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Sam Mangakahia customises guitars with traditional Māori and Polynesian designs.
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PM Chris Hipkins called it NZ's 'largest-ever emissions reduction project'.
Why drinks giant Coca-Cola is buying up Mt Wellington homes to demolish
US giant clears way for expansion of its Auckland headquarters.
Watch: Inside Kiwi billionaire's new 2.7ha Chinese factory
'Factory a game-changer in growth'; US$200m in sales forecast this year.
Who wants $14.9m from biggest builder to fail this year?
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Could Fletcher's Perth leaky pipe problem cost more than A$15m?
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Fluoride failure to raining street lamps - when will Wellington officials learn?
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Wellington’s falling street lamps: 17,000 at risk of failure
Wellington City Council has revealed its findings from an urgent investigation.
Cyclone Gabrielle damage forces change in direction for Bremworth
Bremworth is looking to overseas markets to help it recover from production losses.
Small business: Putting a Kind Face to Kiwi-owned sleeping products
Mixing values with business.
Coca-Cola produces $3 billion worth of pure cocaine per year
The iconic drink is flavoured with coca leaves which results in a pure cocaine by-product.
Manufacturers' 'eye-opening' stock levels
Audits reveal how much extra stock small businesses are holding on to.
Markets with Madison: Credit Suisse buyout and what the NZX is missing
Exclusive: More banks, more agriculture, on the public market please, says CEO.
Small business: Family-operated skincare company with global ambitions
After almost a decade of business in Aotearoa, Anihana is going global.
Drinks manufacturer stumping up 17 times more for in-demand CO2
CO2 shortage on top of price increase is a beverage manufacturer's biggest "headache".
Summer questions: NZ Steel CEO Robin Davies on his worst mistake in business
And what he learned from it.
Drink-makers’ concerns bubbling to surface after Todd Energy Kapuni outage
Closure of the Kapuni liquid carbon dioxide plant is concerning for drink-makers.
Premium: Deloitte Top 200 Company of the Year awarded to Vulcan Steel
CEO Rhys Jones says strong leadership, teamwork and an effective growth strategy as been vital in navigating Covid. Video / NZ Herald
Rob Fyfe's new business - his biggest start-up yet
The ex-Air NZ boss is targeting a growth market.
Small firm's plan to make avocado wood wool mainstream packaging
Thorley Robbins of wood wool firm Purewood talks challenges and seeking perfection.
Small Business: Time share boat ownership business booming
A slice of boating heaven in more people's reach, and Simon Barker has high-flying plans.
South Island iwi looks to restore land where aluminium has been produced since 1971
Ngai Tahu sign deal with Tiwai Point for major clean-up regardless of smelter's future.
Kiwi Asian food manufacturer teams up with celebrity chef Rewi Spraggon
Old Country Food has grown its revenue 20 per cent annually for the past two years.
Small Business: How keeping it in the family works for furniture duo
Auckland sisters in law band together to start storage furniture firm.
Kiwi face mask producer on track for double digit growth
MEO talks waves of Covid-19 and the impacts on the face mask business.
New Zealand wins $1.8b trade deal with EU at eleventh hour
The deal took four years of often torturous negotiations.
Focus: Wellington’s Eight360 simulator NOVA drawing the attention of NASA
Terry Miller's has taken his NOVA simulator from ‘leaky garage in the Hutt' to the attention of NASA for their Mars rover program. Video / Mark Mitchell
GDP slump: Why we're not halfway to recession ... yet
The economy will rebound from the Omicron slump, but the real pain may still be to come.
Omicron slams economy - GDP falls 0.2 per cent in first quarter
Omicron kept people at home in the first quarter of the year, dampening growth.
Continuous Disclosure: How to manage the supply chain shock
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