Business news
Maccas takeover: Couple sell three McDonald's restaurants - but eye up another nine
They've had the 'time of our lives' but are ready for a new challenge.
Hydrogen powered milk tanker hits the road
Hydrogen-powered heavy vehicles are still an emerging technology.
'New home for heavy industry': New Rotorua industrial park taking shape
Civil work began in June with sections due to be ready by July next year.
1:1 iPad push helps school exceed national benchmarks
Head boy heads for Ivy League.
Business news around NZ
Market close: Fed's 'jumbo' rate cut spurs NZ shares higher
Across the ditch, the Australian sharemarket reached a record high.
Why former owners of three Auckland restaurants went into liquidation owing $700k
“It’s going to be completely different from what it is now.”
What’s the deal with ‘free money’ from power companies?
Not everyone qualifies, here's why - and whether you might be one of them.
More Rotorua business news
Mark Lister: Did the Fed just make a policy mistake?
OPINION: Policymakers need to ensure unemployment doesn’t rise too much.
Opinion: More twists in the US election tale
OPINION: What a pivotal month in US politics might mean for markets.
Crushing 4% rental yield gap largest in 15 years – but many investors undeterred
'Rents are nowhere near enough to cover the mortgage for a typical debt-backed purchase.'
NZ Film Commission spends $16k on CEO parties amid budget cuts
The Film Commission has thrown two parties apiece for its retiring and incoming CEOs.
Opinion: Rate cuts are coming, here's what investors should do
OPINION: The Reserve Bank would need to make a move soon, Mark Lister says.
Trade Minister Todd McClay in Italy for G7 meeting
'Hustling on the world stage': Trade Minister excited about G7 invite.
NZ projects short-listed for World Architecture awards
Stadium, university, retail, home, spa, bach, marae, office buildings are all on the list.
$20m project: NZ paper mill switches from gas to geothermal steam
Mill decarbonisation 'equivalent to removing over 2200 cars from the road'.
Mark Lister: Cause for optimism in mid-year market report card
OPINION: It was a lucrative first six months of the year for investors.
More than 100 businesses lining up at Rotorua Home & Lifestyle Show
The show will present a diverse range of exhibitors.
Kiwifruit industry 'booming', licence and orchard prices fall
Fewer orchards staying in families as syndicate ownership picked as a growing trend.
Government’s $1.2b fund for the regions, who can tap it and what it’ll buy
The new regional infrastructure fund opens to applicants; who can apply, what it'll buy.
Pessimists sound smart, optimists make money - Mark Lister
OPINION: Optimism pays in investing
Port's majority shareholder green-lights share sell-down
The council holds a 54.1% stake in New Zealand's biggest port.
Receivers issue latest update on Ruapehu Alpine Lifts
Buyer must strike a deal with the Crown to agree to continue to operate giant skifield.
Mark Lister: Trump the frontrunner in debate lead-up
OPINION: Biden will be hoping an early debate will revive his campaign.
Mark Lister: Raft of bad news from locally listed companies
OPINION: What could turn things around for local stocks?
Dairy farmers will need to tighten belts this season, says DairyNZ
Inflation has eaten into what historically would have been a strong farmgate milk price.