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Native forest is now a leasable carbon asset for NZ landowners

Money sitting in the ground earning nothing New Zealand has nearly 8 million hectares of pre-1990 natural forest, roughly 29% of...

By B2B News | 25 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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ACC’s record exit numbers mask a weak return-to-work result

The headline looks like a turnaround The government intervened in ACC's long-running performance crisis, ordered a review, installed a new chair...

By B2B News | 25 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Why can a rule change wipe out your life savings without any recourse?

Six years of weekends, gone In July 2020, William Lamers and Erika Koderich bought a 4ha lifestyle block between Lincoln and...

By B2B News | 25 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Alibaba sues US government over defence blacklist

Alibaba has launched a legal challenge against the U.S. government after the Pentagon placed the Chinese technology group on a...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 25 Jun 2026 | 3 min read
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Britain’s next leader faces tough economic choices

Britain’s next prime minister will inherit an economy that offers little room for easy promises, despite growing public pressure for...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 25 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Congress challenges Trump over Iran war

The United States Congress has delivered a rare bipartisan rebuke to President Donald Trump over the war with Iran, after...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 25 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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No bailout coming: Peters tells squabbling racing sector to get its house in order

Winston Peters wants the racing industry to stop squabbling among itself and finally get its act together, and he's making...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 24 Jun 2026 | 3 min read
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CRED founder Kunal Shah named WhatsApp chief

Meta has appointed Indian technology entrepreneur Kunal Shah to take charge of WhatsApp, marking a significant leadership change at the...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 24 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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ACT’s Seymour: Even old dogs can learn new tricks on Super — will Winston be next?

David Seymour isn't ready to write off Winston Peters just yet. The ACT leader says it's entirely possible to "teach...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 24 Jun 2026 | 3 min read
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US investigates fatal Tesla crash in Texas

United States road safety officials have opened an investigation into a fatal Tesla crash in Texas after the vehicle left...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 24 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Red heat alerts spread across Europe

Europe is facing an escalating public health emergency as an intense heatwave drives temperatures above 40C, forcing schools to close,...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 24 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
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Kiwi families are paying the price for a housing bubble Wellington helped inflate

A couple bought a house on Auckland's North Shore for $2.4 million in early 2022. It's now worth $1.7 million....

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 24 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Government ad spend on Big Tech is a subsidy nobody approved

The receipt the government can't produce How much taxpayer money does the New Zealand government spend advertising on Google and Meta?...

By B2B News | 24 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Explain your fossil fuel subsidies, UK ministers tell New Zealand

The probe nobody wanted British officials have formally asked New Zealand to explain its renewed oil and gas investment plans, marking...

By B2B News | 24 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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$22m loan reveals a freight network held hostage by 67 consenting gatekeepers

The loan that says more than it costs A $22 million government loan to a freight precinct in Palmerston North does...

By B2B News | 24 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Crewless vessels are the survival play not the moonshot

The boats are ageing, the margins are thinning, and nobody wants the job New Zealand's inshore fishing fleet is caught between...

By B2B News | 24 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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