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Three times the pre-pandemic rate and accelerating In March 2026, 5,610 KiwiSaver members withdrew more than $49 million for financial hardship,...
The rules never changed, just the enforcement New Zealand's tax treatment of cryptocurrency has been settled since IRD updated its guidance...
Global sharemarkets are hitting record highs. The S&P 500, Nasdaq, FTSE 100 and Russell 2000 have all been at or...
Microsoft ANZ Chief Technology Officer Sarah Carney did not mince words when she told RNZ that older workers are "really...
The country that almost stopped moving In late November 2021, Ballance Agri-Nutrients CEO Mark Wynne warned that New Zealand came "within...
President Donald Trump has stated that the United States will maintain its naval restrictions on Iranian ports until Tehran reaches...
Business confidence has dropped quite sharply in the first quarter of the year, pointing to an economy that feels more...
New licensing criteria for early childhood education (ECE) services came into force on Monday, introducing a streamlined and renumbered set...
Migration contributed an estimated net gain of 6,746 people to New Zealand’s population in February, up 42% compared with February...
An autonomous humanoid robot claimed victory in the robot division of the Beijing International Half-Marathon on 20 April 2026, finishing...
Cuba's government has announced the release of 2,010 prisoners, marking the largest such amnesty in years and highlighting the island's...
New Zealand’s small and medium-sized business sales market has reached a new high, with completed transactions rising sharply even as...
Asian markets edged higher on Monday despite mounting U.S.-Iran tensions over Iran's seizure of a commercial vessel in the Strait...
The numbers are no longer subtle New Zealand's workplace opioid problem has shifted from background noise to a measurable operational risk...
While 54 nations gathered in Washington in February to carve up the new geopolitics of critical minerals, New Zealand's delegation...
A business owner in Kerikeri pays 40 percent more for electricity than one in Wellington. Not because they use more...
