Thai plastics crisis puts SME factories at risk as costs surge
Saran Srimanoch, managing director of Grand Polymers Inter Co., Ltd., said Thailand’s plastics industry was worth more than…
The hidden reason houses cost too much – Roger Partridge
Upgrading trunk infrastructure to handle the extra load – the arterial pipes, the roads, the sewage capacity. Those…
The new age of car buying: EVs, hybrids and the end of old myths – The Front Page
AA’s chief mobility officer, Jonathan Sergel, told The Front Page that people are definitely looking for options at…
France freezes €6B spending this year because of Middle East crisis – POLITICO
Finance Minister Roland Lescure was quick to insist that the freeze would not inevitably lead to spending cuts,…
Maverick Photographer’s Wildlife Images From the 1960s Document Animals in Crisis
Peter Beard, Roping Rhinos with Ken Randall in Hunting Block 29, 1964 © The Estate of Peter Beard,…
Fuel crisis sends poorest into ‘doom spiral’ as Auckland charities see dip in food parcel pick-ups
Across Auckland, St Vincent de Paul Society historically sees their “unable to pick up” food support data at…
Editor’s Choice: Energy crisis spreads across Asia, but investors stay bullish
Hello from Tokyo. As uncertainty hangs over negotiations aimed at ending the war between the U.S. and Iran,…
Iran war: Fuel prices squeeze regional airlines, Government open to being ‘flexible’ about help
“Avgas supplies are normal and the stock levels are healthy and there is no current disruption to avgas…
KiwiSaver financial hardship withdrawals spike in March amid fuel crisis, cost of living
It comes as the number of KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals has continued to climb in recent years, having outstripped…
ThroughLine: The Taranaki start-up assisting AI firms with crisis helplines worldwide
ThroughLine founder Elliot Taylor. He launched Throughline in December 2021. By early 2022, it had gained seed funding…
Building industry will get ‘tanked’: Crisis is looming as construction costs soar, experts say
“This is going to hammer the construction market, housing, infrastructure everything. At the same time that interest rates…
The Middle East crisis has exposed New Zealand to a global fertiliser shock. Where is its plan?
More than 80% of countries import at least 75% of the fertiliser they use. That means a disruption…