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A single foreign corporation would own every major NZ carpet manufacturer

The deal that would end domestic carpet competition US flooring giant Mohawk Industries already owns Godfrey Hirst and Feltex in New...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 4 min read
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Wayne Brown’s own report exposes the city’s $2.6 billion paralysis

The bill is doubling every cycle The numbers have moved past inconvenient and into alarming. A report commissioned by Mayor Wayne...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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Read A2 Milk’s class action settlement as a governance warning, not a win

A2 Milk reported net profit of $112.1 million for the six months to December 2025, revenue up 18.8% to $993.5...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
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Kiwi family health company faces collapse after US customs destroys its goods

The risk nobody priced in New Zealand exporters have spent the past year learning to live with tariffs. They've modelled the...

By B2B News | 07 Apr 2026 | 5 min read
gps warn fuel prices are driving patients away from care

GPs warn fuel prices are driving patients away from care

Concerns are mounting among GPs as patients skip appointments and medicine stocks tighten, highlighting the real-world strain caused by soaring...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 07 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Rising fuel costs hammer small, independent food businesses

Rising fuel prices are putting mounting pressure on small, independent food businesses, with artisan producers and specialty suppliers warning their...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 07 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Insurers under pressure from AI data centre frenzy

The explosive growth in artificial intelligence data centres is challenging insurance companies worldwide. Private capital is flooding into these projects, which...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 07 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Air NZ cuts flights, hikes fares as Iran war drives fuel surge

Air New Zealand has implemented additional service reductions and raised some airfares as it responds to elevated fuel prices linked...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 07 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
spain's pork industry fights swine fever threat

Spain’s pork industry fights swine fever threat

Spain's €25 billion pork industry, Europe's biggest and a cornerstone of agricultural exports, confronts a dire challenge from African swine...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 07 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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Co-operative Bank breach lands nearly $2.5m penalty

The High Court has fined The Co-operative Bank nearly $2.5 million for overcharging customers. The penalty follows the bank’s admission of...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 07 Apr 2026 | 1 min read
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Pepsi ditches Wireless over Kanye West row

Pepsi and Diageo have abruptly ended their sponsorships of London's Wireless Festival after Kanye West was named headliner, sparking a...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 07 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
middle east conflict slams households with 55 weekly cost surge

Middle East conflict slams households with $55 weekly cost surge

Households are being hit with a projected $55-a-week surge in living costs this year, driven in part by instability stemming...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 07 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
oil prices surge on trump iran threat

Oil prices surge on Trump Iran threat

Global energy markets plunged into volatility during early Asian trading on Monday, driven by escalating U.S.-Iran tensions over the Strait...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 07 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Explosives near border heighten Hungary election tensions

Serbian troops have discovered a cache of powerful explosives near the Hungary border, igniting fears of sabotage against a vital...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 07 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
trump warns iran of hell over hormuz blockade

Trump warns Iran of hell over Hormuz blockade

President Donald Trump is standing firm for American energy security and global trade freedoms, issuing Iran a non-negotiable deadline to...

By Mike Jerome Infante | 07 Apr 2026 | 2 min read
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Data exposes urban-rural inequality: Is govt fuel support missing the mark?

New data reveal that essential workers in certain regions of the country are paying more for fuel than their counterparts...

By Leenah-Leen Arandia | 07 Apr 2026 | 3 min read
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