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Wellington councillor Ray Chung steps down from key council subcommittee

Wellington councillor Ray Chung has stepped down as chair of a Wellington City Council subcommittee, marking another leadership change within...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 19 May 2026 | 2 min read
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Domino’s franchise operator barred from hiring migrants after visa breach

A company operating two franchised Domino's Pizza stores has been barred from hiring additional migrant workers for 12 months after...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 19 May 2026 | 2 min read
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Starbucks cuts 300 US corporate jobs in latest restructuring

Starbucks is cutting 300 corporate jobs in the United States and closing several regional support offices as chief executive Brian...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 19 May 2026 | 2 min read
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New Foodstuffs loyalty programme expands rewards across major supermarket brands

Customers of Pak’nSave, New World, and Four Square will soon be able to earn and redeem rewards through a new...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 19 May 2026 | 2 min read
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Drone strike sparks fire near UAE nuclear facility

The United Arab Emirates has tightened security around the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant after a drone strike caused a fire...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 19 May 2026 | 3 min read
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Late detection complicates Ebola response in DR Congo

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has raised concern among health officials because of where it is...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 19 May 2026 | 3 min read
Denver City Government: Performance Management Session

Stop relying on Wellington contracts before the next round hits you

The squeeze has a number attached Nicola Willis is not done cutting. The public service workforce sat at 62,654 FTEs as...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 4 min read
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$134 million shortfall exposes a transport fund broken before it launched

The pot was empty before anyone applied When Greater Wellington Regional Council learned in 2024 that more than 40 of its...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Services sector employment has been shrinking for almost two and a half years

The largest part of the economy is stuck in reverse New Zealand's services sector accounts for nearly three-quarters of GDP. It...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Budget 2025 KiwiSaver boost quietly disappears inside total remuneration contracts

When the government announced in Budget 2025 that default KiwiSaver contribution rates would rise to 3.5% from April 2026 and...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Doctors refer, the system declines, employers foot a bill nobody is measuring

The system is rationing care and hiding the receipts New Zealand's public health system is quietly turning away a growing share...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 4 min read
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NZ First is blocking ratification of a deal NZ spent 16 years negotiating

A visit that demands deliverables Narendra Modi's expected arrival in New Zealand around mid-2026 will be the first visit by a...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Fix the phantom income tax that is driving wealthy migrants to Singapore

The accidental advantage nobody is exploiting New Zealand's top effective income tax rate is 39%. Australia's, with the Medicare levy baked...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 4 min read
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Growth pays for growth is making affordable housing arithmetically impossible

The bill that kills the project Somewhere in Birkdale, a developer is staring at a $320,000 Watercare infrastructure charge and running...

By B2B News | 19 May 2026 | 5 min read
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Crude prices climb as Iran talks remain deadlocked

Oil prices rose on Monday as investors weighed the risk of a fresh escalation between the United States and Iran,...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 19 May 2026 | 2 min read
g7 ministers face pressure as oil disruption rattles markets

G7 ministers face pressure as oil disruption rattles markets

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven nations are meeting in Paris as the prolonged closure of the Strait of...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 19 May 2026 | 3 min read
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