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GDT takes a 6.9% plunge

Nearly all prices took a nosedive in the latest Global Dairy Trade auction.

Apple exporter challenges Luxon to make Japan trip bear fruit

Exporter wants Japanese regulator to relax costly biosecurity rules.

Richard Prebble: The lessons NZ should take from the US and UK elections

OPINION: Recent TV debates held by the major parties in both countries have been decisive.

Opinion: Can elections affect your KiwiSaver?

OPINION: Even if you accurately predict election results, what would that change for you?

Netsafe welcomes ‘funding changes reversal’

Perceived DIA powergrab thwarted.

Andrew Ford: Four tips on investing in a tense global environment

OPINION: You might want to prepare for increased volatility.

Market close: NZ stocks drift as business confidence slides further

The S&P/NZX 50 Index was up and down all day.

New Talisman obtains additional finance, auditor signs off revised annual report

Auditor signs off revised annual report.

Foodstuffs South Island posts $11m loss amid contentious merger proposal

Inflation bites grocery co-op Foodstuffs South Island.

House prices must fall 'a further 16%' to become affordable

Affordability a buzzword but it's rare to hear politicians say they want a drop in prices.

‘Let’s not go overboard’ on worries about AI energy use, Bill Gates says

FT: Tech leader says power-hungry AI systems are spurring a boom in clean energy.

Australian law passes to end live sheep exports by sea

Australia to outlaw live sheep exports by sea.

Company insolvencies and liquidations up, 474,000 people now behind on payments

More people falling behind on their mortgage and credit card payments.

Property Insider: Insolvent modular apartment-builder owes $51.7m

A modular housing project has a big financial fallout, liquidators picking up the pieces.

Is a regulated structure still right for today's $4b kiwifruit export industry?

Critical mass and scale saves the sector's bacon time and time again.

Legal claim launched alleging defects in New Lynn's Merchant Quarter: no hearing yet

Statement of claim lodged, no date has yet been set for a hearing in court.

Market close: Energy stocks help boost sharemarket

Meridian Energy, Mercury and Contact all had share price rises.

Rideshare on three wheels

Self-driving e-scooter service Ario launching in West Auckland this Wednesday. Video / Ario