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Cheese wheels curing in a dairy factory, showcasing industrial production.

Six straight index gains mask a 23% crash in the commodity that counts

The number that matters is not the headline number The latest Global Dairy Trade auction in March 2026 produced an easy...

By B2B News | 08 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
Business person handling paper receipts, meticulously organized.

SAP Concur data reveals ANZ expense fraud is hiding in plain sight

The travel bill is growing faster than the controls New Zealand business and government tourism expenditure hit $7.3 billion for the...

By B2B News | 08 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Electrician performing solar battery installation for sustainable energy storage in a home setting.

Solar export rebates are retailer subsidies dressed up as consumer policy

The regulator said the quiet part out loud The Electricity Authority's peak-injection rebate scheme takes effect on 1 April 2026. Distributors...

By B2B News | 08 Apr 2026 | 6 min read
An empty parking lot with an abandoned shopping cart in front of a Woolworth store on a cloudy day.

Employers are automating hiring decisions they cannot legally defend

Steve Holt has applied for warehouse roles at Woolworths six times. He is 51, a solo parent homeschooling a neurodivergent...

By B2B News | 08 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Close-up of a home for sale sign held by a person outdoors in a yard.

Jin Ouyang paid the price other foreign buyer ban cheats never will

The playbook is always the same The Auckland High Court ordered Jin Ouyang, her husband Jie Xie, and two associated companies...

By B2B News | 08 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
Close-up of laboratory equipment with capsules, capturing pharmaceutical analysis.

$7 million bet on bug noses could reshape NZ deep tech exports

Twenty years of insect research, now on a chip Scentian Bio has spent the better part of two decades studying how...

By B2B News | 08 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
oil shock drives massive shift to evs and solar across new zealand

Oil shock drives massive shift to EVs and solar across New Zealand

New Zealand appears to be reaching what industry leaders describe as a “tipping point,” as more Kiwis turn to electric...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 08 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
gulf tensions jolt india's economic boom

Gulf tensions jolt India’s economic boom

India's red-hot economy faces a rude awakening from Middle East turmoil that's sending shockwaves through global oil markets. Only recently, the...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
global supply chains buckle under iran oil shock

Global supply chains buckle under Iran oil shock

A month into the war in Iran, an initial crude oil crunch is spiralling into widespread scarcities that threaten everyday...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
dr congo agrees to host us deportees

DR Congo agrees to host US deportees

The United States has reached an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo to receive migrants deported from America who...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
trump's iran deadline nears with no deal in sight

Trump’s Iran deadline nears with no deal in sight

President Donald Trump's ultimatum to Iran enters its final hours amid the five-week U.S.-Israeli air campaign, with no clear path...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 08 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
luxon trumps comment unhelpful

Luxon calls Trump’s tough Iran messaging unhelpful, but refuses to undermine U.S. resolve

Prime Minister Chris Luxon described former President Donald Trump’s firm rhetoric on Iran as “unhelpful,” carefully avoiding outright condemnation during...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 08 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
Reserve Bank of New Zealand building, Wellington

Holding at 2.25% is the Reserve Bank telling businesses to take the hit themselves

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to hold the Official Cash Rate at 2.25% when it delivers its Monetary Policy...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Aswan High Dam, built to control the Nile floods, store water and produce 2,1 GW of electricity

The coalition has placed a very large bet on Hawke’s Bay water

The government has lent $18 million to the Tukituki Water Security Project from the Regional Infrastructure Fund, turning a long-running...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
Cheese wheels curing in a dairy factory, showcasing industrial production.

Nearly a billion in revenue, three million in profit, one desperate sale

A sale that was never optional Synlait Milk completed the $307 million sale of its North Island operations to Abbott on...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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Budget cuts turned Stats NZ into an AI experiment nobody audited

Cheaper data is not the same as better data Stats NZ publishes more than 270 statistical releases annually covering hundreds of...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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