It’s all hands on deck at Castlepoint Hotel - The Whakataki in preparation for the taps to start flowing again after a six-month hiatus.
Business
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MediaWorks is behind some of New Zealand's biggest commercial radio brands, including The Rock, More FM, The Breeze, Mai and The Edge.
12:05pm
Netball New Zealand is exploring a private ownership model for the ANZ Premiership, as one of several options being considered as it battles to secure a long-term future.
8:28am
They said the move was a “fundamental breach of trust” with the institutions that the sport's global governing body serves.
Tuesday 3:05pm
The affected products were sold in supermarkets in the South Island, said the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Tuesday 2:40pm
Federated Farmers meat and wool chairman said the key challenge had been that land values did not align with the productive capacity of farms.
Tuesday 12:31pm
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The company said it achieved US$234 million in revenue for the quarter, up 62% from the same period in 2025.
Tuesday 11:24am
Nearly three out of every four of those switching through Powerswitch in July went to either Electric Kiwi or Genesis.
Tuesday 10:28am
If you have looked for somewhere to get cash out recently, you might have noticed a change – many bank-owned ATMs have vanished.
Tuesday 9:44am
Horners makes about 22 million lollies for Air New Zealand annually, including two limited-edition flavours: the blackcurrant 'All Black', and the Christmas candy-cane edition.
Life
Tuesday 8:26am
"We’re pretty gutted to be leaving, but mostly, we just want to say a huge thank you for having us at your table all these years," the brand said.
Mon, Aug 10
In the last 14 months, more than 700 wealthy foreign nationals have applied under the scheme – which is up 115 from the past three years.
Effective from today, Kiwibank made changes to its 6-month, one-year, two-year, and three-year special and standard rates, as well as some term deposits.
Contact separately announced on Monday it was working with CDC Data Centres to explore building a 250-megawatt data centre at Stratford in Taranaki.
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The plaintiffs claimed that the logo on their driver’s seat gets so hot that it literally brands them and causes burns.
Sun, Aug 9
Once a generation feels they have no agency in their future, that’s a hard mindset to change, an author says.
But independent supermarkets won't yet cater for the whole shop of many consumers.
Sat, Aug 8
The company said 10 of its 23 stores around the country will stay open and become part of the Caroline Eve chain.
Fri, Aug 7
Massey University marketing expert Bodo Lang said Ooshies followed several well-established marketing principles and tapped into "deep-seated drivers of consumer behaviour".
Three Hawke's Bay brothers swapped music for ice cream and built a Hollywood hit, serving the uniquely Kiwi flavour to tourists and stars.
Education Minister Erica Stanford said the subjects would be available for students in Years 12-13 from 2029.
Thu, Aug 6
Kea Aerospace said its next generation aircraft, with a wingspan comparable to an Airbus A320, will fly in the stratosphere, nearly 20km above Earth.
The department it was concerned about workers being paid in cash, complex contracting arrangements being used to obscure transactions and businesses failing to meet their tax obligations.
The package would cost $1.56 billion over four years, funding by a "refocusing" of the Government's investment boost policy.
Eftpos NZ has launched the hardware needed for facial and palm recognition, but biometric payment infrastructure is still being implemented.
