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New Zealand’s electric vehicle market is entering a more contested phase as Chinese manufacturers expand their footprint, Tesla adjusts its...
Coffee Culture has revealed its plans to open a second store in Dunedin. In November, the Dunedin City Council granted resource...
A long-running argument over who can access South Island hydro reserves is back in focus, as Transpower moves to tweak...
Daily school attendance plummeted at the handful of schools still operating past mid-December last year. Schools have flexibility to select their...
Meteorologists note a sharp drop in winter snowfall across the Himalayas, leaving slopes rocky and bare rather than snow-covered as...
Worldline data reveals that spending on its payment network through December fell short of the previous year's levels. Consumer spending at...
The Institute of Economic Research's (NZIER) widely tracked Quarterly Business Survey for the three months to December revealed a net...
Malaysia and Indonesia have banned Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot for generating non-consensual explicit deepfakes. The X platform tool, which creates...
Retail chain Yoyoso has been placed into liquidation with debts totalling millions of dollars. Yoyoso Group comprises retail brands including Yoyoso,...
Investors sense optimism as Beijing gears up for aggressive housing interventions ahead of key announcements. The Communist Party's Qiushi journal kicked...
Meta deactivated more than 550,000 profiles as Australia's trailblazing law took effect on December 10, 2025. The legislation prohibits children under...
Intensifying Arctic temperatures have halted all air traffic at Kittilä Airport in Lapland for three consecutive days, leaving thousands of...
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a blunt warning to Cuba, demanding it strike a deal soon as Venezuelan oil...
Air New Zealand ranked second in punctuality among Asia-Pacific airlines in fresh data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. Cirium reports Air...
Footage showing dead fish floating near Great Barrier Island has triggered an investigation by Fisheries NZ and renewed calls for...
Auckland’s residential property market ended 2025 with its strongest level of trading in four years, underpinned by higher sales volumes...
