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NZ's largest hotel chain to open 50th lodging
31 Oct 2025The company says anticipated growth in events-based tourism is behind its increased investment.
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Farmers' backing of Fonterra brands' sale carefully considered - chair
30 Oct 2025A move to sell the Mainland, Kāpiti and Anchor brands to a French firm for $4.2 billion will bring long-term benefits to farmers, the co-op council chair says. Audio
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Biggest bank thinks house prices will rise this year after all
30 Oct 2025ANZ has lowered its house price forecast for this year and now predicts values will lift over the last months of 2025.
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Genesis Energy announces plans for $487 million Waikato solar farm
30 Oct 2025The planned 271 megawatt farm near Rangiriri is expected to generate enough electricity to power 54,600 homes.
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Farmers vote overwhelmingly to sell Fonterra's iconic brands
30 Oct 2025Mainland and Anchor are set to go to a French company as farmers get a big pay day. Audio
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Business confidence rises to 58%
30 Oct 2025ANZ's monthly sentiment survey showed the headline measure rising to a net 58 percent confidence, the best result since February.
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The retail membership schemes with no rewards
30 Oct 2025A growing number of shops ask customers for their phone numbers or email addresses when shopping in-store.
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Kiwis cash in on record-high gold prices
30 Oct 2025Companies that buy and sell gold in New Zealand have seen a boom as people look to capitalise on recent record-high gold prices.
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Farmers vote on the Fonterra brand sale today - what you need to know
Shareholders are set to vote on whether to sell the company's consumer arm, which includes well-known brands like Mainland and Anchor, to a French company.
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High Court appeal over airport charges dismissed but legal action continues
The appeal centred on a controversial Commerce Commission decision on how much regulated airports can charge airlines.
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What will farmers spend their $200,000 each on?
Around 60 percent of shareholding farms could receive a windfall, if a Fonterra sale to a French dairy giant goes ahead.
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Small business: Sales show slight rise but jobs down
30 Oct 2025It's the first rise in more than two years with new data showing the major South Island cities outperforming the North Island's.
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Business performance sentiment falls to record low
30 Oct 2025Only 35 percent of business leaders are feeling positive about their current financials, a new survey has found.
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Changes to foreign investment fund rules, fringe benefit tax announced
29 Oct 2025Revenue Minister Simon Watts said the changes would "sharpen the focus" on growing the economy.
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ANZ's mobile app, internet banking down
29 Oct 2025ATMs, EFTPOS and PayWave are all still working, ANZ says.
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Minister gets tough on employers choosing migrants over locals
29 Oct 2025Erica Stanford says some employers aren't working with MSD to find job-seeking locals first, but an adviser says the rules are too unclear. Audio
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Why your health insurance premiums keep going up
29 Oct 2025A 'healthy, young' man says he's shocked to be told his premiums have increased 25 percent in a year. Audio
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Tech companies eye stock market listings, but not on NZX
29 Oct 2025Most of the biggest players are "directing their energy and aspirations towards the listing in the US", Icehouse Ventures chief executive says.
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Irrigation equipment smashed by winds - 'A huge concern coming into the summer period'
More than 700 pivot spans - worth $30,000 each - have been damaged in North Canterbury.
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NZME increases underlying profit guidance by up to $3 million
29 Oct 2025The company, which owns the NZ Herald, ZB radio stations and OneRoof, expected to make between $59m and $62m, compared with an earlier estimate of between $57m and $59m.
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Seven questions about a capital gains tax
3 Nov 2025What you might be asking about Labour's new tax policy.
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Subsidy for regional airline routes not on agenda, say ministers
28 Oct 2025Air NZ's Nikhil Ravishankar suggested a "situational subsidy" to support regional routes. Audio
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Temu distances itself from boy who swallowed 100 magnets
29 Oct 2025Part of the boy's bowel after he ate between 80 and 100 of the small but powerful magnets.
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Who is being hardest hit by cost of living increases now?
28 Oct 2025Beneficiaries and people on NZ Super are experiencing faster increases, while the biggest spenders are getting some relief, new data shows.
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