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New Zealand has run out of road on gold-plated infrastructure spending

The rhetoric has finally caught up with the balance sheet Something unusual happened at New Zealand's Big Infrastructure Debate, hosted by...

By B2B News | 07 Aug 2026 | 5 min read
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NZME just bought itself a print monopoly

A media story that is really a strategy story On 6 August 2026, Stuff Group announced it had sold its Petone...

By B2B News | 07 Aug 2026 | 5 min read
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Scrapping Investment Boost funds real relief for 35,000 tiny businesses

Two different bets on what small business needs Labour has unveiled a small business package costing $1.56 billion over four years,...

By B2B News | 07 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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$24.90-a-week price hike was buried in a ‘fresh update’ email

An email most customers were meant to miss On 3 August 2026, HelloFresh's New Zealand prices went up. Not by a...

By B2B News | 07 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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Utilities Disputes just handed SolarZero customers a powerful new precedent

One customer, one precedent Andy Gray signed up to a 20-year SolarZero lease expecting savings. He ended up fighting to get...

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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Farmland sold for carbon forestry has fallen to its lowest level in years

For the best part of a decade, productive sheep and beef country has been quietly disappearing under pine trees. The...

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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23 years of trading gone in a week as Rotorua costs crush cafes

Three closures, one week Rotorua lost three hospitality businesses in the space of a few days. Hello Stranger Cafe shut on...

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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Meet the Auckland startup arming accountants against IRD’s AI audits

The taxman got a lot smarter The single most important fact behind Auckland start-up Nylon's rise has nothing to do with...

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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Why is Invest NZ axing the staff who brought in $1.4 billion?

The apparatus that worked is being dismantled New Zealand spent the better part of a year building an offshore presence, dedicated...

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 5 min read
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The first fully qualified industry-stream school graduates will not arrive until 2031

The right answer, badly late Business owners have complained for years that school leavers arrive without the skills their firms need....

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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Commerce Commission sues Foodstuffs South Island over franchisee discounting ban

From political slogan to court filing Grocery competition has been a talking point in New Zealand for years. On 5 August...

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 5 min read
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Who picks up the slack when a quarter of lawyers walk out the door?

The number that should worry every business New Zealand runs on legal capacity it takes for granted. Every M&A transaction, property...

By B2B News | 06 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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Hundreds out of pocket after insurer quietly rewrote the small print mid-policy

The perk that can change underneath you Health insurance has become a standard weapon in the war for talent. Small and...

By B2B News | 05 Aug 2026 | 5 min read
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How does a wall reopen three days after shattering a climber’s spine?

WorkSafe's prosecution of Extreme Edge in Panmure looks, on the surface, like a story about two horrific accidents. In June...

By B2B News | 05 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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Shoplifting is now a permanent cost of doing business in New Zealand

For any business with a shop floor, shoplifting long ago stopped being an occasional nuisance and became a permanent line...

By B2B News | 05 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
A rocket launch with smoke trails over South Padre Island, viewed across the ocean.

Private overseas capital is circling Tāwhaki’s second vertical launchpad

The market came to them Eighteen months ago Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre, the Crown-iwi joint venture on Kaitorete Spit south of...

By B2B News | 05 Aug 2026 | 4 min read
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