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Nearly 200 distilleries later, NZ whiskey commands prices Ireland cannot match

The price gap tells the real story Forget volume. New Zealand whiskey is selling into international markets at an average export...

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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$20,000 figure from 2005 is still setting NZ power investment incentives

When a single fallen pylon cut power to nearly 100,000 Northland properties last year, the economic damage was estimated at...

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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Compliant retailers are losing a price war the government started

The revenue hole nobody can explain away New Zealand's tobacco excise revenue is running $164 million below forecast so far in...

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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$21,000 lost on one sailing as European operators quietly drop Cook Strait

At ITB Berlin, one of the world's largest travel trade shows, Cook Strait ferries became a talking point among European...

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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Auckland’s wave pool is bait for a hyperscale AI campus still waiting on consent

Sir John Kirwan's name draws the cameras. But he holds only a minority stake in AW Holdings 2021 Limited, the...

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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US blockades Iranian ports in Hormuz strait

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the navy to enforce restrictions on ships accessing Iranian ports through the Strait of...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 14 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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Pharmacists demand answers on medicine shortages amid Iran conflict

Pharmacists are raising serious concerns about transparency and preparedness from Pharmac as medicine supply chains come under pressure from disruptions...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 14 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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European stocks set to slip on Hormuz blockade fears

European shares are poised for a lacklustre open this Monday, gripped by fears over a U.S. naval blockade of the...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 14 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Why timing your flu shot matters

Flu season is no longer as predictable as it once was. Infectious disease experts Meru Sheel from the University of...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 13 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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Wairoa mayor labels emergency declaration ‘woke’ amid cyclone response

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, along with the councils for Napier, Hastings, and Central Hawke’s Bay, declared a local state of...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 13 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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New chief executive takes over at Fonterra

Richard Allen has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Fonterra, taking over from Miles Hurrell. Allen said he...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 13 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Trump moves to secure vital oil route after Iran defiance

US President Donald Trump took decisive action on Sunday, ordering the US Navy to block the crucial Strait of Hormuz...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 13 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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$230 million collected, zero dollars sent to councils managing tourist infrastructure

The gap that won't close New Zealand's bed tax debate has been running since 2017 and has produced exactly zero legislation....

By B2B News | 13 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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25% of your customers are skipping meals to cover rent

The data has converged For years, housing affordability has been framed as a welfare issue, a social policy problem, something for...

By B2B News | 13 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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Can Fonterra’s ingredients-only model survive without the consumer brands cushion?

The turnaround is done. Now what? Miles Hurrell resigned this week after 25 years at Fonterra, six of them as CEO,...

By B2B News | 13 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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How many reviews does it take to ask a simple ownership question

Christchurch City Council has appointed Australian investment bank Macquarie to conduct an ownership review of Enable Networks, the council-owned fibre...

By B2B News | 13 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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