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Meet the three Kiwis who built a global media empire from west Auckland

A west Auckland studio, a global market Viva La Dirt League is not a viral fluke or a celebrity profile. It...

By B2B News | 19 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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National’s election-year supermarket crusade ignores 87% of the problem

An easy villain beats a hard problem With the November 7 election weeks away, Finance Minister Nicola Willis has reached for...

By B2B News | 19 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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$511 billion in trust assets is now an open book for IRD

A nation built on trusts New Zealand runs on trusts. The country holds an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 of them, roughly...

By B2B News | 19 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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320kW AWD under $50k is a fleet replacement argument that sells itself

The price is the message GWM has confirmed the Haval H7 will launch in New Zealand in mid-October, priced from under...

By B2B News | 19 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Tauranga airport review is the boring sensible move councils rarely make in time

A small vote worth watching On Tuesday 22 September, Tauranga City Council will vote on whether to set up a working...

By B2B News | 19 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Check your fuel exposure before the next tanker goes dark

Two chokepoints, one exposed island nation Iran's Revolutionary Guard struck the Togo-flagged tanker Trend in the Strait of Hormuz on the...

By B2B News | 19 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Stop assuming your contractor’s data security is your liability shield

A "cyber incident" became a confirmed privacy breach this week. Dunedin clinical trial company Zenith Technology (ZenTech) has confirmed personal...

By B2B News | 18 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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$160m apartment project paused seven months after it launched

Two deferrals in three weeks On 17 September 2026, NZX-listed Precinct Properties confirmed it had paused its $160m DOVA apartment project...

By B2B News | 18 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Record export revenues mask a quiet hollowing out of NZ processing capacity

A record exporter that can't freeze its own peas New Zealand's primary industries pulled in a record $60.4 billion in export...

By B2B News | 18 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Compulsory KiwiSaver is a payroll cost not a retirement debate

A rare point of agreement between National and Labour Whoever forms the next government, compulsory KiwiSaver is on the way. The...

By B2B News | 18 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Realestate.co.nz CEO says Australian interest has gone well past window shopping

The numbers stopped being casual browsing Something changed across the Tasman in May 2026, and the data now shows it clearly....

By B2B News | 18 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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17,000 homes and 37,200 jobs hinge on Auckland tearing up its height rules

The rules finally catch up with the trains Auckland spent roughly $5.5 billion on the City Rail Link, and until now...

By B2B News | 18 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Life imprisonment for workplace deaths changes the calculus for every director in a high-risk industry

Labour has committed to introducing a corporate homicide offence if it wins the next election, exposing companies to fines of...

By B2B News | 18 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Families waiting years finally get a legal deadline for capital returns

Money for a home you never bought A family is waiting for a $220,000 payout from a retirement village unit their...

By B2B News | 17 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Westpac just made the emailed PDF bank statement obsolete for businesses

The problem this actually solves Every business that onboards a new supplier, verifies a customer or confirms a payment recipient knows...

By B2B News | 17 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Rare consensus on development levies delivers a real win, just not yet

A rare moment of consensus When councils, developers, builders and the government all agree on something in New Zealand infrastructure policy,...

By B2B News | 17 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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