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Who is actually hurting when the affordability numbers look fine?

The number the good-news data misses Rents look flat. Affordability, we keep hearing, is improving. And for the median household, that...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Super at 65 is a settled public verdict with an unsettled price tag

The public has made its choice New Zealanders have delivered a clear verdict on retirement policy, and it is not the...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
Elon Musk Watches SpaceX Rocket Launch

Venture-grade risk sold as an ordinary share purchase burned thousands of Kiwis

A trillion-dollar unwind in five weeks SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq on 12 June 2026, raising US$75 billion in one of...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Why did Uber come to New Zealand to trial the government not the car

The tool New Zealand already had and never touched David Seymour's pitch to the Canterbury Club on 16 July 2026 has...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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While you watch the India FTA, the real trade fix is happening in Auckland

The meeting exporters should have been watching While most of the attention this year has gone to the India free trade...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Who carries the liability when AI makes a clinical error

The tool arrived before the rules did Health is the most tightly regulated sector in the country, which makes the adoption...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Cocaine was once a city vice, now it is showing up on rural worksites

The numbers employers can't ignore The Drug Detection Agency's latest quarterly workplace testing results, released on 16 July 2026, show two...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Free-range farming’s outdoor access rule is now its biggest financial vulnerability

The virus that turns a marketing edge into a liability New Zealand recorded its first confirmed H5N1 detection on 15 July...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Why is the US calling NZ a forced labour enabler

A moral label on a trade weapon New Zealand has been named among 54 economies the US Trade Representative accuses of...

By B2B News | 15 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Built for film nerds, now valued at nearly half a billion dollars

From a High Street office to a bidding war Letterboxd was founded in Auckland on 31 October 2011 by two designers,...

By B2B News | 15 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Who should certify your high-rise, a council clerk or a qualified engineer?

A direct challenge to council control Building and construction spokesperson Chris Penk has laid out a policy that, if National is...

By B2B News | 15 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
A damaged house stands near a muddy river after a flood, illustrating the impact of natural disasters.

Simon Watts hands councils a legal duty with no cheque attached

A planning mandate with no funding mandate The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill, introduced to Parliament on 15 July 2026, requires...

By B2B News | 15 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Spent grain is a feedstock for one of the world’s most valuable advanced materials

A cost line breweries want gone Spent grain is brewing's inconvenient byproduct. It makes up about 85% of brewery waste, it...

By B2B News | 15 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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27 payments over four years bought an Indonesian buyer Open Country’s pricing edge

A former group market manager at Open Country Dairy has pleaded guilty to taking secret payments from an overseas customer...

By B2B News | 15 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Louise Upston hands councils a tourism job description without a pay cheque

A job description, finally written down For years councils have been told to get back to basics: rubbish, water, roads. Now...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Precinct’s 32-level student tower signals serious money moving into Auckland beds

Fast food out, institutional housing in The site at 256 Queen St has worn a lot of hats. It opened in...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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