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A supermarket shelf-stacking programme is outperforming New Zealand workforce policy

A 45.9% NEET rate and no line item in the Budget New Zealand has a disability employment problem so severe it...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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A Crown entity with 2.4 million customers still cannot keep the lights on

2.4 million customers, one point of failure Lotto NZ is not a corner dairy raffle. According to the 2023/24 New Zealand...

By B2B News | 14 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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$9 million royalties on $700 million of gold is not a policy, it’s a gift

Shane Jones wants mining to pay for regional New Zealand. He has the rhetoric, the fast-track legislation, and a $3...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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US$800 billion in index funds must now buy Rocket Lab shares

The buy order that nobody placed Rocket Lab will join the Nasdaq-100 index effective Monday, June 22, becoming the first New...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Tourism-dependent small businesses fall outside every disaster recovery net that exists

When a section of Mauao collapsed into the Beachside Holiday Park on 22 January 2025, killing six people, it did...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Months of flat prices gave forestry false confidence before winter hit hard

The crack nobody wanted Forestry operators called it the longest flat run of export price stability anyone could remember. Through late...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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K Home is the homewares format designed to kill mid-market NZ retailers

The good-news story has a shelf life Six months after IKEA opened at Sylvia Park, the New Zealand homewares sector is...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Fix primary care now or keep paying for it in emergency departments

The revised offer still isn't enough Health NZ has bumped its funding offer to GPs after the first attempt drew widespread...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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One unauthorised tree removal can now end a development company

Sawdust where a scheduled tree stood Sometime before 28 March, six to eight contractors spent two days felling a protected pōhutukawa...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Cotality data reveals a housing crash twice as deep as the GFC

Twice as deep as the GFC and still falling Forget the reassuring narrative about a soft landing. Cotality's June 2026 data...

By B2B News | 13 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
rising power price uncertainty puts focus on expanding reliable generation capacity

Rising power price uncertainty puts focus on expanding reliable generation capacity

New Zealand is still grappling with volatility in short-term electricity prices, highlighting the need for greater investment in long-term renewable...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 12 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Canada plans tighter social media rules for minors

Canada has proposed new legislation that could restrict social media use among children and teenagers under 16, while giving technology...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 12 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Questions raised over Wellington Council’s $600k library website project

A Wellington web designer has slammed the city council's decision to spend $600,000 on a new library website being developed...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 12 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Voters get a tax break, taxpayers get the disaster bill

The gap nobody wants to talk about New Zealand's disaster insurance scheme is running on a funding model that Treasury itself...

By B2B News | 12 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Chronic policy instability is making New Zealand’s electricity future unbankable

The gap nobody wants to own New Zealand needs its electricity system to grow by roughly 60% by 2050. Current trends...

By B2B News | 12 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Why does a 2 percent minimum wage rise leave employers facing a 5 percent wage bill?

The 45 cents is not the problem The adult minimum wage rose to $23.95 per hour on 1 April 2026, a...

By B2B News | 12 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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