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Christchurch’s health precinct has reached the density private capital was waiting for

The proof point is a company that could have gone anywhere When BioOra decided where to build New Zealand's first CAR-T...

By B2B News | 15 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
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A $1.5 million fine is what verbal safety instructions actually cost

A death that a working system would have stopped On 28 December 2024, a worker at an Auckland aluminium company's North...

By B2B News | 15 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
View of Museum Hill toll plaza in Nairobi, Kenya, displaying road signs and payment options.

Ratepayers are subsidising the roads toll evaders choose instead

The gap in the user-pays model Tolling makes intuitive sense to any business owner. Those who use new infrastructure pay for...

By B2B News | 14 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
Photo of two parking meters in Orlando showing coin and card payment options on a brick road.

Rotorua CBD retailers say parking overhaul has hit trade

Ten weeks in, some Rotorua shop owners say the new parking system has cost them customers. The council calls it...

By B2B News | 14 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
Empty European pub interior showcasing wooden tables, warm lighting, and vintage beer signs, creating a classic inviting ambiance.

Unopposed licences still cost Springs Tavern 19 jobs and a co-owner

A year of lost trade for a licence that was never in doubt The clearest case for reforming New Zealand's alcohol...

By B2B News | 14 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
Medical professional consults a senior patient, both wearing masks in a clinic setting.

Nearly half of GP practices in New Zealand cannot fill a doctor vacancy

For anyone who owns or runs a general practice, the headline out of the latest GenPro survey is deceptively upbeat....

By B2B News | 14 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
Close-up of artisanal food jars on wooden shelves in a local shop in Almere, Nederland.

Small-town nut butter maker lands where bigger NZ brands have struggled

From farmers' market to 1,200 Australian shelves Forty Thieves, the Hibiscus Coast nut butter maker founded in 2016 by Brent and...

By B2B News | 14 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
Detailed image of illuminated server racks showcasing modern technology infrastructure.

Four AI data centres would out-consume Tiwai Point smelter

A flat grid meets a fivefold jump New Zealand's electricity system has been running close to flat for years. Total consumption...

By B2B News | 14 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
electricity, electricity pylons, power lines

28 monopoly lines companies have faced no real accountability for two decades

The bill no one can escape For a food processor, cold store or data centre, distribution charges are the one energy...

By B2B News | 14 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
The harvesting of kiwifruit from 'Pergola' type vines in the orchard of Mr F.M. Sillibourne, Te Puke

Wild kiwifruit is a permanent tax on NZ’s most valuable fruit sector

A tidy-up that is really risk management Destroying 12,506 individual wild kiwifruit vines across 91 properties in a single year sounds...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
Detailed view of a semaglutide injection pen, commonly used for diabetes treatment, on a plain background.

GLP-1 drugs are delivering measurable productivity gains before AI has even started

The disruption that's already measurable NZ Herald business editor Liam Dann asked on 12 September 2026 which force reshapes the economy...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
Detailed image of a server rack with glowing lights in a modern data center.

Frontier AI’s own creators say the technology has outrun their control

The warning is coming from inside the tent Dario Amodei is not an anti-tech crank. He runs Anthropic, one of three...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
shopping, spending, till slip

$93.17 grocery bill exposes a wage pressure employers cannot ignore

The receipt everyone shared missed the real point A 1991 Woolworths receipt doing the rounds on social media has become the...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
Close-up of hands placing a sold sticker on a real estate sign outside a house.

More borrowing power does not build a single extra house

The policy that fixes the wrong problem National has announced it will scrap the current First Home Loan income limits and...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 4 min read
Topaz Solar Farm, maintenance of a huge solar farm with 5 million solar panels

What separates an approved solar farm from a stalled one

Fast is fine, careless is not The Environmental Defence Society has taken the government's flagship consenting regime to court, and business...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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Kiwi travellers are winning refunds airlines never volunteered to pay

A protection nobody can use Consumer NZ has put a number on something business travellers have long suspected. Four in 10...

By B2B News | 13 Sep 2026 | 5 min read
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