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should you boycott rucs as diesel prices continue to bite

Should you boycott RUCs as diesel prices continue to bite?

A growing number of motorists and rural users are pushing back against Road User Charges (RUCs), arguing the system is...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 14 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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Biotech firm eyes milestone with RAS-targeting cancer pill

Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse has brought fresh attention to a promising weapon against pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 14 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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While global supply routes wobble NZ says its fuel future is secure

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says fuel importers have reassured the government that shipments to New Zealand are secured through May,...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 14 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
social media fuels teen steroid surge

Social media fuels teen steroid surge

Amid endless TikTok scrolls, teenage boys like 16-year-old Zaid Laila from Dallas are racing for viral body transformations. Bypassing years...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 14 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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ANZ flags three OCR increases this year

ANZ now expects three official cash rate (OCR) increases this year — in July, September and October. However, it has...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 14 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
diesel surge threatens australian freight sector

Diesel surge threatens Australian freight sector

Australia's freight industry teeters on the brink as diesel prices spiral out of control, fuelled by conflict in Iran that...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 14 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Crude tops $100 after US-Iran talks collapse

Crude oil prices have soared back above $100 a barrel as Asian markets reopened on Monday, driven by the collapse...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 14 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
Stylish fashion boutique display with elegant mannequins and decor in a modern storefront.

Wholesale bankruptcy ended what global fame could not protect

A brand that outgrew its balance sheet Wynn Hamlyn was, by any reasonable measure, a New Zealand fashion success story. Founded...

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Diverse group of call center agents working together in a modern office environment.

Banks preach human connection as they quietly engineer humans out of banking

The pitch versus the balance sheet Westpac NZ managing director Sarah Hearn told RNZ that AI has the potential to bring...

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Stunning aerial landscape of Queenstown, New Zealand with mountains and misty clouds.

Queenstown’s luxury market is booming on the ruins of everyone else’s equity

Two markets, one country New Zealand's housing market is splitting in half along a fault line most people will never see....

By B2B News | 14 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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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
High voltage power lines and towers silhouetted against large dramatic clouds in a rural field setting.

$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
Cook Strait Ferries banner Interislander and Bluebridge at Picton

$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
us blockades iranian ports in hormuz strait

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
pharmacists demand answers on medicine shortages amid iran conflict

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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