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Room check: Alila Manggis, Bali

23 Oct, 2018 10:00am
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Sophie Ryan checks into Alila Manggis in East Bali.

Ingredients for a cooking class at East Bali's Alila Manggis resort.

TRAVEL

Bali: Fresh from the source

21 Oct, 2018 3:00pm
4 minutes to read

A Balinese cooking class is a chance to connect to the land and culture.

An Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Photo / 123RF

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Flight check: Sydney to Auckland

10 Oct, 2018 8:00am
2 minutes to read

Sophie Ryan flies aboard Air NZ's flight NZ102 from Sydney to Auckland.

Judith Collins says routes will be laid out to allow tankers to transport fuel as quickly as possible. Photo / Mark Mitchell

BUSINESS

Defence Force to move fuel by road, sea from tomorrow

20 Sep, 2017 2:43pm
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The Navy ship Endeavour can provide the equivalent of 150 road tankers of fuel.

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus. Photo / Getty

BUSINESS

Apple pays tribute and casts ahead in keynote

13 Sep, 2017 4:00pm
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Comment: Apple throws back to Steve Jobs while carving a new direction.

Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the new iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus. Photo / Getty

BUSINESS

Hands-on impression: iPhone X is it worth $2000?

13 Sep, 2017 9:41am
3 minutes to read

People will need to be sold that this phone is as good as it gets for that price point.

Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc, talks about the new iPhone X.

BUSINESS

As it happened: iPhone x reveal

13 Sep, 2017 7:03am
2 minutes to read

Live: Apple has unveiled the iPhone X - it's biggest step forward in 10 years.

When is it being unveiled? When it will be available in NZ? How much will it cost? Photo / Bloomberg

BUSINESS

All you need to know about Apple's new iPhone

8 Sep, 2017 3:27pm
2 minutes to read

When is it being unveiled? When it will be available in NZ? How much will it cost?

Armed British police officers walk with a detection dog within a cordoned off area after an attack in the London Bridge area of London. Picture / AP.

NEW ZEALAND

London's first summer weekend shattered

4 Jun, 2017 8:38pm
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About an hour after the sun went down the brilliant summer's day turned grim.

AWS has been thought of as one of the internet's most reliable services. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Web meltdown: numerous sites offline

1 Mar, 2017 1:53pm
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Widespread issues struck Amazon Web Service (AWS), causing websites, apps and devices to crash.

The wireless AirPods were one of the most talked about reveals at Apple's September launch event.

BUSINESS

Apple AirPods are finally available

14 Dec, 2016 11:48am
2 minutes to read

The long delayed and much talked about AirPods are available just in time for Christmas.

Job listings on Uber's website appear to have broken the news that Uber EATS is coming to New Zealand. Photo / Facebook

BUSINESS

Uber EATS coming to NZ in 2017

5 Dec, 2016 7:36am
2 minutes to read

Uber has confirmed its food delivery service will come to Auckland early next year.

Spark is migrating the Xtra email network from Yahoo to a local provider.

BUSINESS

Xtra, Yahoo email hit by problems

29 Nov, 2016 9:54am
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People using Xtra email accounts may be experiencing difficulty accessing their emails today through Outlook or a mail app.

Glass and rubble covers the footpath on Wakefield Street after an earthquake on November 14, 2016 in Wellington. Photo / Getty

BUSINESS

Capital closed, but businesses 'resilient'

14 Nov, 2016 9:50am
2 minutes to read

The capital is in shutdown after the deadly earthquake overnight.

BUSINESS

New mega loyalty scheme: What it means

3 Oct, 2016 8:17am
3 minutes to read

WATCH NZH FOCUS: The combined Onecard and AA Smartfuel loyalty scheme will have 3.5 million members and surpass Fly Buys.

Twenty-five per cent of the tradespeople surveyed by IRD said they thought cash jobs were common in the industry. Photo / NZME

BUSINESS

Crackdown on cash jobs by tradies

19 Sep, 2016 6:58pm
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The IRD has launched another campaign cracking down on tradies carrying out work for under-the-table payment.

The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus landed for customers who had pre-ordered the device in New Zealand. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

It's here: iPhone 7 arrives in NZ

16 Sep, 2016 11:45am
2 minutes to read

There was no queue of Apple fans outside Spark's Queen St store this morning, with robots lining up for pre-order customers instead.

