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Tech Insider: Wellington man gets shock $16k bill after using a Google AI-ready tool
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Real estate agent Ollie Wall and agency must apologise after complaint
Real Estate Authority committee decision: complainants' names, address suppressed in case.
Why NZ's electricity market faces calls for major reform
Consumer NZ calls for separation of power firms' generation and retail roles.
Slower global growth to weigh on NZ's economic recovery - OECD
The OECD says the world's economic prospects are waning, just as NZ starts to recover.
Trade war cuts global economic growth outlook: OECD
Global growth is expected to slow to 2.9% in 2025 and 2026.
GDT: Prices dip 1.6% in first auction of the season
The Global Dairy Trade auction saw a 1.6% price drop across all products.
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Liam Dann: After Orr – is it time for a Reserve Bank reset?
OPINION: The challenges facing the Reserve Bank.
Beyond the Budget: Brutal truths
OPINION: Treasury forecasts permanent Budget deficits, starting in 2030.
The hunt for equity: Kiwi expats wanted
Christopher Luxon met key investment fund leaders in London recently.
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Invercargill to Alaska: How Stabicraft is riding the boat-buying wave
The aluminium trailer boat business is expanding with private equity funds.
How Tourism Holdings circumvented US-Canada tariffs
The Kiwi RV company shifted hundreds of motorhomes across the border into Canada.
Rocket Lab’s Sir Peter Beck not giving up on Mars amid Trump budget cuts
Plus, Beck discusses its growing defence division.
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Doug Myers was instrumental in transforming Lion Breweries into an international company.
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Business Opinion
Richard Prebble: Govt's $140m school attendance initiative overlooks NZ's missing children crisis
OPINION: Community-based initiatives could be used to get these children back on track.
Brent Carey: Why a social media ban for under-16s won't work
OPINION: Stifling youth expression won't solve digital dilemmas.
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Personal Finance
Diana Clement: How much should you have in emergency savings?
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Mary Holm: The biggest winners and losers from the Government's KiwiSaver changes
OPINION: Young people are the only clear winners in the Budget announcements.
Property
Former Warehouse boss sells his villa to overseas buyer for more than $8m
The US exec and his artist wife are now living in France.
Designer selling his award-winning house - 'definitely one of the hardest things I've done'
Toby Chapman-Smith designed and built the home.
Real estate agent Ollie Wall and agency must apologise after complaint
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The Kiwi entrepreneur transforming period care with Uber's support
Last year’s winner, Suraya O’Brien, scaled her business with a prize of almost $54,000.
‘Emerging Company of the Year’ Projectworks raises US$12m, plans AI splash
Wellington start-up says it will be able to spot when you're burned out.
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Technology
Tech Insider: Wellington man gets shock $16k bill after using a Google AI-ready tool
PLUS: Some good news for fintechs in the open banking war.
Elon Musk returns to his tech empire, facing questions of inattention
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Trump taps Palantir to compile data on Americans
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Butter was being advertised at $5.50 but actually cost $9.55 on the company's app.
Mortgage wars: Another major bank cuts home loan rates
ASB joins ANZ in cutting its fixed mortgage rates.
The Kiwi entrepreneur transforming period care with Uber's support
Last year’s winner, Suraya O’Brien, scaled her business with a prize of almost $54,000.
Police spend nearly $120k painting Auckland buses like cop cars
The campaign is part of a drive to recruit 500 new officers.
Middle-aged stress: Financial hardships rise despite mortgage relief
Those between 35 and 49 are experiencing the highest rate of financial hardships.
‘Emerging Company of the Year’ Projectworks raises US$12m, plans AI splash
Wellington start-up says it will be able to spot when you're burned out.
Richard Prebble: Govt's $140m school attendance initiative overlooks NZ's missing children crisis
OPINION: Community-based initiatives could be used to get these children back on track.
Chilled out: Inside the NZME shareholders' meeting as agitator Jim Grenon fronts up
Steven Joyce and Grenon appointed to Herald owner's board and turn their focus inward.
ANZ cuts home loan rates, lowest rate in three years
The bank has cut all of its home loan rates and the majority of its term deposits.
Market close: NZX 50 drops 0.7%
Share volumes amounting to $243.9 million changed hands across the main board on Tuesday.
NZME board shake-up: Joyce, Grenon secure key positions
Shareholders voted 93.61% for Joyce and 86.17% for Grenon as new board members.
Auckland man convicted after issuing 677 WoFs without checking any vehicles
The owner of Newmarket Automotive Repairs earned $40k from the fraudulent WoFs.
International tourism hits $12.2b, still 14% below pre-Covid levels
Visitor numbers to NZ rose 4.3% to 3.32 million, which is 86% of pre-pandemic levels.
Air NZ announces Christchurch-Adelaide service after getting planes out of ‘the sin bin’
New Airbus A321s and leased engines allowing for more flights, CEO says.
'Unauthorised modifications': Developer, builder fined $35,000
A judge convicted the businesses after changes were made to a level-18 penthouse.
Fish stress forces King Salmon to reduce harvest
The fish farmer says its fish are not eating as much as usual.
Air NZ to use bigger jet on some Auckland-South Island flights
All Blacks test in Dunedin, Queenstown winter holiday trips get more seats.
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