Apple declared war on Spotify, Tidal and Pandora, as it unveiled its new music streaming service. Apple Music, available to users of iPhones and iPads on June 30 in 100 countries, includes a radio station with personalized playlists and a choice from millions of songs on demand. Tim Cook described Apple's new service as "the next chapter in music". It will include Beats 1, a 24-hour radio station featuring Kiwi DJ and former Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe. The company is billing it as "all the ways you love music in one place". Source: Apple/Youtube

Kiwifruit exporter Zespri has just announced a marketing partnership with McDonald's in Mexico. For this month, every children's 'Happy Meal' sold will contain a kiwifruit.

Sick of filling their office rubbish bin with used sushi containers, a group of Auckland entrepreneurs have designed a reusable, collapsible sushi container.

Delta Air Lines has taken a leaf out of Air New Zealand's book in releasing a viral new in-flight safety video the airline has dubbed "the internetest safety video on the internet".

John Campbell will leave Campbell Live, with a new current affairs show continuing in his time slot four days a week, with two presenters. Campbell has rejected the chance to co-host a revamped version of his television show and quit MediaWorks, the company says.

Prime Minister John Key said 500,000 New Zealand children would benefit from the Budget in some way and said he was proud to lead a party that was the first to lift benefits in 40 years. He said it was "compassionate conservatism and I'm proud of it". He said he had told New Zealanders on election night he intended "to govern for all New Zealanders".

Prime Minister John Key talks about the rising house prices in Auckland.

Today on Mike's Minute - Of course it's a Capital Gains Tax - but is it the answer?

Rob McLeod, chairman of EY New Zealand takes a looks at what this week's Budget should cover.

100% Pure New Zealand's latest TV commercial showcasing New Zealand and a different experience around every corner.

The story of how Tourism New Zealand has evolved the 100% Pure New Zealand identity to more uniquely represent our place, New Zealand. The idea was to draw from a rich history of New Zealand design and visual expression. Our renewed identity demonstrates the embrace of people, culture and landscapes which is at the heart of the New Zealand travel experience. Supplied video.

Today on Mike's Minute - Will the Reserve Bank's move on investors in Auckland housing work?

Air New Zealand has teamed up with some of the world's hottest surfers for its latest safety video, launching today. Among those on the Safety Safari video are past and present world champions, New Zealand's best surfers, a big wave legend and two of the world's most popular women surfers on social media. It was filmed at Malibu, California, Australia's Gold Coast and at Raglan and Piha in this country in mid-March and the film crew and the nine surfers had to work around Cyclone Pam to find suitable waves here and across the Tasman.

The mood was grim as Solid Energy employees filed out of the NBS Theatre in Westport today, just minutes after finding out the company was cutting 151 jobs, plus up to 15 contracting jobs - from its Stockton mine. The company is cutting 151 jobs, but some of the losses will be made up of unfilled vacancies, meaning 113 current staff will lose their jobs. This cuts the number of staff at the mine from 397 to 246. It follows Solid's decision to cut 185 jobs a year ago.

Ward Village, a $10 billion, 4,000-residence waterfront development by Howard Hughes in Honolulu.

Lightbox chief executive Kym Niblock tells Holly Ryan that the arrival in New Zealand of online streaming services has dramatically altered the way people consume video content.

Mark McGuinness, managing director of Willis Bond, talks about New Zealand’s biggest new apartment project after his business won the right to build up to 600 new residences in 17 blocks in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter.

Today marks Air NZ's 75th anniversary. The airline's maiden flight by a Short S30 flying boat took off from Auckland on this day in 1940 and landed in Rose Bay in Sydney. This supplied corporate video includes footage from the maiden flight.

Promoters are pitching a new apartment block in the regenerating area of Auckland's Wynyard Quarter. This promotional video, supplied by Willis Bond shows what is planned.

Plans are underway to build a series of new apartment blocks in the regenerating Wynyard Quarter of Auckland. See this supplied promotional video of the Wynyard Central apartments.

Auckland-based animation company Huhu Studios has signed up to a co-production with China Film Animation to develop the first animated 3D movie between the two nations, 'Beast of Burden'.

Fletcher Construction has released this video showing its workers lifting an 11-tonne steel staircase into the new Fonterra headquarters it is building to the west of Auckland's CBD.

Massey University's second annual Business Boot Camp brought together 70 students from 33 schools across the country to explore the business world.

The Rutherford engine uses liquid oxygen kerosene as fuel.

Today (April 10) marks the 50th anniversary of Qantas' jet service to New Zealand. This supplied video shows an old TV advertisement urging travellers to fly to New Zealand.

A New Zealand woman is vying to raise £35,000 to launch a specialist wine store in London.

The first set of results are in from two years of testing on New Zealand’s new Precision Seafood Harvesting fishing method and scientists say already they can see that the survival rates for fish are better than expected.

A new mussel hatchery and lab facility is due to open north of Nelson at the Cawthron Aquaculture Park, where Greenshell Mussels where industry leaders say the element of chance is being taken out of mussel farming. Video supplied by SpatNZ.

Fonterra has released its latest financial results, with profits down and a drop in the forecast dividend payout. See Fonterra's broadcast presentation of its result here.

Pumpkin Patch has issued a corporate video this morning with CEO Di Humphries' commentary about the company's half year result.