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![Covid 19: Aucklanders head to Queenstown conference](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Covid 19: Aucklanders head to Queenstown conference
Conference appears contrary to advice for Aucklanders to limit travel outside the city.
![Number of US investor visa applications soar in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Number of US investor visa applications soar in NZ
Americans are leading the charge to invest in NZ after our response to the outbreak.
![$40 million announced for business network by Phil Twyford and Stuart Nash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
$40 million announced for business network by Phil Twyford and Stuart Nash
The funding announcement was made in Napier today
![Ardern looks to the primary sector to help fill the Covid-19 void](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Ardern looks to the primary sector to help fill the Covid-19 void
The PM says the primary sector will play a big part in rebuilding the economy.
![Coronavirus: Bigger impact than trade war - study](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Coronavirus: Bigger impact than trade war - study
Study predicts export losses of more than $40b a week
![Dream time for creating a technology business](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Dream time for creating a technology business
Comment: Tech start-ups have never had it so good in New Zealand.
![Ex-press secretary gets nod in safe National seat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Ex-press secretary gets nod in safe National seat
Nicola Grigg says working for Simon Bridges and Bill English was a career highlight.
![Comment: Medicinal cannabis is NZ's big global opportunity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Comment: Medicinal cannabis is NZ's big global opportunity
Comment: Many Kiwis underestimate the huge potential of this exciting new sector.
!['Confronting and life-affirming' experience for visitors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
'Confronting and life-affirming' experience for visitors
The Whanganui River story at Expo 2020 will show New Zealand's care for people and places.
![Foreign water bottlers 'actively' sought by Government](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Foreign water bottlers 'actively' sought by Government
Government officials helped broker a deal with Chinese buyers in the Bay of Plenty.
![Record profit growth for NZ tech companies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Record profit growth for NZ tech companies
As it closes in on dairy and tourism, tech deserves to be taken seriously, Shanahan says.
![Simon Bridges' first blunder: Attack on Govt rebounds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Simon Bridges' first blunder: Attack on Govt rebounds
Bridges attacks payment as 'incompetent' but National paid the same company.
![Fallow: Many firms failing to catch the leader](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Fallow: Many firms failing to catch the leader
Learning new tricks often tough for companies.
![Zeffer cider juiced for Hawke's Bay move](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Zeffer cider juiced for Hawke's Bay move
An Auckland export cider company is moving to Hawke's Bay and selling shares to help make the move.
![Kiwi luge opens in South Korea](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Kiwi luge opens in South Korea
Skyline Enterprises last week opened a $20 million luge development in South Korea's Tongyeong City that sent Korean social media into a frenzy.
![App developer gains $5m in US funding round](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
App developer gains $5m in US funding round
Wellington startup Stqry (pronunced "story") has also announced a name change as it expands off-shore.
![Kiwi firms urged to take a global focus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Kiwi firms urged to take a global focus
New Zealand businesses need to be globally focused and prepared to compete, according to global chair of Kea New Zealand Phil Veal.
![Export goal needs at least $150b of investment: Joyce](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Export goal needs at least $150b of investment: Joyce
Joyce this week got cabinet approval to develop what he calls "the New Zealand Investment Attraction Strategy".
![Lochinver purchase stalls](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Lochinver purchase stalls
The sale of Lochinver station to Chinese interests spearheaded by Shanghai Pengxin reignited concerns about farm sales to foreigners during the election campaign.