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Microsoft announces $21.8b investment in India, its ‘largest ever’ in Asia

A new Hyderabad cloud region twice Eden Gardens' size is due mid-2026.

Dignity on the job: New partnerships bringing period care to worksites

Urban Homes apprentice Sydney Gill says the change saves time and normalises talk.

Inside Economics: Why fixed mortgage rates are headed up already after Reserve Bank cuts

ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week's economic news.

Q&A: Australia’s under-16 social media ban starts today – how does it work?

PLUS: Will it push Luxon to a similar move here?

June McCabe: Māori economy forecast to double to $70k per person by 2040

Opinion: The Māori Economy could deliver 22% of NZ's economic growth over 15 years

Erica Lloyd: Why execution, not hype, will define NZ’s tech future

Opinion: Rocket Lab and Xero prove disciplined execution drives global success.

Mobil self-service petrol stations launched to rival Z Energy and Waitomo

The business plans to convert 14 Mobil sites to the new model by the end of 2025.

RNZ salaries soar in two years: Broadcaster says 'further savings will need to be made'

Treasury: Ministers need assurances from RNZ chair that managers are 'held to account'.

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.

Property Insider: How much did retailers Anne and David Norman pay for ex-Beca House?

The last 2025 column, reporting on the billionaire Normans and a big building deal.

Take a tour of Auckland's sorry sites: Abandoned, shelved, never built, unsold

Have we become more a city of fails than sails, given the city heart's sorry state?