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Tower Insurance fined $7 million for misleading customers

Tower has repaid more than $11.7m to affected customers after the breach.

‘Transformational': Business groups, farmers, welcome RMA reforms

Federated Farmers described it as a 'red letter day' for the agricultural sector.

Sale of Du Val sites will not cover mortgages – PwC

Statutory managers have sold three more projects but still seek a buyer for the fourth.

Overseas gambling website Leo Vegas told to stop advertising in NZ

A Maltese company is being monitored after falling afoul of gambling rules.

Mitre 10 poaches top Foodstuffs exec as new CEO from 2026

Rowles has been in charge of launching Foodstuffs newest supermarket offerings.

Simon Bridges: Why 2026 will be slow and steady, rather than a boom year

Opinion: Consumer and business sentiment is improving.

Paramount counters Netflix with hostile bid for Warner Bros

The offer would put CNN, HBO Max and Warner Bros under Donald Trump ally Larry Ellison.

Expat raises $7.3m for his physical-world AI start-up

An ex-Tesla engineer is being funded by other New Zealand entrepreneurs.

Billionaire retailers to buy ex-Beca HQ, betting on $5.5b City Rail Link

'City Rail Link will be a game-changer, with the Karanga-a-Hape station metres away.'

Locals wowed as Rocket Lab barges giant 'hungry hippo' nose cone out of Warkworth

America's Cup technology meets the space race.

Qantas announces new international flights from Auckland, revamped lounge

New Auckland lounge has room for more than 370 travellers.

Travelling Kiwi couple's $13k bar tab mistake prompts Financial Ombudsman warning

The pair, enjoying a holiday in Miami, got a rude shock when they received their bill.

New CAA chief on why he took the top job

The new Director of Civil Aviation, Kane Patena, on making changes the industry has been clamouring for, and why he took the top job. Video / Cameron Pitney

Why Costco is the only big retailer to challenge Trump on tariff refunds

The case hinges on whether Donald Trump misused a 1977 emergency powers law.

Cameron Bagrie: Trust, not growth, may decide who wins the 2026 election

Opinion: Inflation still outpaces wages, leaving households feeling poorer.

'Even Muldoon would blush' – IRD proposes major company tax change

Property companies could be most affected by the prospective move.