Navigation for News Categories
Business
Business headlines with summaries.
-
What is happening with the housing market?
11 May 2024Analysis - First-home buyers are still seeing benefits from low prices and competition, but having fewer investors in the market is impacting the rental shortage. Audio
-
Fund managers predict mixed corporate earnings season
13 May 2024The upcoming corporate earnings season is expected to be mixed with some companies more exposed to the downturn in the local economy than others.
-
How New Zealand got through the power supply threat
10 May 2024Analysis - A combination of consumer and business conservation measures and cranked up power stations met demand, Gyles Beckford writes.
-
Warning of tight winter ahead with NZ 'short' on energy capacity
10 May 2024The near-miss power grid emergency shows the need for more back-up, an energy analyst warns. Audio
-
'A lot of people are moving back'
A former Taumarunui meatworks has a new lease of life as a pet food factory - and is providing plenty of jobs for locals. Audio
-
Journalist who tried to save Newshub announces new role
13 May 2024Award-winning journalist Michael Morrah spearheaded a failed attempt to save Newshub.
-
Stranded Air Vanuatu passengers left with few options as airline shuts down
11 May 2024The airline has been shut down leaving passengers dangling over whether it will fly again. Audio
-
Warehouse Group profits, sales down for third quarter
10 May 2024The Warehouse Group's third quarter sales and profits are down on the year earlier, amid "highly uncertain" trading conditions.
-
Sheep farmers cutting costs, looking for new income sources as prices plummet
One of them said Wellington was "a vortex sucking cash out of the rest of the economy".
-
China's demand for for NZ red meat dips
6 May 2024Bit it was partly offset by good demand from other markets, the meat industry association says.
-
Bioenergy suggested to meet NZ's national power grid demands
11 May 2024Friday's power supply alert shows the need for a more resilient energy supply system, a biofuels advocate says.
-
Security guards seek power to detain as aggressive crime on the rise
10 May 2024Security guards need legal powers to detain offenders while committing a crime, an industry group says. Audio
-
Woolworths tells 79,000 they won a prize, then rescinds it
9 May 2024Woolworths has apologised to thousands of customers after mistakenly telling about 79,000 people they had won a competition.
-
Job applications soar as public sector layoffs continue
9 May 2024There's been a 112 percent increase in applications for jobs at one recruiter - and a 179 percent jump in Auckland.
-
Meridian Energy's wind farm almost finished despite obstacles
9 May 2024When completed, Harapaki will generate enough electricity to power most of Hawke's Bay.
-
TRENZ conference: Launch of online tool part of 'tourism for future'
10 May 2024Tourism Industry Aotearoa is launching a new online tool to help businesses become more sustainable.
-
Social housing in a heritage building
9 May 2024The project's developer believes it will be NZ's first social housing project inside a heritage-listed building. Audio
-
Here's what you should be earning at any age
8 May 2024What are the numbers relevant to your demographic and how does your income stack up?
-
More caution seen in company deal-making
9 May 2024Company deal activity fell sharply in the first three months of the year, as firms exercised more caution amid a weaker economic backdrop.
-
Lack of demand 'number one problem for businesses'
The new economic reality has hit a growing number of companies as they reveal significant hits to their earnings and profits. Audio
-
Australian visitors bounce back strongly despite not meeting pre-Covid-19 levels
Australian visitor numbers are bouncing back strongly, despite representing the country's largest gap in visitor volume.
-
ANZCO posts full-year profit, bucking industry trend
The profit is a standout considering other major meat players, Silver Fern Farms and Alliance, have posted big losses.
-
First home buyers benefit from lower prices and less competition - CoreLogic
8 May 2024First home buyers accounted for 26 percent of purchases in the first quarter of 2024, which was higher than the long-term average, latest data indicates.
-
How Ports of Auckland plans to deliver $1b profits to council
7 May 2024But there are no penalties if it does not keep up its end of the bargain. Audio
Top News stories
- Sophia Crestani inquest: Father hopes partygoers 'released' from guilt of not doing more
- Donald Trump is a convicted felon. Now what?
- Māori parliament workings discussed at Hui Ā Motu second phase
- Opinion: Budget 2024 lives up to a dispiriting tradition of short-termism
- Crusaders' play-off hopes still alive, but Drua could put nail in the coffin