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Exports struggle to get good prices but NZ trade deficit still shrinks

Expensive imports gobble up some of our strong export volumes.

Shipping costs rise again as Red Sea, Panama Canal ills disrupt

Twin canal crises still loom as NZ supply chain urged to get its own house in order.

KiwiRail slumps to $407m loss on Interislander write-offs

The half-year result doesn't include the cost of breaking the shipbuilding contract.

'Time's up': Major export gateway Port of Tauranga runs out of container berth space

No room left to take on new shipping services.

Opinion: Talkfests and Nimbyism ruining our roads and housing

OPINION: Some will always oppose the changes that others advocate.

Property Insider: Contentious retirement village survey, who wants $500k+ from failed builder

More than 300 NZ retirement villages and 71 operators ranked according to best practice.

Obituary: Auckland businessman Graeme Edwards

One of the former owners of Alloy Yachts, Graeme Edwards, has died.

Port of Tauranga faces challenge of wars, economic malaise

Lower dairy and kiwifruit volumes and lower consumer appetite for imports take toll.

Port of Auckland improves half-year return to city, lifts container tally

Half-year looks up, imports and exports improve.

Stock Takes: Market braces for earnings decline, Mainfreight shines

Mainfreight and the gift that keeps on giving

Property Insider: Kāinga Ora under fire; Chinese developers ‘shrivel’; why mega-projects are late and costly

Investigation findings on the state housing agency will be reported to ministers in March.

The changing face of Auckland: Apartment projects to dominate in 2024

But as some rise, why are others struggling to get off the ground?

$1000/year to drive your EV: Road user charges for electric vehicles from April

The other shoe has dropped. How it will work.

Property Insider: $33m Auckland block bought pre-election for scrapped light rail

'Irresponsible' said Simeon Brown of the rail business buying so close to the election.

US drawn further into Middle East conflict with Houthi strikes

Financial Times: US struggles to balance deterrence and diplomacy amid war shockwaves.

Tesla dethroned as EV sales boomed in final month of Clean Car Discount

An industry boss wants clarity as EV owners get set to pay Road User Charges.

Market close: Shares dip as interest rate cut question weighs on investors

Transport stocks were also under pressure after Maersk said it’s avoiding the Red Sea.

Fran O’Sullivan: Winston Peters’ Red Sea move brings NZ and the US closer

OPINION: New Zealand’s interests are three-fold: Economic, moralistic and loyalistic.