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Mercury, Winstone Pulp in war of words over power price claims

Mercury has contested forest products company Winstone's claims about high power prices.

Almost $4m from business levy subsidising 'white elephant' convention centre

Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau says she is open to reviewing how the levy is spent.

Darren Shand on what he learned from 20 years as All Blacks manager

What can businesses learn from the world of high-performance sports?

Nick Clark: Localism - NZ needs a better system

OPINION: A localist approach could also be more fiscally prudent.

Bank-switching among mortgage holders hits record high

The Commerce Commission believes banks could still make it cheaper for customers to leave.

Du Val Group: High Court to decide if interim receivership documents can be made public

Judge prepares to hear arguments in Hamilton on Monday.

Market close: NZ shares gain as Scales bounces back from Cyclone Gabrielle

Earnings reported today were generally upbeat in what’s been a mixed period.

Collaboration centre stage at infrastructure conference

A round-up of day one of the Building Nations conference.

Infrastructure: What are we up for and how will we pay for it?

When it comes to infrastructure, we face a series of trade-offs.

Synlait co-founder John Penno lodges complaint over recapitalisation plan

Former chairman John Penno has pushed back on Synlait's recapitalisation plan.

Meridian profit up, but a tough 2025 year looms

Meridian has lifted its earnings, but says dry conditions will make 2025 challenging.

KiwiSaver fund that has returned nearly 400%

KiwiSaver has seen remarkable growth this year, particularly in more aggressive funds.

NZTA puts the kibosh on Ario e-scooters’ riderless self-parking

The company says falling foul of a technicality will actually add to footpath clutter.

The benefits of an apolitical pipeline

Sean Sweeney will leave his role leading Auckland’s City Rail Link for Ireland.

Nick Leggett: Political consensus critical to the future of infrastructure

OPINION: Bipartisanship on transport provides certainty.

Richard Prebble: The Govt should sell all of Kiwibank

OPINION: History has shown government-owned banks have done poorly.

Tracey Ryan: All solutions must be on the table to tackle infrastructure woes

OPINION: We need all the resource and funding tools we can get to tackle infrastructure.

Infrastructure investment needs creative thinking

Private sector has a role to play as we find our way out of our infrastructure deficit.