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One album sale beats 3,000 Spotify streams and that’s the whole pitch

The number that should stop any platform-dependent business There is one figure at the heart of Lume, and it is a...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Private stormwater failure at Waimauku West puts flood costs on public books

A development where the fast-track argument gets real Fast-track consenting is a legitimate answer to Auckland's housing shortage. Speeding up approvals...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Fake Arrowtown boutique exploited Kiwi shoppers trust in local retail

The scam that wears a local face At least six New Zealand shoppers believed they were buying from an Arrowtown boutique...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Every business that checks ID gets a new legal obligation under digital licences

The consumer pitch for digital driver's licences is easy to make. They are optional, they are harder to fake than...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Six mayors and a minister needed to stop a $3 billion blunder

A fund worth stopping a fight over Bay of Plenty Regional Council has paused plans to restructure its $3 billion-plus investment...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Tairawhiti Whenua Trust is the largest Maori farming operation most business leaders have never heard of

Scale that changes the conversation Strip away the framing and look at the numbers. The Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust manages 198,000ha...

By B2B News | 19 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Midtown is the CRL’s biggest commercial winner

A transport project that is really a property reshuffle The City Rail Link is expected to open between late August and...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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What does it actually cost a business to dump a contested supplier?

The report protesters did not want On 18 July 2026 the University of Otago released an independent report clearing Palo Alto...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Napier Port faces a two-year cruise revenue hole with no shortcut out

Two seasons of pain, then a partial recovery The numbers tell a blunt story. Napier Port has 50 cruise ships booked...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Watch China’s construction cranes to know where log prices head next

The trough that barely dipped After three brutal years, New Zealand's export log market is finally showing signs of life. The...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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War risk premiums are the hidden tax on every Gulf cargo heading to New Zealand

The ceasefire is dead and the risk map just widened The interim ceasefire between the US and Iran, agreed last month,...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Transpower has not approved the load Invest New Zealand is selling to the world

Five towns, one very big ambition Invest New Zealand has named five South Island towns as possible homes for high-energy data...

By B2B News | 18 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
Rising Fuel Prices - Increasing Cost of Petrol & Diesel

Is the recovery real if one commodity price can wipe it out

A recovery you can't take to the bank yet After three brutal years, the numbers are finally pointing up. Infometrics is...

By B2B News | 17 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Todd McClay opens formal trade talks with one of the world’s richest markets

A lopsided relationship worth fixing When Trade Minister Todd McClay and Swiss State Secretary Helene Budliger Artieda agreed to begin formal...

By B2B News | 17 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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IMF warns private credit boom is outpacing the rules designed to contain it

The market regulators can't fully see Private credit, where a business borrows from a private investment firm rather than a bank...

By B2B News | 17 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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One in eight working-age New Zealanders now draws a main benefit

The number the government wants you to see Social Development Minister Louise Upston has a good line ready. In the year...

By B2B News | 17 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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