Explore our coverage of New Zealand and World politics, economics, business and culture.
An insurance policy nobody wants until they need it On 8 July 2026, Z Energy commissioned two major fuel storage facilities...
Record revenue, halved profit, and a deliberate choice New Zealand's largest home-grown IT firm just posted the kind of result that...
The theoretical just became proximate Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has now been confirmed in six cases in Australia, including a...
A gap wide enough for organised crime New Zealand Customs seized 8.3 million cigarettes in the first four months of 2026...
A fight over who sets the price On the surface, this is a dispute about women's healthcare. Underneath, it is a...
A reform designed to cut costs, not raise quality Associate Education Minister David Seymour's ministerial advisory group is consulting on how...
The number nobody's talking about Everyone fixates on non-competes. But the standout figure in the OECD study published on 7 July...
The invisible line item on your invoice When a council removes parking to make room for a cycleway, the press release...
The number that reframes the debate Here is the figure that makes the case hard to dodge. In the 2024 tax...
Bigger than a flyover Each October, US Air Force Globemasters rumble over Christchurch to start the Antarctic research season, and the...
A pipeline worth fighting over The Ministry of Education is consulting on a plan to cut the number of firms it...
The money comes with a condition attached Resources Minister Shane Jones has committed up to $50 million in Crown loans to...
BP is considering outsourcing the day-to-day running of its Connect service station network to independent contractors. On its own, that...
Charged twice to reach your own town centre When you buy into a growth area, the pitch is simple. New roads,...
The pitch is real, and so is the money On 7 July, Tech New Zealand chief executive Graeme Muller went on...
The number that should worry employers As of July 2026, 194,157 New Zealanders are on a sickness or disability payment, roughly...
