Calls to let workers stay home to beat fuel prices
Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi The government is being asked to let the public sector work from home…
Breakfast briefing: Oil up, equities down, quagmire deeper
Here’s our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand with news of oil jumping while…
Tauranga Business Awards 2026: Defence tech innovator SYOS Aerospace takes top gong
As well as the Supreme Award, SYOS won the Innovation and International Trade category awards. The company was…
Oil Prices Could Hit $200, According to Former IMF Economist
Oil prices have climbed as the war in Iran rages on, but a former International Monetary Fund economist…
‘The invisible unemployed’: Too much for a benefit, not enough to make ends meet
Photo: RNZ / Quin Tauetau While the surging number of beneficiaries is plain to see, there is a…
Iran war could leave lasting shock on commodities: report
The US-Israel war against Iran has already disrupted global commodity markets, tightening supply in energy, chemicals and several…
Porsche to cut more jobs after costly reversal of electric car strategy | Porsche
Porsche is to cut more jobs after profits were largely cancelled out by a costly writedown on reversing…
DRC unveils first-ever gold refinery with 500–600kg monthly output as it boosts local processing
According to the statement released by the Ministry of Mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo via…
Strait of Hormuz crisis triggers fuel shortage affecting workers in Asia
The U.S.-Iran conflict is beginning to reshape how people work across Asia. On March 10, Vietnam’s Ministry of…
Australia relaxes petrol standards for 60 days as NSW premier warns of fuel shortage at hospitals | Transport
The world economy is facing “one of the worst energy crises in history” that could send oil prices…
Why the war in Iran could test the Reserve Bank’s mandate
Inflation will almost certainly increase with supply chain shocks from the conflict in the Middle East. Is our…
Middle East war creating ‘largest supply disruption in the history of oil markets’, as Brent crude hits $100 again – as it happened | Business
Closing post Time to recap Oil prices have jumped again after a statement from Iran’s new leader said…