Succession crisis: How poor planning is hollowing out NZ mid-market firms – Elliot Royce
The issue is succession. Or more precisely, the absence of credible pathways for the next generation to step…
Local firms eye 2026 growth but fear rising costs and inflation
“As local businesses prepare to put another challenging year behind them, it’s encouraging to see optimism coming through…
Black Caps v West Indies: Ajaz Patel firms as New Zealand’s weapon in hunt for victory
Tauranga’s warmer, dryer climate has seen Tauranga wickets tend to favour spin at first-class level, with hopes that…
LawVu hits $400m valuation, buys European firm ClauseBase to boost its AI push
The nine ClauseBase staff will join LawVu’s team – taking the firm’s total headcount to 160, 100 of…
Three construction firms sentenced over 2023 Queenstown slip
On September 22, 2023, torrential rain sent a debris flow down the Ben Lomond Reserve, sweeping on to…
Immigration New Zealand system outage prompts visa woes for travellers, firms and workers
Among those affected were travellers, workers and businesses, whose visas were essentially “stuck” because the system could not…
Rocket Lab barges giant Neutron ‘hungry hippo’ nose cone out of Warkworth
The nose cone will top the 43m tall, 7m diameter Neutron rocket, due to be placed on a…
IRD Covid loan defaults hit $447m as 20,000 small firms fall behind
In addition, tens of billions of dollars’ worth of extraordinary government grants and loans, including the cashflow lending…
US retail sales slow as tariffs and costs hit consumer confidence
This rise was driven by a 0.9% jump in goods prices, highlighting the steeper costs that businesses face.…
Kiwi firm LoungePair says new deals will boost access to airport lounges
The Kiwi company offered online guides to airport lounges and Dragonpass provided access to lounges including Auckland’s Strata…
Servers in space – tech firms excited at the idea of sending power-hungry data centres into orbit
That news came just days after tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed his SpaceX start-up should be capable of…
$20b milestone: Kiwi tech firms enjoy another boom year, but local jobs fall sharply – Tin200 report
“The decline in the NZ dollar against the US dollar is helping offset some of the disruption in…