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Not another Dave! Tech studio offers $15k to female-led start-up
A Kiwi company is offering a $15k support package to a female-led tech start-up.
Govt needs pipeline of quality infrastructure projects to attract investors
Large funds find New Zealand's smaller opportunities less appealing than mega-projects.
Auckland hotels get $5.2m boost from major summer events
The sector is facing the duelling impacts of an oversupply of rooms and reduced demand.
Widowed at 20 with a 5-week-old son: One woman’s journey to financial independence
Emily Owens shares her story with The Prosperity Project for International Women's Day.
Charity tax crackdown: Who’s affected and is it a good idea?
The Government is reviewing tax exemptions for charities and non-profits.
China consumption slump deepens as February prices drop
Consumer spending has been in a slump since the end of the pandemic.
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Richard Harman: Budget battle looms as reality hits Coalition Government
OPINION: Tensions are likely to become more evident next year.
Christopher Luxon on how to deal with NZ’s ‘productivity disease’
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spells out his hopes and intentions.
NZ slips in digital race, Spark CEO calls for tech embrace
Business leaders must embrace technology and implement it.
Deloitte Top 200 Awards
From crisis to profit: How Miles Hurrell turned Fonterra around
Hurrell, who turned 50 this year, is not finished yet.
Deloitte Top 200: Meridian Energy's Mike Roan named CFO of the year
The Tiwai deal, a new windfarm and a strong set of financials all behind the win.
Cream rising to the top for Fonterra, Deloitte Top 200 Company of the Year
Transformation is the theme of Deloitte Top 200 Company of the Year success stories.
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Markets with Madison: KiwiSaver’s $120b reality check
Now worth $121b, KiwiSaver funds are eyeing alternative assets.
Cyber threat highest it’s ever been, ex-Five Eyes leader warns
The UK's former national cybersecurity CEO is worried.
The making of Microsoft’s domestic data centre
How Kiwis got Satya Nadella on side.
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Du Val downfall: From champagne, private jets to receivership and $250m debt
Now Du Val investors and creditors want their money.
The Lion roars: How a cluster of breweries came to be owned by a Japanese conglomerate
Doug Myers was instrumental in transforming Lion Breweries into an international company.
Tall Timber: NZ’s biggest 20 forestry companies
Who are the companies behind New Zealand's third biggest export trade?
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Sasha Borissenko: Gender equality in law remains elusive despite initiatives
Women hold 34% of equity partner positions, up 1% since 2021.
Liam Dann: Adrian Orr was never boring - perhaps that was his biggest problem
OPINION: Orr leaves in a political climate unsuited to his style.
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Diana Clement: How to get through to people who need a financial wake-up call
OPINION: You can't force someone to make changes, but you can plant the seed.
House prices had 'first meaningful increase for more than a year'
Prices seem to have risen in February but were still well short of the 2021 peak.
Property
$10m up for grabs: Three star homes hit the market at the same time
"They don't want off the shelf… They want what somebody else doesn’t have."
Will the new Reserve Bank governor stick to the plan on interest rate cuts?
The five things you need to know about the housing market this week.
Public invited to see first Maungārongo apartments
A third of the 65 units have sold in this tough market. Invitations may mean more sales.
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From sheep milk to wool pellets: Cozy Crops tackles wool waste
Wool holds moisture, improves soil structure and deters slugs and snails.
Who’s still got money? CBRE lists top sales of $1.7b deals lately
In the last six months of 2024, $1.7b of property sold in 97 deals. CBRE lists the top 10.
Small Business: The mother-daughter combo making high-quality matcha
Tessa Stockdale talks to Tom Raynel about her business Nomu Matcha.
Online supermarket Paddock to Pantry expands to new location
Customers can choose to have their groceries delivered by NZ Post or by Urgent Couriers.
Radio host’s plan to settle tax debts falls through at eleventh hour
Nick Mills and Inland Revenue can't agree on whether they have an agreement.
Small Business: Protein shakes in a can?
Kelsi Boocock talks to Tom Raynel about her protein shake-in-a-can business Shnack.
Technology
Free Speech Union angles for control of InternetNZ - but has it been snookered?
Fight over InternetNZ's draft constitution is finely poised.
Watch: NZ Air Force test-fire cruise missile from a Seasprite helicopter in world first
The air-to-surface missile test from a Seasprite helicopter was a first.
Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with Molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots
Anti-Tesla acts have caused significant damage and raised safety concerns.
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Housing slump: One suburb sees 30% drop in median values
Values fell from a peak of a median $1.42m in December 2021 to $985,000 in February.
Anger at Elon Musk turns violent with Molotov cocktails and gunfire at Tesla lots
Anti-Tesla acts have caused significant damage and raised safety concerns.
Liam Dann: Adrian Orr was never boring - perhaps that was his biggest problem
OPINION: Orr leaves in a political climate unsuited to his style.
'Every day is a privilege': Mark Leslie on leading NZ's largest farm
"Agriculture is far from being a sunset industry".
Diana Clement: How to get through to people who need a financial wake-up call
OPINION: You can't force someone to make changes, but you can plant the seed.
Māori TV CEO, his private television studio event - and a deleted hire agreement
The deleted document formed part of a 'confidential employment matter'.
Christmas rampage: Teen stabbed liquor store employee with broken bottle, then attacked guards
The neurodiverse teen twice ditched his electronic ankle monitor during the spree.
Steven Joyce: How the Reserve Bank can get back on track
The next governor should focus on traditional central banking roles.
What the PM knew about the new Commerce Minister’s link to the grocery sector
Luxon assures the conflict has been managed well.
Mary Holm: What’s the best way to keep a family heirloom from being sold
OPINION: Such a situation can’t be remedied by simply saying in a will.
Corporate NZ is ‘doubling down’ on diversity, equity and inclusion - Global Women CEO
The policies are still important, Katie Breatnach says.
Fran O’Sullivan: Don’t judge - there’s more to Adrian Orr than his Covid record
OPINION: The departing Reserve Bank Governor has made mistakes but chalked up wins too.
Market close: NZ sharemarket dips amid volatile US trading
The New Zealand sharemarket closed down but didn't fall as much as stocks in the US.
Health NZ used single Excel spreadsheet to track $28b of public money
Deloitte financial review of health agency lays out 'significant concerns'.
Top KC now acting for Du Val's Charlotte and Kenyon Clarke
Kenyon Clarke has boasted about his 'expert legal team' on social media.
Media mutiny: Billionaire's battle to sack board of NZ news giant; Who is in line for top TVNZ role
Tinā smashes the box office; Tom Sainsbury's Scandal erupts - from top podcast to TV show.
Billionaire investor says he has close to 50% support for NZME board overthrow
Jim Grenon says his support is building; union takes aim at 'controversial' figure.
Link to the past: Heritage mural kept in $650m redevelopment
BJ Ball Building and Mrkusich mural identified as a Category B Historic Heritage Place.
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Kiwi bank that starred in World's Fastest Indian fetches $650K at auction
Heritage building had key role in hit film starring Oscar-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins.
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More kiwi homeowners turning to solar
Solar energy now an economically viable option with up-take here and overseas increasing.
Ngāi Tahu brings iwi values to industrial development
Poised to deliver its third major industrial development to the market.