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Couple step aside from popular takeaways business after 25 years.
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Medsafe suspends Pharmacy 44's operating licences
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Second Northland filming location for Jason Momoa's Chief of War abandoned
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Calls for greater fuel competition in Whanganui and Ruapehu
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Why one of NZ's top 10 house builders is laying off staff
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Budget 2023: Video game industry gets its tax rebate, but it’s half the Aussie scheme; full tech wrap
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$2.4m to fix Splash Planet, entry price to rise
Hastings District Council will upgrade the tourist attraction ahead of summer re-opening.
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Another modular housing building company fails, 11 buyers hit
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Ministers saw where the stopbank breached, causing widespread damage to the plant.
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Our biggest house builder reveals 30% volume drop
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Mayor floats idea of private ownership to hasten Hawke’s Bay’s quest for new hospital
A public-private healthcare partnership could be an option, Sandra Hazlehurst says.
Lost luggage: Inside Air NZ’s plan to roll out bag tracing for passengers
The lost luggage crisis over summer accelerated development of tech.
Mayor fears impact of carbon farming on rural communities
"....it’s land that should never have been taken out of forestry in the first place".
NZ Green Investment Finance to get $300m Budget boost
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Business digest: Simon Bridges' new role
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RNZ’s head of news Richard Sutherland to step down
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