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Andrew Couch: Firm, decisive action needed to improve transport

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Opinion: NZ media needs a fair go - Ben Goodale

OPINION: We need to ensure our advertising dollars support local first, not last.

Where major asset managers are investing

Infratil manager Morrison is eyeing five key themes in 2024.

Latam flight plunge ‘a black swan event’, former commercial jet pilot says

Plane plunge horror: 'I don’t think any pilot has time to be scared.'

NZME buys Gisborne Herald newspaper and website

The newspaper has served as a 'cornerstone' of Tairāwhiti for 150 years.

'They're moving fast' - steel framing rises for NZ's first Ikea store

The framework for the giant store is now up to the second level of a planned three levels.

Telegram hits 900m users, nears profitability as founder considers IPO

Pavel Durov grants a rare interview to The Financial Times.

Europe faces ‘competitiveness crisis’ as US widens productivity gap

Financial Times: Washington reaps benefits from green fiscal stimulus, rehiring.

So many scams as AI and technology meet old-fashioned greed and trickery

A dizzying array of scams exist - some new, some old. Here's what to watch out for.

Government exploring ‘corporate welfare’ for oil and gas

National and Act supportive of giving oil and gas companies certainty in their future.

Diana Clement: Are you guilty of ‘harmless’ fraud?

OPINION: 'Harmless' fraud is a crime we all pay for.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, to marry for fifth time

Ex-News Corp chairman to marry girlfriend Elena Zhukova, 67, in a summer ceremony.

What NZ wine buyers are revealing and which country drinks the most wine

More wine buyers are women and more are also buying beer.

Where Fair Go might go - and why are TV shows so expensive to make?

'Who the hell decided to cut this?' Could Fair Go work outside old-school TV?

Tourism rebound: What visitors really do when they’re here

New MBIE data shows which nationalities are most satisfied and which are least happy.