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Innovate To Dominate: The Power Of Global Talent
Monday, 27 May 2024, 6:57 pm | Safeguard Global
By recruiting top-tier talent from anywhere in the world, you can tap into a richly skilled candidate pool who will help you pioneer solutions to complex problems, redefine business models and deliver cutting-edge products and services. More >>
Open Banking: How To Opt In - And Out - Of The New Payment System
Monday, 27 May 2024, 6:36 pm | RNZ
NZ's four major banks will soon provide open banking - a new way to pay and track funds. Here's how it works. More >>
Food Bank Collection 'Risky' For Supermarkets
Monday, 27 May 2024, 6:23 pm | RNZ
Supermarkets are making profit from goods donated to charity. More >>
Mark Weenink Joins Generate’s Board Of Directors
Monday, 27 May 2024, 4:38 pm | Generate
Generate is pleased to announce the appointment ofMark Weeninkas a new Non-Executive Director to the Generate Board. Mark is a highly respected practitioner with extensive experience in the financial services sector. His previous roles include serving on ... More >>
Retirement Of Port Nelson CEO
Monday, 27 May 2024, 4:00 pm | Port Nelson Ltd
After what will be five years at the helm, Port Nelson’s CEO, Hugh Morrison, will be retiring in mid-November 2024. More >>
ASB And Pāmu Partner Up To Help Farmers And Wider Industry Future-proof Businesses
Monday, 27 May 2024, 3:59 pm | Pamu Farms
ASB and Pāmu have come together with a new Sustainable Progress Initiatives programme to accelerate industry-good projects with social and environmental benefits for New Zealand’s agricultural sector. More >>
Deloitte’s Survey Finds These Generations Are Most Concerned With The Cost Of Living And The Looming Effects Of AI
Monday, 27 May 2024, 3:24 pm | Deloitte
Now in its 13th year, Deloitte’s 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey connected with nearly 23,000 respondents across 44 countries, examining the evolving circumstances shaping the workplace and the societal experiences of these generations globally. More >>
Taxpayers’ Union Launches Briefing Paper Calling For $49 A Week Tax Relief
Monday, 27 May 2024, 3:13 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is today releasing its latest briefing paper, entitled “$49 Dollars a Week – What Treasury Owes the Average Kiwi.” More >>
Award-winning Wintec Wāhine Plumbing Student Riding A Pipeline Of Success
Monday, 27 May 2024, 3:10 pm | Wintec
Maria is currently completing her apprenticeship at Morrinsville Plumbing and Gas Services (MPG). She wraps that up in August and from there will be set to graduate from Wintec next year. Along the way she has picked up several accolades and become ... More >>
New Category For Micro-businesses Joins The New Zealand Tourism Awards
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:32 pm | Tourism Industry Aotearoa
There are 14 awards – 11 for businesses and three for individuals in tourism. This year, to increase the recognition of smaller tourism operators, a new Tourism Excellence Award has been introduced for micro-businesses (with a turnover under $1.5 million). More >>
Tech Heavy Hitters Join FTN Motion
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:27 pm | FTN Motion
Kiwi automotive start-up FTN Motion is welcoming Dyson’s former CEO, Roland Krueger, as an advisor and shareholder alongside Jamie France, who most recently led Engineering, Production and Launch for the Electron rocket at space company Rocket Lab. More >>
Auckland Cracks Top 100 In International Conference Ratings
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:01 pm | Tataki Auckland Unlimited
Auckland was New Zealand’s top city in the ICCA rankings. The 27 international conferences held in Auckland in 2023 attracted nearly 10,000 delegates and were worth an estimated $18.4 million to the economy. More >>
Second Call For Submissions On The Regulatory Systems (Primary Industries) Amendment Bill
Monday, 27 May 2024, 1:52 pm | Primary Production Committee
The policy objective of this omnibus bill is to improve regulatory systems related to primary industries, by ensuring that they are effective and efficient, and that they accord with best regulatory practice. More >>
You Can’t Save Yourself Into Profit
Monday, 27 May 2024, 1:29 pm | Mud Media
Along with their family, Bill and his wife, Keri Kahotea, milk 800 cows in a 50-bail rotary on 271ha. They produce 370,000kg of milk solids a year and employ four staff, including their daughter, Stella. More >>
New Partnership Aims To Bolster The New Zealand Electricity Market With The Cleanest, Greenest Electricity Money Can Buy
Monday, 27 May 2024, 12:11 pm | SEANZ
The Partnership gives SEANZ Group members exclusive access to market-leading buy-back rates of 21 cents per kWh peak export for energy that is exported back to the grid. More >>
