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Kill the pipeline, demand more output, call it innovation

The 2026 Marsden Fund round is open. It is also the last. After 30 years of funding the kind of...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Fisher and Paykel Appliances just finished the boldest capital call in years

A counter-signal in concrete and timber Most large New Zealand companies are cutting capital expenditure, deferring projects, and waiting for conditions...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Firms spent a decade fearing a skills shortage then created one themselves

The pipeline broke from the wrong end For years, the engineering workforce story in New Zealand has been framed as a...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
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Fiscal discipline that costs four times what it saves is not discipline

The government has found another $8.5 million in savings from Warmer Kiwi Homes in Budget 2026, bringing total cuts to...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 4 min read
Airbus A320-232SL Air New Zealand ZK-OXD @ Queenstown

$55 million compensation leaves Air NZ $35 million short of breaking even

A $203 million swing and no one to bill Air New Zealand swung from NZ$144 million in earnings to a $59...

By B2B News | 08 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
wall street slides as big tech stocks retreat

Wall Street slides as Big Tech stocks retreat

Wall Street’s long rally came to an abrupt halt on Friday as a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report unsettled investors and...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
tesla’s stock plummets as byd dominates ev race

Chinese EVs edge closer to the US market

Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers remain largely shut out of the United States by steep tariffs, security rules, and political opposition....

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
us weighs using iranian assets to fund gulf repairs

US weighs using Iranian assets to fund Gulf repairs

Washington is considering whether Iranian assets could be used to pay for repairs in Gulf states hit by Tehran’s attacks,...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Jun 2026 | 2 min read
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch from Vandenberg, CA - October 7 2018

Retail investors get SpaceX shares only after the real wealth is made

SpaceX filed its S-1 on 20 May targeting a Nasdaq listing at roughly $1.75 trillion and seeking to raise up...

By B2B News | 07 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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KiwiRail profits from deferring the maintenance Wellington commuters are paying for

A pattern dressed up as a series of accidents Wellington's suburban rail network does not have a bad luck problem. It...

By B2B News | 07 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Who actually owns what your business creates with AI?

The gap between adoption and law is widening New Zealand businesses are building workflows, generating marketing copy, writing code, and producing...

By B2B News | 07 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Air Chathams bailout exposes the lie of temporary regional air funding

The bailout that dare not speak its name When Air Chathams saw its monthly fuel bill heading from $500,000 toward $1...

By B2B News | 07 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Fletcher is selling near-zero power bills, not solar panels

The framing problem nobody has solved Solar panels on a New Zealand home are worth almost nothing at resale. A March...

By B2B News | 07 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Farming kills more New Zealanders at work than any other industry

The numbers behind the bruises Fourteen workers killed on farms in 2024. That figure alone accounts for 40% of all reported...

By B2B News | 07 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Four agencies, four losses, one embarrassing pattern in NZ employment law

The pattern nobody wants to admit New Zealand employers are losing dismissal cases at an uncomfortable rate, and the reason is...

By B2B News | 07 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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Waitaki ratepayers face 45% increases after months of governance theatre

The bill arrives Waitaki District Council spent months fighting over who should run its water. It tried to go it alone,...

By B2B News | 06 Jun 2026 | 5 min read
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