BUSINESS

Nicholas Jermyn placed into liquidation

14 Sep, 2016 11:40am
2 minutes to read

Increased competition and the workplace becoming less formal lead to a drop in revenue, the administrators report said.

From left: Fran O'Sullivan, Derek Handley, Kirsti Grant, Jacinda Ardern, Chris Litchfield and Fiona Hewitt at this morning's PwC Herald Talks: Generation War

BUSINESS

Workplace: The generation battlefield

14 Sep, 2016 9:41am
3 minutes to read

In the coming years four generation groups will all be working in the same workplaces.

Manas Kumar, of Optimizer HQ and ODEV Limited, which is now in liquidation.

BUSINESS

Worker claims he's owed $100k

13 Sep, 2016 9:21am
2 minutes to read

A former employee claims to be owed $100,000 in unpaid wages and holiday pay from a company that is in liquidation.

Demand.film chief executive David Doepel is bringing cinema on demand to New Zealand. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Movie screenings on demand? It's here

13 Sep, 2016 5:00am
3 minutes to read

On the Demand.film platform, one person requests a screening at a local cinema and then promotes the screening through social media.

Boyd Nelson was a maintenance technician for Open Country Dairy Limited (OCD) and suffered serious injuries when he fell down a ventilation shaft in a factory. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Factory fair to dismiss injured worker

9 Sep, 2016 11:00am
3 minutes to read

Boyd Nelson was dismissed from his role after he was seriously injured in the workplace and could no longer carry out his duties.

Apple's senior vice president Phil Schiller talks about the features on the new iPhone 7. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

iPhone 7: How Twitter reacted

8 Sep, 2016 7:53pm
Quick Read

Who knew people were so fond of the analog headphone jack?

BUSINESS

New iPhone: You don't know jack

8 Sep, 2016 9:40am
5 minutes to read

Apple has revealed its latest devices including the highly anticipated iPhone 7.

Dakota Hemmingson hasn't received any money from her former employer, who was ordered to pay her $13,000 after she was forced out her job. Photo / Facebook

BUSINESS

Trans hairdresser: Where's my money?

7 Sep, 2016 11:45am
3 minutes to read

Trans hairdresser Dakota Hemmingson still hasn't seen any of the money awarded to her after she unfairly lost her job.

Vodafone reported a 1.8 per cent growth in revenue for the year ending March 2016. Photo / Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Vodafone revenue up a notch as Sky merger looms

6 Sep, 2016 8:53am
3 minutes to read

Growing revenue in the competitive telecommunications sector is "a big achievement" Vodafone's CEO says.

BMX cyclist Sarah Walker and comedian Jon Bridges testing the Smart Jacket, a collaboration between Vodafone Netherlands and Magic Bullet designed to improve cycling safety at night.

BUSINESS

Smart Jacket to make for safer cycling

6 Sep, 2016 5:00am
2 minutes to read

A Smart Jacket illuminates to indicate which way a cyclist will turn according to a pre-programmed smartphone GPS route.

Do you believe your colleagues can be trusted to have your back? Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Office politics: Kiwis don't trust colleagues

5 Sep, 2016 10:40am
2 minutes to read

Most New Zealanders don't believe their co-workers have their back.

Skinny Mobile general manager Ross Parker. Photo / Brett Phibbs

BUSINESS

Skinny's new online mobile offerings

5 Sep, 2016 5:00am
2 minutes to read

Skinny Mobile has revamped its mobile offer with a digital makeover 12 months in the making in a bid to retain customers.

Chris Clay, head of Find Your Billion, is an education innovator who calls students

BUSINESS

Tech to help 1 billion people

3 Sep, 2016 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Young people will learn how technology can be harnessed to help billions of people at Find Your Billion workshops.

BUSINESS

Generation wars in the workplace

30 Aug, 2016 5:00pm
3 minutes to read

Millennials might be considered "extremely confident" and "impatient", but other generations can learn from them.

Kapilaben Patel has been awarded $31,413.19 for unpaid wages and $11,400 in reimbursement for the premiums paid to Curry Pot on Lincoln. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Migrant worker awarded $43,000

30 Aug, 2016 3:26pm
2 minutes to read

The Indian chef was awarded $31,400 in unpaid wages and reimbursed for $11,400 in "premiums" she paid.

A woman worked at a cafe in Carterton for four months, but was only paid $92 for her 275 hours of work. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Worker paid $92 for four months work

30 Aug, 2016 9:20am
2 minutes to read

A woman who wasn't paid throughout her employment has been awarded $4500 in outstanding wages.

