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Mission to turn wood into petroleum-free biochemicals
2 Sep 2025Investors are hoping New Zealand's radiata pine trees can be turned into biochemicals in the hunt for alternatives to plastic.
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Expert warns Fonterra putting 'eggs in one basket' with billion-dollar sale
1 Sep 2025Fonterra announced the sale of its consumer businesses to French company Lactalis for $4.22 billion.
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80 warnings before worker's death
1 Sep 2025Wesley Tomich's employer was warned about its conveyor belts before he fell on one.
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Is now a good time to buy a house?
1 Sep 2025The key factors in deciding, and how they stack up at the moment. Audio
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Woolworths increases subscription fee, minimum spend for free delivery
1 Sep 2025The supermarket chain is increasing the price and minimum spend required.
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Jetstar fined $2.25m for misleading customers
The low cost airlinewas sentenced over what it told fliers about compensation.
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House listings up nine percent as rates fall
1 Sep 2025The latest data based on listings on the website realestate.co.nz showed a 9 percent lift in new listings during August from the year prior.
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Government loans to keep small airlines afloat
Small passenger airlines are set to receive up to $30 million in loans from the government to help with rising costs. Audio
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Tepid response to the government's budget investment sweetner
1 Sep 2025Businesses are largely lukewarm about one of the government's big Budget policies to boost the economy.
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Farmers warned about lack of insurance cover for fines under the RMA
Farmers are being told they are on their own when it comes to potential breaches of the Resource Management Act.
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Can I leave a child out of my will? - Ask Susan
30 Aug 2025RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.
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'If he had not offered his resignation, I would have asked him for it'
30 Aug 2025A statement from Finance Minister Nicola Willis said Neil Quigley had decided now is the appropriate time for him to stand aside.
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Calls to make employer KiwiSaver contributions mandatory
29 Aug 2025There are concerns the current setup could exacerbate income inequality in retirement.
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Why your My Food Bag share price is still tough to swallow
29 Aug 2025My Food Bag shares are now worth about 85 percent less than when the company listed and market commentators say it's not the only IPO that's gone sour in recent years.
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'A lot of pain': More than 2500 hospo businesses gone
It seems barely a week goes by where there isn't a high-profile hospitality business closing - and the numbers back it up. Audio
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International scam artist with $15,000 in hotel debts sentenced in Christchurch
29 Aug 2025Police say the man who had been victimising people all over the world for years has been sentenced to one year and three months in prison.
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TVNZ braces for two years of losses after posting net profit
29 Aug 2025TVNZ's full year net profit of $25.5 million for the year ended June, included a non-cash gain of $15m.
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Tauranga port boss fumes over expansion delays as net profit soars
29 Aug 2025Its chairperson says the economy is missing out on millions of dollars because of delays in getting approval for its expansion.
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A case of AI hallucinations, fake citations, and a cat
29 Aug 2025AI-hallucinated scientific research and legal precedents are making their way into academic papers and court cases, highlighting AI's real-world impact
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Small businesses not seeing OCR flow-on effects - survey
Small business owners say they're yet to see any positive flow on effects from as pessimism about the economy rises.
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Who is going to be our new supermarket competitor?
28 Aug 2025Experts say there are a few potential options.
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Supermarket plan doesn't go far enough, says opposition
28 Aug 2025"What we need is action that tackles the greed we are seeing in the duopoly right now."
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Airfares to increase as Air New Zealand's profit falls
28 Aug 2025The airline reported a profit of $126m for the year ended June compared with $146m a year earlier. Audio
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'Hypocrisy is staggering': Stuff staff walk off the job
28 Aug 2025They are protesting in response to what they say are low pay offers and attempts to divide the workforce.
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