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...
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...
Softbank backed Ola to race with Uber in New Zealand
Auckland: Ola, one of the world’s largest ridesharing platforms, this week announced its plans to enter New Zealand to provide both drivers and passengers...
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...
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...
New Zealand’s tech scene is hotter than yours
Author: Tristan Pollock
Full disclosure: I left my heart in New Zealand while studying at Auckland University of Technology.
New Zealand may be kiwi country (as in...
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...
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...
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...
GETTING TO THE ‘YES’: The Story of David Junior & how he cracked his...
By Dougie Beck, director, Spacetime
Monday morning bright and early David Junior, a senior manager with a big firm of accountants, bounced into his office...
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....
Moving to a foreign land to start a business? Here are 10 tips to...
Starting a business is tough. But starting it in a country where you are a stranger and more of a tourist has its pros...
Setting up scene for first sale: When restaurant ambience matters
By Dougie Beck, director, Spacetime
Bloody Mary is for the morning after, when you need to sober up and get down to business.
As David closed...
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...
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...
Guide for starting a Business in New Zealand as a Foreigner
Are you interested in starting a business in New Zealand online? If YES, here is a complete guide to starting a business in New...
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...
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...
Global Payments: SWIFT extends gpi to all cross border payments
WELLINGTON: The SWIFT Community is to universally adopt the gpi service, in a move which will see all 10,000 banks on SWIFT's global network...
Top Reasons Why You Should Build a Great Employer Brand
By Robert Dybeck
Satisfied customers have been the goal, or business standard, for decades in many industries. Has that changed?
We´re now facing a quicker and...
What’s it like to be a female entrepreneur in New Zealand?
Author: Alina Siegfried
Recently I asked a successful female entrepreneur, what was the one thing that New Zealand could do to encourage more women into entrepreneurship?
Her...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ethereum Founder Talks Blockchain in New Zealand
Author: Alina Siegfried
Last night in Wellington, the BizDojo played host to one of the most exciting and innovative players in the blockchain space — Vitalik Buterin, 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....
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...
Why New Zealand ranks high on internet penetration?
New Zealanders’ connection with the Internet
The number of New Zealanders connecting with the Internet keeps growing.
New Zealand Internet Users
4,078,993
Internet Users in New Zealand (2016*)
...
INVESTMENTS: US and China top the list for NZ Active Investor Visa
WELLINGTON: The Active Investor Plus Visa category is designed to attract investors who actively contribute to New Zealand’s economy by facilitating access to global networks,...
Top reasons to launch a startup in Wellington
Wellington’s startup scene turns bright ideas into successful realities. Our tight-knit community, sophisticated startup ecosystem, and support from various sectors facilitates collaboration allowing start-ups...
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...
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,...
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...
Bringing Entrepreneurship To Anyone in New Zealand, No Matter Where They Are
Author: Dan Khan
Today marks a landmark event for our team with the official launch of our new virtual accelerator and incubator programmes, bringing entrepreneurship support,...
