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European allies set conditions for Ukraine peace talks

Ukraine and three of its closest European allies have agreed on five conditions they say must guide any negotiations with...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 09 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
iran, israel trade strikes as ceasefire comes under strain

Iran, Israel trade strikes as ceasefire comes under strain

Iran and Israel exchanged strikes over the weekend, raising new doubts over the future of a fragile ceasefire between Tehran...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 09 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Foodstuffs expands facial recognition rollout to fourth Christchurch supermarket

Foodstuffs South Island is rolling out its facial recognition technology to a fourth supermarket in Christchurch. The retail group says a...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Labour rolls out fresh candidate line-up with 30 newcomers for November vote 

Labour has released its candidate list for the November election, featuring 30 new faces. On Monday, party president Jill Day said...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
health nz drops māori email domain after months in use

Health NZ drops email domain after months in use 

Health NZ / Te Whatu Ora is scrapping its current Māori-language email address, despite many staff having used it for...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 08 Jun 2026 | 3 min read
surge in power sector complaints raises questions over industry performance

Surge in power sector complaints raises questions over industry performance

Complaints against New Zealand power companies have surged by 500% over the past five years, raising fresh concerns about accountability...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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OpenAI launches Lockdown Mode for ChatGPT users

OpenAI has introduced a new security setting for ChatGPT users who want tighter controls when working with confidential or sensitive...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Trump weighs US investment in AI companies

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering whether the federal government should invest in some of America’s biggest artificial intelligence companies,...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Xi heads to North Korea as China moves to strengthen ties with nuclear-armed regime 

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to travel to North Korea, both countries announced, marking his first visit to the...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
boeing to open new 737 max assembly line in july

Boeing to open new 737 Max assembly line in July

Boeing is preparing to open a new 737 Max assembly line in Everett, Washington, next month as it looks to...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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NZ fintech registrations are selling regulatory invisibility to the world

Compliance arbitrage meets enforcement reality China's securities regulator has hit Auckland-based Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited with a combined fine and income...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Retail NZ calls March’s headline growth figure a statistical mirage

The headline number is a statistical trick Worldline's payments network recorded total card spending of $3.98 billion in March 2026, up...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
Goddard Technologist Vivek Dwivedi

Kill the pipeline, demand more output, call it innovation

The 2026 Marsden Fund round is open. It is also the last. After 30 years of funding the kind of...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Fisher and Paykel Appliances just finished the boldest capital call in years

A counter-signal in concrete and timber Most large New Zealand companies are cutting capital expenditure, deferring projects, and waiting for conditions...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Firms spent a decade fearing a skills shortage then created one themselves

The pipeline broke from the wrong end For years, the engineering workforce story in New Zealand has been framed as a...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Fiscal discipline that costs four times what it saves is not discipline

The government has found another $8.5 million in savings from Warmer Kiwi Homes in Budget 2026, bringing total cuts to...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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