Mark Ratcliffe will be stepping down from the position as chief executive of Chorus around the middle of next year.

Chorus CEO stepping down

29 Aug, 2016 9:30am
2 minutes to read

Mark Ratcliffe will be resigning from the role around the middle of next year.

Eric Murray and Hamish Bond, of New Zealand, win the gold medal in the men's rowing pair final during the 2016 Rio Olympics. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

Sky TV sports base strong despite profit fall

26 Aug, 2016 1:25pm

Sky TV attributed part of the drop in profit to costs associated with the planned merger with Vodafone's New Zealand operations.

Air New Zealand employees are being rewarded with a bonus up to $2,500 for the company's record breaking profit. Photo / Natalie Slade

BUSINESS

Bonus time! Air NZ staff's $2500 surprise

26 Aug, 2016 11:25am
3 minutes to read

What would you spend a surprise $2500 bonus on?

Banks sold swaps to hundreds of rural borrowers last decade until the Commerce Commission launched an investigation into the practice. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Farmers seek $7.5m from ANZ

25 Aug, 2016 12:50pm
2 minutes to read

The Taranaki farmers bought controversial interest rate swaps from the bank.

A Singapore Airlines 777-300ER. Photo / Aero Icarus

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Flight check: Auckland to Singapore

25 Aug, 2016 9:30am
2 minutes to read

Sophie Ryan flies SQ285 from New Zealand to Singapore.

Many of his staff were migrant employees and vulnerable to this type of exploitation, the inspector found. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Workers not paid minimum wage

24 Aug, 2016 10:45am
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A man has been ordered to pay $11,600 after he failed to pay some of his 50 migrant staff minimum wage.

The British High Commissioner to New Zealand, Jonathan Sinclair. Photo / NZME

BUSINESS

Life calmly goes on after Brexit

24 Aug, 2016 5:00am
2 minutes to read

The British High Commissioner's message to New Zealand and British businesses trading in the post-Brexit environment is "keep calm and carry on".

The complaint against Wonchul (James) Bae arose when a vendor asked what a house in his neighbourhood had recently sold for. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Agent fined for guessing at sale price

22 Aug, 2016 10:32am
2 minutes to read

A real estate agent engaged in unsatisfactory practice when he guessed the recent sale price of a neighbouring house.

Eli Devoy in the Auckland District Court this morning. Judge Brooke Gibson said there was 'a complete absence of remorse'. Photo / Nick Reed.

BUSINESS

Jail for $9m mortgage fraudster

17 Aug, 2016 10:30am
2 minutes to read

Eli Devoy, the woman at the heart of a family based mortgage fraud has been given a 5 year jail term.

Kerry Stace, 72, had worked as a lawyer in Waiuku, Auckland for 41 years before he was dismissed from his role. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Lawyer unfairly fired after 41 years

16 Aug, 2016 3:32pm
2 minutes to read

A lawyer has been awarded over $67,000 after he was unfairly dismissed from his role.

If the Commerce Commission dismisses the application for the merger, Sky would be forced to put all sports online and on demand, says Spark. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Sky-Voda merger hurts sports fans

16 Aug, 2016 10:00am
4 minutes to read

Spark, TVNZ and 2Degrees pile on submissions to Commerce Commission saying the proposed merger would entrench Sky's monopoly on sports content.

Spark's latest move means all full-time workers not on commission are paid a minimum salary of $40,000 a year. Photo / Dean Purcell

BUSINESS

Spark raises bar - will others follow?

15 Aug, 2016 12:01pm
2 minutes to read

More companies will begin offering packages similar to Spark's minimum $40,000 salary to attract the best talent, a business leader says.

Manukau households use the most data in the country, and a younger population with more family members it home could be behind the high data use. Photo / Getty

BUSINESS

Manukau download champion of NZ

14 Aug, 2016 10:00am
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Manukau City lead the pack with an average 155 gigabytes consumed per household in June.

Sam Webster of New Zealand, left, and teammate Edward Dawkins compete in the men's team sprint qualifying round at Rio Olympics. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

NZ's secret super-bikes on show

12 Aug, 2016 12:05pm
2 minutes to read

The ground-breaking bikes engineered in New Zealand were on public display for the first time today.

