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...

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...

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...

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...
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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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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...

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....

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...