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One mega-deal, five months of chaos Warner Bros Discovery shareholders voted to approve Paramount Skydance's takeover on 23 April, ending a...
Closing the loop on an absurd supply chain New Zealand collects scrap steel, ships it offshore, then imports finished structural steel...
Simon Watts has put a rough number on the infrastructure hole and it lands like a rates notice nobody wanted...
The tax rise nobody announced New Zealand's personal income tax thresholds sat frozen from April 2021 to July 2024 while inflation...
Iran has refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery carrying 20 per cent of global oil and...
Meta plans to monitor its workers' every keystroke and mouse click on company computers, using the data to train advanced...
Chinese brands are transforming high streets around the world with everything from bubble tea to electric vehicles and sportswear. In...
Rod Drury, the 2026 New Zealander of the Year and founder of Xero, has rejected allegations of misconduct involving a...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed deep frustration at U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for visiting Moscow repeatedly...
The exit queue is getting longer For a generation, New Zealand property investment operated on a simple formula: borrow heavily, wait...
The market moved first In the space of four weeks, all five major New Zealand banks have raised fixed mortgage rates....
The warning shot came twice When one credit rating agency flags concerns about your fiscal trajectory, it is a caution. When...
Industrialised fraud, artisanal enforcement The Financial Markets Authority spotted 110 scam ads published on Meta platforms in a single 24-hour period...
Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop delivered a line at the Infrastructure Commission symposium last week that should be printed on every...
The pipeline is already broken Before you dismiss this as an education story, consider the arithmetic. As of Term 4 2024,...
The fix that worked is being undone In early 2023, Auckland was 578 bus drivers short. Services were being cancelled across...
