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Toyota shareholders demand vote against chairman after Japan scandal

Chairman to run gauntlet after major embarrassment for the company.

Auckland house-building outstrips population rise

On the fringes, especially to the north, west and south, are where real growth occurred.

Builder failed working for Kāinga Ora, liquidators now trying to recover money

BNZ, Fletchers, Carters, Steel & Tube, plumbers and roofers are among those owed money.

Global defence groups hiring at fastest rate in decades amid record orders

Financial Times: Companies in sector looking to recruit tens of thousands this year.

Infratil plans big data centre expansion

Infratil plans to raise $1.15 billion to fund growth in data centre company CDC.

NZDF plane breaks down: Air NZ flight diverted for delegation; PM may always fly commercial

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's meeting with Japanese counterpart unaffected.

Fight for control of Yemen’s banks between rebels, government threatens to further wreck economy

Rivalry over the banks is throwing Yemen’s financial system into deeper turmoil.

US executive pay rises at fastest rate in 14 years

Financial Times: Figures follow Elon Musk’s triumph over huge Tesla package.

'Crude attempt' - Fletcher v Australian builder on leaky pipe problem

'Negotiations over the Perth pipe problems are confidential and have not yet concluded.'

Opinion: US dollar doomsters have got it all wrong

Financial Times: Why global demand for the US currency is so strong.

Kiwis voting on Elon Musk’s giant pay package; Air NZ cuts costs

And the joke doing the rounds after the latest US Federal rate announcement.

$160m video game rebate: First recipients named after brush with death

PLUS: How transtasman posting was halted, despite our lower kickback.

110 Perth homes a month have exploding pipes: builder BGC

Full cost to put new pipes into a Perth place has been estimated at A$80,000 per home.

Competition head-on: NZ's biggest new Pak'nSave rising beside rival Woolworths

Newcomer makes a bold challenge, developing giant store right next door.

Eke Panuku challenged over broken Wynyard Quarter footbridge

'Must maintain a direct public access way' - clause in ground lease highlighted.

World faces ‘staggering’ excess of oil by end of decade - IEA

Financial Times: We're on track for a surplus of millions of barrels a day, the IEA says.