The gap between men and women director's pay has narrowed, says the Intstitute of Directors. Photo / Getty

BUSINESS

Director gender pay gap closing: report

12 Aug, 2016 5:00am
2 minutes to read

The pay gap between men and women directors on New Zealand boards is closing.

A spokesman for First Union said Westpac is proposing to shut up to 19 branches. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Westpac bank branches to close

11 Aug, 2016 4:14pm
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A union spokesman said up to 19 branches could close, putting up to 100 jobs at risk.

Pole vaulter Eliza McCartney in the Anchor Start Strong Go Strong ad. Photo / YouTube

BUSINESS

Rio Olympics: The best ads

11 Aug, 2016 6:50am
2 minutes to read

This is why advertisers are happy to spend the big bucks on their Olympics advertising.

Outside of shooting Natalie Rooney works for her father's earth moving company. Photo / Photosport

BUSINESS

Rio Olympics - the day jobs of Team NZ

10 Aug, 2016 11:15am
3 minutes to read

Many are seasoned pros - but some of our Rio Olympians work day jobs just like us.

Lee Brown worked for AICS as an account manager until he suffered a heart attack. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Man sacked month after heart attack

9 Aug, 2016 2:01pm
2 minutes to read

The account manager was told by his doctor to stay off work for a month, but his boss said the company couldn't wait that long.

Migrant worker Jaspreet Singh was awarded more than $28,000 in wage arrears and the repayment of premiums paid to his employer. Photo / Hawkes Bay Today

BUSINESS

Grocer fined $53k for exploitation

9 Aug, 2016 10:45am
2 minutes to read

The Wellington grocery store didn't pay a migrant worker minimum wage and forced him to pay 'premiums' of more than $10,000.

PR guru Bill Ralston says the handling over the Chiefs controversy has been some of the worst PR management he's seen. Photo / Rod Emmerson cartoon

BUSINESS

'The worst crisis handling ever'

5 Aug, 2016 10:25am
3 minutes to read

The handling of the Chiefs saga has been labelled the worst crisis management by a PR guru.

Netflix's popularity has overtaken YouTube on Slingshot, Orcon and Flip network. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Netflix usage tops YouTube

5 Aug, 2016 7:20am
2 minutes to read

Netflix has overtaken YouTube in data usage on three internet providers, showing its popularity in New Zealand.

BUSINESS

The rise and fall of Kevin Roberts

4 Aug, 2016 12:00pm
4 minutes to read

His controversial comments sparked a gender row and brought a close to a once sparkling career in the ad world.

Vodafone says young people are communicating in images rather than texts and need adjustable prepaid plans. Photo / Duncan Brown

BUSINESS

Vodafone unveils prepay plans with a twist

4 Aug, 2016 6:00am
2 minutes to read

You've got to be aged under 25 to access Vodafone's new adjustable prepay deals.

New Zealand is one of nine OECD countries with mobile broadband plans above 100 per cent. Photo / AP

BUSINESS

Mobile broadband growing in NZ

3 Aug, 2016 11:40am
Quick Read

New Zealand has more mobile broadband connections than people

My Food Bag co-founders, from left, Nadia Lim, Theresa Gattung and Cecilia Robinson.

BUSINESS

My Food Bag appears to stand by Roberts

1 Aug, 2016 12:20pm
2 minutes to read

My Food Bag is well known for its female leadership, but chairman Kevin Roberts is in hot water over his statements on diversity.

Graeme Hart, Chairman of Burns Philp speaks at the Goodman Fielder Press conference, Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, November 18, 2005. Credit: NZPA/Michael Bradley. OAT 06Mar13 - WGG 06Mar13 - HBK

BUSINESS

Revealed: The rich lister who lost $2b

28 Jul, 2016 3:30pm

The National Business Review's 2016 Rich List features a largely unchanged top 10. But the richest man in NZ's fortune took a big hit this year.

From left: Ed Hyde, Pieta Brown, Michael Whitehead, Rachel Harrison and Vince Galvin at the PwC Herald Talks: Big Data event.

BUSINESS

Big data - its value now too big to ignore

27 Jul, 2016 12:00pm

Many businesses still believe harnessing the possibilities for value in big data sets is too specialised and costly.

Aaron and Amanda McNoe were employed by O'Neill Earthworks Ltd and have been awarded close to $25,000 after they were unjustifiably dismissed at the same time. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Couple wrongly dismissed awarded $25k

26 Jul, 2016 10:40am
3 minutes to read

A husband and wife were left with four children to take care of and no income.