still runs on paper. Transport Minister Chris Bishop put a...

By B2B News | 24 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Nicola Willis just advertised New Zealand as Australia’s tax loophole

"Where the bloody hell are you?" Nicola Willis borrowed a line from a 2006 Australian tourism campaign and turned it into...

By B2B News | 24 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Nine years after her complaint, Ally Naylor still has no answers from Xero

Nine years, no answer In 2017, Ally Naylor filed a formal written complaint about Xero co-founder and then-CEO Sir Rod Drury...

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 4 min read
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A savvy buyer looks clever when the seller has no choice

When a Christchurch townhouse developer can pick up 77.66 hectares of partially zoned land in a growth corridor for a...

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Brand values were always a balance sheet item waiting to be sold

The halo was for sale Everlane built its entire identity on showing customers exactly what things cost to make. Founded in...

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 5 min read
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KiwiSaver’s biggest holding is a chip company most members never picked

The earnings that move your balance Nvidia just posted quarterly revenue of US$81.6 billion, an 85% jump year-on-year, with net profit...

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Councils fill strategy documents with resilience goals as one airport just built them

The cyclone broke things. They wrote it down and fixed it. When Cyclone Gabrielle hit Hawke's Bay in February 2023, the...

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Whangārei’s CBD revival plan solves the wrong problem entirely

The distress signal When a provincial council starts debating free parking hours, it is not making transport policy. It is responding...

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Why are small businesses fleeing a platform that just got dramatically cheaper to use

The platform that refuses to die Somewhere between the tenth thinkpiece declaring Facebook over and the hundredth marketing consultant pivoting to...

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Called a congestion tool, it works like a supply chain tax

The submission window most businesses don't know about Auckland congestion charging has been debated for years. It is no longer theoretical....

By B2B News | 23 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Auckland moving firm rolls out free delivery help for elderly and disabled

Moving company, Auckland Movers Cheap, has introduced a community support initiative providing free small-item delivery assistance for seniors aged 70...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 23 May 2026 | 1 min read
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