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Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers remain largely shut out of the United States by steep tariffs, security rules, and political opposition....
Washington is considering whether Iranian assets could be used to pay for repairs in Gulf states hit by Tehran’s attacks,...
SpaceX filed its S-1 on 20 May targeting a Nasdaq listing at roughly $1.75 trillion and seeking to raise up...
A pattern dressed up as a series of accidents Wellington's suburban rail network does not have a bad luck problem. It...
The gap between adoption and law is widening New Zealand businesses are building workflows, generating marketing copy, writing code, and producing...
The bailout that dare not speak its name When Air Chathams saw its monthly fuel bill heading from $500,000 toward $1...
The framing problem nobody has solved Solar panels on a New Zealand home are worth almost nothing at resale. A March...
The numbers behind the bruises Fourteen workers killed on farms in 2024. That figure alone accounts for 40% of all reported...
The pattern nobody wants to admit New Zealand employers are losing dismissal cases at an uncomfortable rate, and the reason is...
Selling waves, not walls Developers have always sold location. Now a joint venture at Dairy Flat is betting that a surf...
The bill arrives Waitaki District Council spent months fighting over who should run its water. It tried to go it alone,...
The sixth configuration of a problem that isn't going away The latest US tariff proposal is not a shock. It is...
The test that actually matters Toyota's battery-electric Hilux has earned a five-star ANCAP safety rating after undergoing supplementary crash testing designed...
The prohibited water nobody planned for Five metres of water doesn't sound like much. But the gap between Lake Pūkaki's current...
Nearly a million hectares of Otago farmland are now pegged by gold mining companies, in many cases without landowners knowing...
A hidden gem that stopped sparkling When Chris White pitched Merino Downs to the Otago Daily Times in 2018, the thesis...
