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U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to speak directly with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te as his administration...
Beijing staged a carefully choreographed welcome for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, using the visit to underline China’s deepening...
A national study shows a drop in New Zealand children’s enjoyment of reading, writing, and maths. The proportion of older primary...
A new report says a large, coordinated push to increase electric vehicle adoption could transform the country’s energy system. EV advocacy...
AFT Pharmaceuticals, New Zealand’s largest drug maker, has reported strong full-year sales growth and net profit, prompting the company to...
The New Zealand economy is expected to face disruptions over the next two years, Infometrics said. The economics consultancy has published...
Google is preparing another push into smart glasses, more than a decade after Google Glass became one of the technology...
The Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill would legally define a “woman” as an adult human biological female...
Thailand is set to reduce the visa-free stay period for travellers from more than 90 countries, including the UK, as...
U.S. government borrowing costs have climbed to their highest levels in nearly two decades as investors grow increasingly concerned that...
Forty-one per cent underwater The numbers from Cotality's Q1 2026 Pain and Gain report are difficult to dismiss. 41.1% of apartment...
The market didn't get freedom, it got paralysis There was a defensible centre-right argument for unwinding New Zealand's clean car subsidies....
Profitable companies don't usually fire 10% of their staff Meta's 8,000 job cuts took effect today, eliminating roughly 10% of its...
The numbers are no longer a blip In March 2026, New Zealanders pulled $49.2 million from KiwiSaver accounts under hardship provisions,...
A million applicants, zero guardrails AI hiring is not arriving in New Zealand. It arrived years ago and kept scaling while...
The number behind the frustration New Zealand has 267 separate regulators. Ninety-five sit in central government, 79 in local government, and...
