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Cycle lobby groups are urging the government to divert funding toward cycling infrastructure, citing concerns about a potential global energy...
Artificial intelligence is making deep inroads into everyday medicine, handling tasks like transcribing doctor visits, scanning X-rays, and booking appointments....
Rising diesel prices are forcing forestry operators across the country to scale back, with some harvests now halted entirely as...
Japan Airlines is embarking on an innovative trial at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, where humanoid robots will begin assisting ground staff...
Australia's consumer prices surged 4.09 per cent year on year in the first quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reports,...
One company, one product, most of the country's trade defences New Zealand maintains five active anti-dumping duties. Four of them cover...
Two different economies, three months apart The numbers looked genuinely good. Xero's Small Business Insights for the December 2025 quarter showed...
The numbers are moving in one direction Rates arrears are climbing across New Zealand's major centres, and the enforcement response has...
A very expensive contrarian bet When Smith & Caughey's closed after 145 years and T Galleria walked away from its New...
The latest shortage is progesterone, and it landed this week As of today, perimenopausal and menopausal women across New Zealand are...
Debt for a school Crimson Education now owns a school. The company founded as a university admissions coaching service has acquired...
A $800 million contract reshuffles the deck Hawkins claimed the top spot in BCI Central's 2025 Construction League on the strength...
The calm before the bill arrives The 3.1 percent annual CPI figure released this week looks almost manageable. It is not....
The United Arab Emirates has quit OPEC in a dramatic step that threatens to undermine the oil cartel's influence and...
Prime Minister Mark Carney's administration in Canada has delivered a promising spring fiscal statement, revealing deficits well below expectations due...
King Charles III addressed the U.S. Congress on Tuesday in a speech that blended celebration with diplomacy. The occasion marked...