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Take-off: $5.4m runway opens at Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre

Wisk, Kea Aerospace and Dawn Aerospace will run test flights from the upgraded facility.

What Fletcher Building might declare in half-year result next week

Gearing could be at the top end of the range and dividends to shareholders could drop.

Major bank lowers some fixed housing rates, term deposits

Bank says it will contact home loan customers who might be facing financial difficulty.

Stock Takes: How low unemployment will affect the sharemarket

And two stocks with diverging fortunes.

Leo Lewis: Hong Kong’s Messi backlash says more about digital fandom than football

Financial Times: Meltdown a revealing moment for the game as global entertainment.

Grocery Commissioner launches new ‘whistleblower’ tool

Device hopes to remove 'risk of retaliation' for supermarket suppliers.

Buyer for insolvent Ruapehu Alpine Lifts skifield walks away

A buyer for the distressed skifield cites a short DoC licence, other factors in decision.

Uber records first annual profits as market value approaches $250b

Financial Times: Rides, deliveries and ads increase as company celebrates.

McDonald’s says boycotts over Israel-Hamas war have hurt sales

Financial Times: Chain warns there will be little ‘meaningful improvement’ until war ends.

Bill Gates-backed miner finds huge Zambian copper deposit

Financial Times: KoBold Metals’ discovery comes as US steps up Africa metals push.

‘It’s a hangover’: Taylor Swift makes history as music business creaks

Financial Times: Industry’s streaming growth story has been followed by challenges.

The value of financial assets owned by 10 big post-settlement iwi

Asset returns decreased and half the iwi reported financial losses.

Property Insider: Apartment ‘hell’ in new series; magic behind early highway fix; Chinese exodus

Owners spent about $15m trying to fix The Ridge apartments: it's stripped out, empty.

Boeing in ‘last chance saloon’, warns Emirates head

Financial Times: Emirates head blames management and governance mis-steps.

Analysts 'disappointed' Fletcher Building's $180m hole cuts share price

A blow-out in NZ International Convention Centre costs caused the share slump.

Opinion: The home-working revolution is harming younger workers

FT: Bosses who insist on staff returning are demonised - but it's better for your career.