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A fund worth stopping a fight over Bay of Plenty Regional Council has paused plans to restructure its $3 billion-plus investment...
Scale that changes the conversation Strip away the framing and look at the numbers. The Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust manages 198,000ha...
A transport project that is really a property reshuffle The City Rail Link is expected to open between late August and...
The report protesters did not want On 18 July 2026 the University of Otago released an independent report clearing Palo Alto...
Two seasons of pain, then a partial recovery The numbers tell a blunt story. Napier Port has 50 cruise ships booked...
The trough that barely dipped After three brutal years, New Zealand's export log market is finally showing signs of life. The...
The ceasefire is dead and the risk map just widened The interim ceasefire between the US and Iran, agreed last month,...
Five towns, one very big ambition Invest New Zealand has named five South Island towns as possible homes for high-energy data...
A recovery you can't take to the bank yet After three brutal years, the numbers are finally pointing up. Infometrics is...
A lopsided relationship worth fixing When Trade Minister Todd McClay and Swiss State Secretary Helene Budliger Artieda agreed to begin formal...
The market regulators can't fully see Private credit, where a business borrows from a private investment firm rather than a bank...
The number the government wants you to see Social Development Minister Louise Upston has a good line ready. In the year...
A one-week bill with constitutional weight In early July 2026, Parliament passed the first reading of the Climate Change Response (Tort...
When the then Labour-led government dropped $150 million of startup loans into Budget 2020 as part of its Covid-19 economic...
The map now exists, and it points at the office The automation debate has left the realm of theory and landed...
A profitable port, not a rescue case There is a version of the Lyttelton story where a struggling asset gets bailed...
