NZ Expands Student Work Hours, Move To Help Local Businesses
WELLINGTON: On 14 July 2025, the New Zealand Government launched the International Education Going for Growth Plan, aimed at strengthening the country’s education sector...
US Tops List of Applicants, Investor Visa To Attract $1.3 Billion In NZ
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Active Investor Plus Visa continues to gain momentum, with the United States leading the surge in applications under the newly revised...
EDUCATION: Top 10 Courses In Demand In The NZ Job Market
Courses that are often favored in New Zealand are those that align with the country's skill shortages and contribute to its economy and workforce....
ECONOMY: Building Activity & Construction Slowing Down in NZ
WELLINGTON: The seasonally adjusted volume of building activity was $8.9 billion in the June 2023 quarter, down 0.1 percent compared with the March 2023...
FINANCE: Applying For A NZ Startup Loan, Know About CCCFA First
The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) of 2003 is a pivotal legislation in New Zealand that governs consumer credit contracts. This act...
FINANCE: What Is The KiwiSaver Scheme & How To Invest In It?
The KiwiSaver Scheme is an initiative designed to help New Zealanders secure a more stable financial future. Introduced in 2007, the program encourages residents...
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern Quits As PM, Hipkins To Lead Labour
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's most well known politician in current times Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as Prime Minister and Leader of...
RBNZ Hikes OCR To 4.25%, House Prices Likely To Crash 20%
WELLINGTON: The NZ Monetary Policy Committee today increased the Official Cash Rate (OCR) from 3.5 percent to 4.25 percent. The rate hike aimed at...
Hiring An Employee? Here Are Top Things A Payslip Should Contain
Hiring an employee and wish to produce a payslip every week? It's good to know the format of the payslip in order to provide...
Starting An Online Takeaway? Here Are A Few E-Tips For Success
The instant food takeaway industry in New Zealand is booming, with over 160,000 curries ordered on Menulog in 2019. During first three months of...
NZ’s Inflation Spikes To A Record 32-Year High To 7.2% In 2022
Even as the world reels under high inflation in a post pandemic world marred by the Russia-Ukraine war, New Zealand is seeing some of...
Why Hamilton Witnessed A Sharp Rise In House Prices In 20 Years
WELLINGTON: A recent study has assessed the reasons for a rapid rise in housing prices and rentals in the last 20 years in New Zealand's...
RBNZ Hikes Official Cash Rate (OCR) From 3% to 3.5%
On the back of a streghtning dollar leading to a rise in inflationary pressures, the RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee has increased the Official Cash...
Kathmandu Suffers Lockdown Impact As H1 Sales Drop By 0.8%
AUCKLAND | MELBOURNE: Global outdoor, lifestyle and sports company, KMD Brands Limited (ASX / NZX: KMD has announced its results for the six months...
Staff Shortages & Freight Hike, Big Challenges For NZ Retailers: KPMG
By Leon Bowker & David Ossa
Despite a successful strategy to contain the pandemic in 2020, New Zealand was hit hard by the Delta variant...
The Warehouse Group Interim Sales Decline 5.7% On Covid Impact
AUCKLAND: New Zealand's largest retailer the $3.4 billion Warehouse Group Limited (“the Group”) has provided a trading update for the five months ending January...
How A Young Energy Drinks Startup Is Trying To Beat Giants In NZ
Can a small business compete with industry behemoths like RedBull and Monster, or even consider doing so?
With their newly formed Guayasa-based drink, Phoric - a...
Ryman’s Half Yearly Profit Jumps 8.5% to $95.9 mn In 2021
Ryman Healthcare’s unaudited first half underlying profit rose 8.5% to $95.9 million, with demand for retirement living and aged care remaining strong despite the...
BREAKING: Auckland To Move To Level 3.2, Ardern Under Opposition Fire
AUCKLAND: After weeks of uncertainty and protests by thousands asking for restrictions to ease in Auckland, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an easing...
Fisher & Paykel Launches Evora – A Mask For Sleep Apnea
OCT 7, 2021: New Zealand's largest healthcare appliance maker Fisher & Paykel has launched a full face mask to cure patients suffering from sleep...
Auckland Airport Appoints Carrie Hurihanganui As New CEO
OCT 5, 2021: The Auckland Airport Board has appointed Carrie Hurihanganui as the company’s new Chief Executive.
Auckland Airport Chair Patrick Strange said: “I am...
The Warehouse Group: Online Sales Jump 5% To $393 million in 2021
AUCKLAND: The Warehouse Group Limited (“the Group”) has announced a record result for the full year ended August 1, 2021.
The Group delivered sales of...
Contact Launches New ‘Good Nights’ Electricity Plan
AUG 18, 2021: Contact Energy (“Contact”) has released a brand-new power plan for Kiwi consumers, offering a whopping three hours of free power a...
The a2 Milk Company Acquires 75% Stake in Mataura Valley Milk
AUG 4, 2021: The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) has successfully completed its acquisition of a 75% interest in dairy nutrition business Mataura Valley Milk...
Oceania Healthcare Records Strong 10 Month Results
MAY 22, 2021: Oceania has announced unaudited Underlying Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of $56.2m for the 10 month period ended...
FAIRWORK: Auckland Bottle Store To Pay $46,000 For Exploiting Worker
A Super Liquor bottle store in Papatoetoe is the latest bottle store to be penalised and ordered to pay arrears for exploiting a migrant...
Surviving Pandemic: DRM Toolkit For Dummies 101 – The Basics
By Dougie Beck
A business disruption response management toolkit comes with embedded Covid Crisis Specific action plans. It is to be used to manage the...
Learnings From Pandemic: The Benefits of Disruption Response Management
By Dougie Beck
If the Covid crisis has taught us anything it is that many organisations were not ready to cope with the disruptions caused....
Sales Messaging: Why It Matters, What To Avoid & How To Get It Right
By Alex McNaughtan
As a founder or sales professional, it isn’t easy to create strong and succinct sales messaging that describes what it is you...
The Art of Contact Tracing for the New Workplace
By Harsimran Julka
Nations in the grip of the current pandemic have a lot to learn from New Zealand.
The NZ government has tried to learn...
Strong Growth Reported by Arvida Despite Onset Of Pandemic
MAY 27, 2020: Arvida Group produced a strong result in the financial year to 31 March 2020, Chief Executive Bill McDonald said today.
Announcing Arvida’s...
MASTERCLASS: 8 Lessons To Learn From NZ In Curbing The Coronavirus
By Harsimran Julka
AUCKLAND, MAY 14th: Even as the world is reeling from the effects of coronavirus shutting down shopping malls, schools, bars and restaurants,...
Life Lessons: What I Learnt From Life Battling My Stage 3 Cancer
By Dougie Beck
You may well have heard many apocryphal stories of people who have cancer not surviving because they had a negative attitude and...
Infographic: What Is The Biggest Risk To Your Country’s Economy?
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The economy of the globe and individual countries is always a hot talking point, with incidents both positive and negative, natural...
Scoot Away: Auckland Council lifts ban, Lime e-Scooters to re-launch trial
AUCKLAND: Auckland Council and Auckland Transport have lifted the suspension of Lime’s e-scooter licence to operate.
Auckland Council Chief Operating Officer Dean Kimpton says the council...
Kiwi AI Startup takes global stage with IBM Think 2019
Auckland: Kiwi AI company Spacetime recently work showcased on the global stage at the prestigious IBM Think 2019 in San Francisco, where it was invited...
