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Frontier AI’s own creators say the technology has outrun their control

The warning is coming from inside the tent Dario Amodei is not an anti-tech crank. He runs Anthropic, one of three...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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$93.17 grocery bill exposes a wage pressure employers cannot ignore

The receipt everyone shared missed the real point A 1991 Woolworths receipt doing the rounds on social media has become the...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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More borrowing power does not build a single extra house

The policy that fixes the wrong problem National has announced it will scrap the current First Home Loan income limits and...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
Topaz Solar Farm, maintenance of a huge solar farm with 5 million solar panels

What separates an approved solar farm from a stalled one

Fast is fine, careless is not The Environmental Defence Society has taken the government's flagship consenting regime to court, and business...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Kiwi travellers are winning refunds airlines never volunteered to pay

A protection nobody can use Consumer NZ has put a number on something business travellers have long suspected. Four in 10...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Brace for higher fuel costs as Saudi Arabia loses its last open shipping lane

The squeeze play just closed The world's largest oil exporter has effectively run out of clean routes to market. In a...

By B2B News | 12 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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NZTA’s nine-month exemption backlog has grounded a ready-to-sell ute

A confirmed ute nobody can buy The Ford Ranger Super Duty is coming to New Zealand. It has been unveiled, driven...

By B2B News | 12 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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The legislation meant to protect investor confidence undermined it instead

A cure that may have caused the disease When the Government pushed through legislation in August 2026 to halt Mike Smith's...

By B2B News | 12 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Millions vanished after followers trusted influencers over financial regulators

Money raised like capital, protected like nothing A Stuff investigation published on 12 September 2026 reports that followers put millions into...

By B2B News | 12 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Renaming NCEA solves nothing for employers who cannot decode it now

What a certificate actually tells an employer A school-leaver walks into your business with a qualification. What does it tell you...

By B2B News | 12 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
A close-up shot of a wall-mounted AED device in Stubičke Toplice, Croatia.

15 minutes of CPR outside a clinic that allegedly kept its defibrillator locked

The gym released its defibrillator. The medical centre allegedly didn't On the afternoon of Thursday 11 September 2026, a man collapsed...

By B2B News | 12 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
Lexington Kentucky - Donamire Farm 'The Good-Life for Horse'

Byerley Park goes to liquidators with $16 million in debt and unpaid staff

Valuable land, worthless business On 11 September 2026 liquidators put Byerley Park, a luxury racehorse breeding and training centre near Karaka...

By B2B News | 12 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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30 years of Hawke’s Bay winemaking ends as Marlborough takes over

The brand lives, the region loses Booster Wine Group will close the Sileni Estates winery near Hastings at the end of...

By B2B News | 11 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Would Fresh Direct owning T&G Fresh leave growers with nowhere else to go?

Where the deal stands On 10 September 2026 the Commerce Commission published a statement of issues on J&P Turner Limited's bid...

By B2B News | 11 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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Outsourcing payroll does not outsource your obligations under the Privacy Act

Three breaches, one week, one lesson New Zealand had a bad cyber week. Police are investigating a breach at Dunedin clinical...

By B2B News | 11 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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NZ First’s cap would strand employers already scraping for skilled staff

The number that bites harder than it looks NZ First's 14-point immigration overhaul, unveiled on 11 September, is built around a...

By B2B News | 11 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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