Housing market New Zealand: Mum and dad buyers lead increase in property investors, report says
“With potential top-up costs falling many appear to be using equity in their own home or across their…
Health NZ data shows $13m in ED vouchers given out since 2021
A pilot programme at Auckland City Hospital started in April and there’s no financial data available yet. Auckland’s…
There’s a Dark Side of AI Fitness Apps, Personal Trainers Warn
As artificial intelligence-powered fitness tools boom, a troubling pattern has emerged: motivation for some, obsession for others. ATN…
Inside the data centres powering your phone — and the AI revolution
Microsoft, for example, will fund the UK’s largest supercomputer at a new Nscale data centre in Loughton, on…
Fossil fuel industry exploiting Europe’s energy crisis, says Al Gore – POLITICO
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas to Europe spiked after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine as pipeline supplies…
Brussels accused of sacrificing forests in crusade to save EU industry – POLITICO
Then, just hours later, lawmakers voted to reject a separate law designed to monitor forests’ health and resilience…
NZ dollar still suffering after GDP dip
“So the Kiwi-Aussie cross rate is being pulled from both sides; the Kiwi leg is being pulled down…
Consumer confidence rebounds in September but GDP data weighs on outlook
“The data preceding the GDP release averaged 96, while the responses that came in afterwards averaged just 77,”…
Why Women Might be the Future of the Protein Market
For the first time, women outnumber men in seeking higher protein intake, a scientific and cultural shift that…
Nvidia to invest up to $170.4b in OpenAI data centres
The first Nvidia systems are expected to be operating in the second half of next year. OpenAI and…
NZ stocks claw back lost ground to end firm – Market close
Markets are starting to price in a bigger-than-expected 50 basis point cut in the Reserve Bank’s Official Cash…
Interest rate markets raise odds of big Official Cash Rate cut in October
Before the release, BNZ was the most pessimistic of the banks with its forecast of a 0.5% decline…