2024 Most Trusted Brands New Zealand Winners Announced!
Monday, 27 May 2024, 11:43 am | Reader's Digest
The highest praise goes to Whittaker’s, who has won Most Trusted Confectionery, Most Trusted New Zealand Iconic Brands AND Most Trusted Of All Brands Surveyed for 2024. More >>
Asa Announces Most Complained About Ads Ever In 50th Anniversary Annual Report
Monday, 27 May 2024, 11:25 am | Advertising Standards Authority
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has released its 2023 Annual Report, marking half a century of advertising self-regulation. More >>
Triumph At The New Zealand Commercial Project Awards 2024
Monday, 27 May 2024, 10:52 am | Acumen
Canam Commercial, took out the Supreme Award for its Whangārei Civic Centre project in the Over $10 million category. The Unispace team won the Supreme Award for a project Under $10 million for their highly sustainable commercial fit out of the Arup offices. More >>
BMW New Zealand Drives Forward Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Monday, 27 May 2024, 10:33 am | BMW Group NZ
BMW New Zealand has reiterated its commitment to bolstering public electric vehicle charging infrastructure with its destination charging program achieving a special milestone. The company now has more than 100 public chargers installed across New ... More >>
The Co-operative Bank Delivers Consistent And Fair Profit In Full-year Result
Monday, 27 May 2024, 10:15 am | The Cooperative Bank
The Co-operative Bank’s profit was up 9% on $18.5 million reported profit before rebates and tax in the year ended 31 March 2023. More >>
TradieGuide Introduces Comprehensive Locksmith Guides ForQueenstown, Wellington, And Tauranga
Monday, 27 May 2024, 10:05 am | TradieGuide
TradieGuide is pleased to announce the launch of three new guide websites: Locksmiths Queenstown , Locksmiths Wellington , and Locksmiths Tauranga . These sites provide comprehensive resources for finding reliable and professional locksmith services ... More >>
Vista Group Co-founder And Director Wins NZ Hi-Tech’s ‘Flying Kiwi’ Award
Monday, 27 May 2024, 9:59 am | Vista Group
Auckland, New Zealand, 27th May 2024 – Vista Group is proud to announce that co-founder and Director Murray Holdaway received the prestigious NZ Hi-Tech ‘Flying Kiwi’ award at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards on Friday 24th May. The Flying Kiwi award recognises ... More >>
Kennedy Point Syrah 2021 Named World’s Best Syrah At London International Wine Challenge
Monday, 27 May 2024, 9:54 am | Kennedy Point
Waiheke Island’s Kennedy Point Vineyard has once again been recognised for its outstanding Syrah. More >>
Capgemini And Schneider Electric Collaborate To Help Companies Achieve Energy Optimisation
Monday, 27 May 2024, 9:37 am | Alexander PR
“Energy Command Center” is an innovative energy management platform that will enable organisations to monitor and manage the performance of energy assets across their operations More >>
Cool-Safe & Climate Change Commission Post Event Report
Monday, 27 May 2024, 9:31 am | Cool-Safe
Cool-Safe CE Janine Brinsdon announced significant changes to some key Cool-Safe initiatives that will support industry in recovering as much waste refrigerant as possible. More >>
Transpower To Close Trading Platform EmsTradepoint
Monday, 27 May 2024, 9:26 am | Transpower
Transpower has decided to close its gas and carbon trading platform emsTradepoint later this year, after consulting with staff, and a process to identify a prospective purchaser was unsuccessful. More >>
Transpower To Close Trading Platform EmsTradepoint
Monday, 27 May 2024, 9:20 am | Transpower
Transpower has decided to close its gas and carbon trading platform emsTradepoint later this year, after consulting with staff, and a process to identify a prospective purchaser was unsuccessful. More >>
Businesses Are Hunkering Down And Adjusting To The New Normal – Business Confidence Survey
Monday, 27 May 2024, 8:53 am | Auckland Business Chamber
The latest Auckland Business Chamber confidence survey, conducted in May, reveals that Auckland businesses are bracing for continued economic headwinds and adjusting to the new normal. More >>
