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Uncertainty still weighs on business, but investment lifts in 2025 survey

More than half of businesses say weak demand is among their biggest concerns.

Market close: NZ sharemarket lifts as Synlait's factory sale drives share price higher

Synlait Milk will reduce its debt with the proceeds of a factory sale.

Airbus and Air France back in court over deadly Rio-Paris crash

The 2009 crash killed 228 people, including 72 French and 58 Brazilian nationals.

Ikea eligible for multimillion-dollar tax break under Govt's Investment Boost scheme

Ikea’s Sylvia Park store is due to open its doors on December 4, 2025.

Covid response: RBNZ admits it could have 'reduced inflation sooner’

The RBNZ has released a review of a response to above-target inflation from 2021 to 2024.

Why overseas rivals are reshaping NZ’s international student boom

China and India are rapidly expanding their own university sectors, experts warn.

First look inside NZ’s biggest build-to-rent: Simplicity Living’s $225m Te Reiputa

Te Reiputa (the whale tooth neck pendant) has five buildings of three to 11 storeys high.

Builder fled to Australia over IR audit, gets home detention for $260k tax evasion

The day IR told him about the audit, Gary Moss got a quote for moving across the Ditch.

Cameron Bagrie: NZ boardrooms are holding the economy back

The OECD warns weak boardroom skills are stifling innovation and growth.

David Harvey: Should we abolish injunctions and suppression orders?

OPINION: The digital world has totally changed the way information flows.

Mechatronics and AI: What kids can expect from the new school curriculum

BusinessNZ says the updated curriculum will better equip future workers.

NZ Jet: Husband-and-wife team get fast new Gulfstream

Jet-set couple say buying new aircraft was a big decision - but they're happy they did it.

Liam Dann: New Zealand’s rickety two-speed economy needs to find a third gear

OPINION: Kiwis overwhelmingly live in the bit of the economy that sucks.

Nadine Higgins: Mortgage or market - which move secures your future fastest?

A $500,000 mortgage at 6% costs $580,000 in interest over 30 years.

Rebuilding tourism: Hotelier told NZ more expensive than Switzerland

Visa costs and fees are seen as putting New Zealand at a global disadvantage.

'He's done what he said': Business leaders split on Trump’s impact

Just two of 150 CEOs in the Herald survey rated Trump 'very impressive'.