OPINION: How Elon Musk’s Twitter Buyout Could Alter Social Media
By Harsimran Julka
In one of the biggest technology sector deals in the past three years, Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that it has...
Mastercard & Visa Suspend Russia Operations To Pressure Kremlin
MARCH 6: The world's largest payment solutions providers Visa and Mastercard have decided to suspend their operations across Russia. The move comes a day...
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...
UKRAINE WAR: Rakuten To Suspend All Ads From Viber Across Russia
TOKYO: Japanese online commerce conglomerate the $14 billion Rakuten Group is suspending its advertising services on its instant messaging platform Viber.
However, the company will...
[UKRAINE INVASION]: 12 Tech Giants Who’ve Taken Action Against Russia
MARCH 9: Even as war rages on in Ukraine, in the wake of Russia's invasion of the country, many top Silicon Valley giants have...
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...
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...
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...
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...
China’s Strict Lockdowns May Trigger Global Supply Chain Chaos: Report
SHANGHAI: As the global supply chain prepared to recover from the collateral damage caused by COVID in 2022, China lockdowns hit the industry back...
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...
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 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...
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...
Russia Bans Facebook After Meta Demoted RTNews Content
MARCH 5: Even as Facebook on Friday blocked RT News and Sputnik, Russia's state-owned media from monetising their content on Facebook and Instagram, Moscow...
NZ Banks Can Withstand A 47% Crash In Housing Prices: RBNZ
With ASB economists predicting a 20% housing price fall in 2023 and a rise in the number of real estate inventory, up for sale...
