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My Net Worth: Shannon Harris, HP New Zealand managing director

My Net Worth: Shannon Harris, HP NZ MD: “I don’t tend to use the word failure.”

07.03.2026 23:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Review: Air NZ’s Business Premier: ‘A better life’

Review: Time flies while snuggled in the comfort of Air NZ Business Premier’s lie-flat bed.

07.03.2026 23:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gary Stevenson, the wealth-tax guy who thinks capitalism is ‘pretty good’

“I think that, broadly, capitalism is a pretty good economic system,” says Gary Stevenson. This is not exactly the kind of thing you would expect one of the world’s most high-profile wealth tax campaigners to say.

03.03.2026 06:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Port Marlborough earnings trajectory hit by windstorm

A damaging windstorm that struck the Tasman region has damaged Port Marlborough’s earnings trajectory, as major capital works for new Interislander ferries get under way.

03.03.2026 00:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Old thinking: Payback time for pension funds

David Chaplin: The KiwiSaver-based retiree income issue is gaining traction. #opinion

02.03.2026 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Power, prices and the politics of profit

Analysis: The gentailers have delivered another set of strong interim results just as households confront another lift in power bills, pushing electricity back onto the political front line.

02.03.2026 18:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Bright future’: Chinese distributor Good Farmer backs Zespri’s 2035 strategy

One of Zespri’s Chinese distributors says the marketer’s new strategy to become the world’s healthiest fruit brand gives it confidence for the long term.

02.03.2026 18:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pāmu weighs up what to do with Mainland Group capital return

Pāmu will be having a “fairly active conversation” about what it will do with the capital return it will receive from the sale of Mainland Group.

02.03.2026 18:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cyber thugs are on the rise and so are AI data leaks by employees

In a quest to go faster, some employees are compromising some very personal customer information.

02.03.2026 18:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Middle East conflict and oil shock risk derailing NZ retail recovery

Retailers are more upbeat, but geopolitical uncertainty, inflation, and the prospect of higher interest rates could dampen the fledgling recovery.

02.03.2026 18:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Automation, AI and tech: Luxon’s advice to finance sector

Technology, automation and AI were the talk of the financial services industry breakfast on Friday morning.

01.03.2026 19:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Vista Group is bucking the tech layoff trend in the AI era

Vista is hiring up to 50 people to shift more customers to its cloud product, bucking a trend of retrenchment triggered by concerns about artificial intelligence disruption.

01.03.2026 19:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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T&G Global’s apple business to crunch out 80% growth by 2035

T&G Global’s apples business could grow 80% in the next 10 years as the market for premium fruit grows overseas.

01.03.2026 19:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NZ ranks near bottom of OECD digital government rankings, overhaul under way

New Zealand has ranked 35th out of 42 in the OECD’s 2025 digital government rankings – a result the Government says will be reversed through a major overhaul of its digital governance.

01.03.2026 19:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Let’s leave the era of ticky-tacky townhouses well behind us

Maria Slade: Aucklanders are furious with Wellington for imposing arbitrary density across the suburbs. #opinion

01.03.2026 19:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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My Net Worth: Bridget Abernethy, CEO, Electricity Retailers' and Generators' Association of New Zealand

My Net Worth: Bridget Abernethy, ERGANZ CEO: "It really matters to me that we keep pushing for more investment in renewables."

28.02.2026 19:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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HP's Omnibook 7 is an AI-ready dream

Review: From its amazing keyboard and long battery life to ushering in the future of ready-to-use touch-of-the-button AI tools, this laptop was designed to make your daily slog much more comfortable and stylish.

28.02.2026 19:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rocky Horror Show: still the weirdest show on earth

Review: A cult classic, and still the weirdest show on Earth.

28.02.2026 19:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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London calling: James He – the Kiwi‑made founder simulating society

My Expat Life: Growing up in China, James He told his parents his best education would be in NZ.

28.02.2026 19:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Most nights, after giving his 4-month-old son a bath and putting in another hour of work for the company he co-owns, Williams Corporation, Matthew Horncastle st...

22.02.2026 20:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Reserve Bank of NZ easy with current iteration of prudential policy committee

Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s new Financial Policy Committee is set to remain a subcommittee of the regulator’s board, and there are no plans to conduct a formal evaluation of its legal basis, the central bank says.

20.02.2026 03:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Auditing the Auditors: Changing market share

Auditing the Auditors: Among the Big Four, KPMG earned the most in fees from NZX50 firms, but another firm has more clients. EY takes that mantle, having benefited from changes to the NZX50.

19.02.2026 22:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Expert panel named as interest in $200m Gas Security Fund remains opaque

There are “several” entities interested in applying for the Government’s $200 million Gas Security Fund, but officials are refusing to disclose any details.

19.02.2026 19:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Health and safety reform is here: Is this the fix we needed?

Bronwyn Heenan and Mike Mercer: The intent is good, and some of the changes are genuinely useful. #opinion

19.02.2026 19:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Worley to advise Government on LNG import terminal

ASX-listed Worley has been named technical adviser for New Zealand’s planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. Worley provides engineering, project, and asset management solutions for the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors.

19.02.2026 19:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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RBNZ governor Anna Breman sets new tone

Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Anna Breman is unlikely to clash with Finance Minister Nicola Willis over the central bank’s funding, in contrast to her predecessor Adrian Orr.

19.02.2026 19:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Xero tells NZ staff restructure isn’t about cost‑cutting, eyes global talent pool

Software company Xero told New Zealand employees its proposed restructuring isn’t aimed at cutting costs, despite up to 250 jobs being at risk.

19.02.2026 18:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Auckland Airport gains, SkyCity slumps in OCR rally

Market Close: The New Zealand sharemarket rallied strongly for the second day in a row as the positive glow from the Reserve Bank’s Official Cash Rate hold continued to bolster investors.

19.02.2026 05:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kiwibank's leader warm on capital-review settings

Kiwibank chief executive Steve Jurkovich is overall positive about new capital settings for banks, albeit expressing some caution about the interaction of these with the New Zealand Depositor Compensation Scheme.

19.02.2026 02:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fintech Dosh’s bank bid dashed by Reserve Bank

Fintech Dosh says its banking registration application has been rejected by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on the grounds that it doesn’t lend its customers’ deposits, and because the level of required capital it proposed was deemed insufficient.

18.02.2026 23:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0