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Could Fletcher's Perth leaky pipe problem cost more than A$15m?

Investors may have to mull "worst-case scenario" in leaky pipe issue.

From the MTG: Unravelling the story behind lace

By the 1910s, there were only 70 lace-makers affiliated with the Winslow Lace Industry.

Fluoride failure to raining street lamps - when will Wellington officials learn?

OPINION: Faulty street lamps have come crashing to the ground, risking injury or death.

Wellington’s falling street lamps: 17,000 at risk of failure

Wellington City Council has revealed its findings from an urgent investigation.

Cyclone Gabrielle damage forces change in direction for Bremworth

Bremworth is looking to overseas markets to help it recover from production losses.

Small business: Putting a Kind Face to Kiwi-owned sleeping products

Mixing values with business.

Coca-Cola produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year

The iconic drink is flavoured with coca leaves which results in a pure cocaine by-product.

Manufacturers' 'eye-opening' stock levels

Audits reveal how much extra stock small businesses are holding on to.

Small Business: Time share boat ownership business booming

A slice of boating heaven in more people's reach, and Simon Barker has high-flying plans.

South Island iwi looks to restore land where aluminium has been produced since 1971

Ngai Tahu sign deal with Tiwai Point for major clean-up regardless of smelter's future.

Iwi leader slams plan to bottle and sell bore water

Consent has been granted to 2035.

Kiwi Asian food manufacturer teams up with celebrity chef Rewi Spraggon

Old Country Food has grown its revenue 20 per cent annually for the past two years.

Small Business: How keeping it in the family works for furniture duo

Auckland sisters in law band together to start storage furniture firm.

Kiwi face mask producer on track for double digit growth

MEO talks waves of Covid-19 and the impacts on the face mask business.

New Zealand wins $1.8b trade deal with EU at eleventh hour

The deal took four years of often torturous negotiations.

Focus: Wellington’s Eight360 simulator NOVA drawing the attention of NASA

Terry Miller's has taken his NOVA simulator from ‘leaky garage in the Hutt' to the attention of NASA for their Mars rover program. Video / Mark Mitchell