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Oil market volatility fuels BP profit windfall 

British energy major BP has posted a surge in first-quarter profits, lifted by higher crude oil prices amid escalating conflict...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 30 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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MBIE targets Bay of Plenty kiwifruit orchards in compliance checks 

Last week, teams from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) carried out visits across several Bay of Plenty...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 29 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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Businesses welcome govt move to create emergency diesel reserve with Z Energy 

Businesses have welcomed the government’s agreement with Z Energy to establish an emergency diesel reserve, calling it a practical and...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 29 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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ASB steps into the current, lifts interest rates

ASB has moved in step with the other major banks, raising interest rates in response to continued pressure in global...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 29 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Rail first approach, Peters opposes truck loading changes 

New Zealand First leader and Rail Minister Winston Peters has signalled he’s unlikely to back a proposed law change that...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 29 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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China halts Meta’s acquisition of AI firm Manus

Chinese regulators have scuppered Meta's planned $2 billion purchase of AI start-up Manus, intensifying the global battle for technological supremacy...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 29 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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BYD faces forced labour probe at Hungarian plant

BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle giant that overtook Tesla as the world's top producer last year, faces serious claims of...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 29 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Asset sales offer political cover not fiscal salvation

The numbers behind the noise The return of asset sales to New Zealand's political vocabulary is not ideological theatre. It is...

By B2B News | 29 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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New Zealand spent forty years building a qualification that ignored half its economy

The quiet admission inside a loud announcement When Education Minister Erica Stanford confirmed on 28 April that NCEA will be abolished...

By B2B News | 29 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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$377 million later, Halter’s satellites reach where public money never did

Nine months, another billion Halter closed a US$220 million (NZ$377 million) Series E today at a US$2 billion valuation, led by...

By B2B News | 29 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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Age discrimination is costing employers the talent they say they cannot find

Hiding experience to get hired When a 52-year-old project manager with three decades of delivery experience starts deleting jobs from their...

By B2B News | 29 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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Three decades of mild winters have made NZ business dangerously complacent

The science is no longer ambiguous Forget the usual hedging around seasonal forecasts. The probability of El Niño forming has reached...

By B2B News | 29 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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NZ rewrote aviation rules to stop innovation leaving the country

For years, a farmer wanting to survey paddocks with a drone faced the same regulatory pathway as someone testing experimental...

By B2B News | 29 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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Angel Association data reveals a startup pipeline quietly running dry

The number everyone will quote and the number that matters New Zealand's startup ecosystem posted a record $754 million in total...

By B2B News | 29 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
rare gaza poll breaks two decade electoral silence

Rare Gaza poll breaks two-decade electoral silence

Residents of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza turned out for local elections on Saturday, the first in the territory for...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 29 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
king charles champions democratic values on us state visit

King Charles champions democratic values on US state visit

King Charles III and Queen Camilla kicked off a significant four-day state visit to the United States on Monday, arriving...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 29 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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