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More SMEs back themselves for 2026 despite cost and inflation worries

Nearly two-thirds of SME owners say they feel positive about 2026.

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Hirepool hit with second loss, directors push out debt refinancing deadline

Hirepool’s net loss blew out to $13.49m in 2025 as hire revenue slumped.

Women say LinkedIn rewards them for sounding more like men

Megan Cornish saw her LinkedIn impressions jump fourfold after a ‘male coded’ revamp.

Gold rush 2.0: High-paying mines fuel boom on the West Coast

Gold fever on the West Coast: jumbos, gold bars and $90,000 a year for entry-level miners.

Wall St bets on fourth year of gains as S&P 500 bull run rolls into 2026

All 21 Wall Street strategists surveyed tip the S&P 500 to rise in 2026.

NZ's billion-dollar builders revealed as new king of construction emerges

The country's busiest commercial builder secured $1.2 billion of work last year.

Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down – AA

The merged NPD-Gull group would control about 240 fuel sites nationwide.

Minimalist, meek homes among national NZIA prize-winners

It doesn't have to be flashy to win. Ingenuity and beauty in style caught judges' eyes.

The Ex-Files: I’m angry my dad changed his will, leaving 90% to a woman he met at bridge

Lawyers say signs of undue influence could see the late change thrown out.

The offspring: How heirs to Kiwi family fortunes earn their keep

Meet the heirs of New Zealand's wealthiest families.

Diana Clement: The biggest money lessons I've learned in 2025

OPINION: Climate risk, insurance refusals and AI changed how we think about money, homes.

David Harvey: Missed chances on media reform haunt today’s online regulation debate

OPINION: Why a 2013 blueprint may still be the answer to today’s internet angst.

Mary Holm: Why you should consider investing outside of New Zealand

OPINION: The NZ sharemarket makes up about 0.1% of all the shares in the world.

Cecilia Robinson: New Zealand through migrant eyes – fairness, freedom and family life

OPINION: Why New Zealand quietly became the country I chose to call home.