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You could see more virtual consultations if fuel response plan intensifies

The Ministry of Health is completing the Health Sector Fuel Response Plan, which may expand the use of telehealth consultations...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
microsoft offers early retirement to 7% of us staff

Microsoft offers early retirement to 7% of US staff

Microsoft is rolling out an early retirement scheme to roughly 7% of its US workforce for the first time, as...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
defence chief dies amid mali's deadliest assaults

Defence chief dies amid Mali’s deadliest assaults

Mali's defence minister Sadio Camara has died from injuries sustained in a suicide truck bombing at his home near the...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
Captivating scene of the famous lone tree in Lake Wānaka with snow-capped mountains as backdrop.

Wānaka generates a million guest nights a year and just got Uber

$450 for a 15-minute ride home When Uber launched in Queenstown in 2018, the press release was explicit: no pick-ups or...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
Construction workers engaged in a discussion at a construction site wearing safety gear.

SEEK reveals the jobs market hiding behind that 5.4% unemployment figure

The number that misleads New Zealand has 165,000 people officially unemployed and a 5.4% jobless rate. That sounds like a buyer's...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
Senior man facing age discrimination in workplace, seated opposite a computer.

Boardrooms are planning for a New Zealand that quietly disappeared years ago

The data arrived today, the trend arrived years ago Sir Peter Gluckman and Professor Paul Spoonley's report, 'People, Place and Prosperity:...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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Good enough to test on, not important enough to sell to

Good enough to test on, not important enough to sell to In 2022, 80 New Zealand women joined Pfizer's Phase 3...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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A children’s toy sold for a decade contained cancer-linked asbestos fibres

The recall that created more damage than the product On 15 November 2025, MBIE told parents to stop using four Kmart...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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Operators burn fuel on unnecessary trips as regulators sit on ready solutions

The vehicles are half-ready and the rules won't let them work New Zealand's freight operators are running trucks with spare carrying...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
A cybersecurity expert inspecting lines of code on multiple monitors in a dimly lit office.

AI fraud is outrunning every defence NZ banks currently have

The numbers are already ugly New Zealand lost $265 million to fraud in 2025, according to MBIE's first Reported Fraud Monitor,...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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$1,190 per square metre is now the price of doing business in Auckland

The numbers released today confirm what logistics operators, manufacturers and trade businesses in Auckland have been experiencing for years. Industrial...

By B2B News | 28 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
how anta built a sportswear empire against nike, adidas

How Anta built a sportswear empire against Nike, Adidas

In the late 1980s, as China tentatively embraced market reforms, a 17-year-old dropout named Ding Shizhong arrived in Beijing with...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
brent crude tops $107 as us iran talks stall

Brent crude tops $107 as US-Iran talks stall

Crude oil prices jumped around 2% on Sunday as diplomatic efforts between the United States and Iran crumbled once more,...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
arrested shooter cole allen eyed trump officials

Arrested shooter Cole Allen eyed Trump officials

An armed man from California brought chaos to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night, breaching security at the...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 28 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Is New Zealand really the world’s worst saver?

Is New Zealand at the bottom of the world when it comes to how much we’re saving? A graphic shared online...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 27 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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New Zealand and India trade deal for formal signing despite political obstruction

Trade Minister Todd McClay will formally sign the long-awaited free trade agreement with India in New Delhi on Monday night...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 27 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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