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International students increasingly pick New Zealand as a top study option

A recent Global Brand Health and Awareness Survey found that 22% of prospective international students now rank New Zealand among...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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This app helps students find jobs and supports youth employment growth

The Student Job Search app is designed to help students find job opportunities and is being welcomed as a simple,...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
transporting new zealand chief executive dom kalasih

Trucking rules ‘need fixing now,’ transport sector warns

Transporting New Zealand is urging the government to move quickly to ease heavy vehicle restrictions, arguing that long-standing rules are...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
freight reform on the horizon as government eyes fuel savings and efficiency gains

Freight reform on the horizon as government eyes fuel savings and efficiency gains

The government is moving to ease trucking and freight regulations, aiming to cut fuel consumption as ongoing conflict in the...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 28 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
uk rolls out pioneering trial for h5n1 bird flu vaccine

UK rolls out pioneering trial for H5N1 bird flu vaccine

British scientists have taken a crucial step in pandemic preparedness by vaccinating the first volunteers against the H5N1 bird flu...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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You could see more virtual consultations if fuel response plan intensifies

The Ministry of Health is completing the Health Sector Fuel Response Plan, which may expand the use of telehealth consultations...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
microsoft offers early retirement to 7% of us staff

Microsoft offers early retirement to 7% of US staff

Microsoft is rolling out an early retirement scheme to roughly 7% of its US workforce for the first time, as...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
defence chief dies amid mali's deadliest assaults

Defence chief dies amid Mali’s deadliest assaults

Mali's defence minister Sadio Camara has died from injuries sustained in a suicide truck bombing at his home near the...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
Captivating scene of the famous lone tree in Lake Wānaka with snow-capped mountains as backdrop.

Wānaka generates a million guest nights a year and just got Uber

$450 for a 15-minute ride home When Uber launched in Queenstown in 2018, the press release was explicit: no pick-ups or...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
Construction workers engaged in a discussion at a construction site wearing safety gear.

SEEK reveals the jobs market hiding behind that 5.4% unemployment figure

The number that misleads New Zealand has 165,000 people officially unemployed and a 5.4% jobless rate. That sounds like a buyer's...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
Senior man facing age discrimination in workplace, seated opposite a computer.

Boardrooms are planning for a New Zealand that quietly disappeared years ago

The data arrived today, the trend arrived years ago Sir Peter Gluckman and Professor Paul Spoonley's report, 'People, Place and Prosperity:...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
Mother gently holding newborn baby in hospital setting, showcasing warmth and love.

Good enough to test on, not important enough to sell to

Good enough to test on, not important enough to sell to In 2022, 80 New Zealand women joined Pfizer's Phase 3...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Two young children playing with toys in a colorful outdoor sandpit on a sunny day.

A children’s toy sold for a decade contained cancer-linked asbestos fibres

The recall that created more damage than the product On 15 November 2025, MBIE told parents to stop using four Kmart...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
highway, truck, lorry

Operators burn fuel on unnecessary trips as regulators sit on ready solutions

The vehicles are half-ready and the rules won't let them work New Zealand's freight operators are running trucks with spare carrying...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
A cybersecurity expert inspecting lines of code on multiple monitors in a dimly lit office.

AI fraud is outrunning every defence NZ banks currently have

The numbers are already ugly New Zealand lost $265 million to fraud in 2025, according to MBIE's first Reported Fraud Monitor,...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Front view of a large modern warehouse with closed doors, showcasing industrial architecture

$1,190 per square metre is now the price of doing business in Auckland

The numbers released today confirm what logistics operators, manufacturers and trade businesses in Auckland have been experiencing for years. Industrial...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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