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120 officers, 30,000 phantom tests Sometime in late August 2025, a GPS-enabled dashboard at the National Road Policing Centre flagged something...
The numbers that should embarrass the agency New Zealand's Active Investor Plus visa has been a headline success. In its first...
One river, zero remaining competitors In November 2025, a joint venture called Rafting JV Co applied to the Commerce Commission for...
The rebate that wasn't From 1 April 2026, all 29 electricity distribution businesses were required to pay rebates to households and...
The front door is jammed shut The government's own data tells the story plainly. 25.7% of adult New Zealanders reported being...
The numbers behind the comfort The current dairy season has been good. ANZ economist Matt Dilly said in April that the...
The ultimatum Local Government Minister Simon Watts and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop have given New Zealand's 78 councils three months...
The export story is genuinely impressive Auror is doing what New Zealand's tech sector is supposed to do but rarely manages....
A British man remains critically ill in South Africa with confirmed hantavirus as investigators probe three passenger deaths on a...
Asian markets slipped on Tuesday as Middle East tensions overshadowed truce hopes between the U.S. and Iran, with oil prices...
Fresh violence erupted in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday when the United States destroyed seven Iranian speedboats, President Donald...
Retail NZ says most retailers are broadly supportive of the Employment Leave Bill currently before the select committee but have...
Westpac New Zealand’s first-half profit has increased 4% compared with a year earlier, even as bad debts continue to rise. The...
The not-for-profit organisation focused on small and medium-sized businesses, Icehouse, has dedicated a full segment of its upcoming Ignite 2026...
A newly signed world-first agreement between New Zealand and Singapore has been announced; this means that the fuel supply continues...
A Harvard-led study has shown that an artificial intelligence model can diagnose emergency room patients more accurately than human doctors...
