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What kind of investment certainty expires at the ballot box?

The quiet part out loud Shane Jones has never been accused of subtlety, but his message to the mining sector in...

By B2B News | 18 May 2026 | 5 min read
Close-up of tax documents and calculator on wooden table, highlighting financial analysis.

Half a million tax dodgers got a grace period. It just ended.

The bill came due New Zealand businesses collectively owe the government $9.3 billion in unpaid tax and entitlement debt as at...

By B2B News | 18 May 2026 | 4 min read
Rear view of a large tanker truck transporting fuel on a highway, emphasizing logistics and transportation.

200,000km later, NZ Post’s hydrogen truck has proven the sceptics wrong

The truck that nobody noticed While the hydrogen economy has been stuck in perpetual pilot-programme limbo globally, New Zealand has been...

By B2B News | 18 May 2026 | 5 min read
fuel price fears grow as global oil buffers fall sharply

Fuel price fears grow as global oil buffers fall sharply

Global oil markets are under mounting pressure as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz forces traders, refiners, and governments...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 18 May 2026 | 3 min read
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Putin to visit Beijing for talks with Xi

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing on May 19 and 20 for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping,...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 18 May 2026 | 2 min read
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China signals farm tariff cuts after Trump-Xi summit

China and the United States have moved closer to easing pressure on agricultural trade, after talks in Beijing between President...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 18 May 2026 | 3 min read
Worker clearing fallen tree on street after storm in Londrina, Brazil.

Storm-battered roads are quietly becoming ratepayers’ biggest hidden tax

The savings story that isn't Rotorua Lakes Council deserves some credit. Staff found more than $6 million in efficiency savings to...

By B2B News | 17 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Publicly managed airports defer, Queenstown spends $60 million anyway

Building before the bottleneck bites Queenstown Airport Corporation has committed $60 million to a new parallel taxiway and runway remediation, tackling...

By B2B News | 17 May 2026 | 4 min read
A red truck travels through vibrant yellow mustard fields, capturing rural movement and color contrast.

167% fuel spike killed a milk run that survived a decade of sharemilking

A business with demand, customers, and no future Bella Vacca Jerseys did everything a small New Zealand business is supposed to...

By B2B News | 17 May 2026 | 5 min read
A customer using a contactless payment terminal for secure and cashless transactions indoors.

Your business account has no protection against unauthorised direct debits

The system works exactly as designed, which is the problem New Zealand's direct debit infrastructure runs on trust, and the trust...

By B2B News | 17 May 2026 | 5 min read
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205 women apprentices cannot solve a workforce crisis measured in tens of thousands

The sector that cannot staff itself New Zealand's construction industry is the country's third-largest employer, with approximately 308,500 workers as of...

By B2B News | 17 May 2026 | 4 min read
High-quality stock photo of a dental syringe and vials on a blue background. Ideal for dentistry.

Who is responsible when a chatbot plays pharmacist for a minor

A Wellington mother found her 17-year-old son hiding injectable synthetic peptides in a chewing gum container. He had ordered them...

By B2B News | 17 May 2026 | 5 min read
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NOAA gives one-in-four odds of very strong El Nino hitting unprepared NZ businesses

The fastest climate switch on record The numbers are no longer ambiguous. Earth Sciences New Zealand puts the probability of a...

By B2B News | 17 May 2026 | 5 min read
Electrical meter and fuse box on a white wall in Cape Town, South Africa, for energy monitoring or billing.

Electricity account fraud is wrecking credit files before victims even notice

The regulator already said this is broken In August 2025, the Privacy Commissioner issued a compliance comment that should have alarmed...

By B2B News | 16 May 2026 | 5 min read
Group of black and white Holstein cows on a dairy farm, sheltered under shade structures.

1,668% herd growth later, Southland still won’t name the culprit

Seven months of not saying the obvious When Gore's tap water hit 11.4mg/L of nitrate-nitrogen on July 18, 2025, just over...

By B2B News | 16 May 2026 | 4 min read
A winter scene of an outdoor restaurant covered in snow, with empty chairs and tables.

Wage costs alone are swallowing forty cents of every hospitality dollar

The number that flatters to deceive New Zealand's hospitality sector hit $15.99 billion in total sales in the year to June...

By B2B News | 16 May 2026 | 4 min read
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