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SolarZero turned a 20-year financial contract into a cheap power pitch

The number that should worry every subscription business Utilities Disputes received 440 solar complaints in the year to 31 March 2026,...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Does 50.6 mean your business is actually growing or just less sick

A number that just scrapes over the line The BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index rose to 50.6 in June, up from...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Nitrate below the legal limit is now a documented premature birth risk

The evidence just got harder to dismiss A peer-reviewed study published on 13 July 2026 by researchers from Canterbury, Otago and...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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At-cost townhouse sales are a sector in survival mode

A price drop that should scare you When a builder sells a finished townhouse for barely more than it cost to...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Does infrastructure funding follow merit or a minister’s electorate boundaries

A genuine clearance, with a sting in the tail Auditor-General Grant Taylor has cleared Housing and Transport Minister Chris Bishop of...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Auckland is becoming Australasia’s private aviation hub

New Zealand talks a lot about attracting high-value visitors. This week someone with global capital decided to back that talk...

By B2B News | 14 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Your encrypted files are already sitting in an adversary’s warehouse

The breach that has already happened Most New Zealand coverage of quantum computing treats it as a future tech curiosity. That...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Can a mussel farm that lost $47 million attract private capital now?

Nine years, $69 million in, $54 million out There is a number in the Whakatōhea Mussels story that does more work...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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The missing ad frequency cap is the online casino bill’s fatal flaw

A defensible regime with one glaring gap The government has, on balance, done the sensible thing. Bringing a large, offshore, untaxed...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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EMA’s Alan McDonald asks which industries New Zealand actually wants to keep

A wishlist that is really a complaint The Employers and Manufacturers Association has fired an opening shot at every political party...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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Who approved turning six Hawke’s Bay farms into Ikea’s carbon estate?

The company that sells you flat-pack bookshelves is also one of the largest forestry landowners in New Zealand. As of...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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While chatbots flooded the market three Auckland firms won real backing

Not another productivity pitch While the global AI conversation is still choked with chatbots and note-taking add-ons, three Auckland-connected companies quietly...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
High and Dry

140 US strikes in one day are now repricing New Zealand imports

A distant war landing on local invoices On 12-13 July, the United States launched fresh airstrikes on Iran after an Iranian...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Four government agencies caught sharing NBR journalism they never paid for

An official finding that free-riding is not a grey area Chief Ombudsman John Allen has formally censured the Ministry of Business,...

By B2B News | 13 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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Alex Breingan denies forging documents that allegedly drained millions from TV productions

The charges, and the denial The Serious Fraud Office has laid 33 fraud and forgery charges against Alex Breingan, former managing...

By B2B News | 12 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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$6.4 million office block delivered what a dozen rentals could not

Why residential lost its shine The story of an investor who sold every rental property to buy a $6.4 million office...

By B2B News | 12 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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