TradieGuide Announced The Launch Of New Storage Guide Websites For Ashburton, Hamilton, And Palmerston North
Sunday, 26 May 2024, 1:25 pm | TradieGuide
Each website offers detailed guidance on selecting the right storage unit, understanding pricing, and ensuring the security of stored items. More >>
Tens Of Thousands Of Pensioners Still Paying Off Student Loans
Sunday, 26 May 2024, 5:15 am | RNZ
Many don't realise their superannuation will be docked to repay a student loan, financial mentor says. More >>
Whanganui Lotto Player Wins $1 Million
Sunday, 26 May 2024, 3:55 am | Lotto New Zealand
One lucky Lotto player from Whanganui will be jumping for joy after winning $1 million with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. More >>
Maintaining the Ban on Live Animal Exports: Essential for New Zealand’s Reputation and Welfare Standards
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 4:51 pm | Animal Justice Party
In response to the recent statement by Federated Farmers advocating for the reversal of the live export ban, Animal Justice Party (AJP) asserts that we must address the critical issues that such a reversal would pose to NZ's international reputation, ... More >>
TradieGuide Unveils New House Washing Guide Websites For Hamilton, Nelson, And Auckland
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 1:15 pm | TradieGuide
These websites aim to provide comprehensive guides on house washing, including tips on maintaining exterior cleanliness and detailed service offerings in their respective regions. More >>
How White Label SEO Services Drive Lead Generation For Agencies
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 1:13 pm | Hugh Grant
White label SEO services involve outsourcing these specialized SEO tasks to external providers, allowing agencies to brand the service as their own. This approach will enable agencies to offer comprehensive SEO solutions to their clients without needing ... More >>
How E tū union ended up taking one of its own to the employment court
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 5:39 am | RNZ
The union now must pay its former employee compensation, 12 months' lost remuneration and more to his costs. More >>
Why Some MPs Take A Pass On KiwiSaver
Friday, 24 May 2024, 4:18 pm | RNZ
One couldn't afford it, another prefers to invest in his farm. Some MPs cite schemes that no longer exist. What's going on? More >>
The Meat Box Expands With Extended Grocery Offering
Friday, 24 May 2024, 2:14 pm | Kennerley Gourmet Grocery
Building on the acquisition of Supie’s trademarks and domains, The Meat Box now delivers a comprehensive range of fresh produce and essential groceries, providing a convenient one-stop shopping experience for Kiwis. More >>
Electrifying Queenstown Summit To Inspire Businesses To Decarbonise
Friday, 24 May 2024, 2:09 pm | Destination Queenstown
Queenstown Lakes’ commitment to a carbon-zero visitor economy will be brought to life for business owners and tourism operators at the region’s inaugural Electrifying Queenstown business summit next month. More >>
2024 FMG Region-off Season Launched
Friday, 24 May 2024, 12:41 pm | FMG Young Farmer
Today marks day one of the 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Region-off and FMG is reminding locals to get on board with earning points to keep their region at the top of the table. More >>
‘Cuts In Context’ Report Launch And Visual Display At Parliament Today
Friday, 24 May 2024, 11:39 am | Taxpayers' Union
Cuts in Context reveals the Government’s proposed cuts to the Public Service departments do not nearly go far enough to rewind the massive staffing increases under the previous Government. More >>
Information And Communication Technology Supply Survey: 2023
Friday, 24 May 2024, 11:18 am | Stats NZ
The Information and communication technology supply survey: 2023 collected sales data from New Zealand businesses that are involved in producing or supplying software and information technology (IT) services. More >>
Growth In Export Markets For New Zealand Milk Powder
Friday, 24 May 2024, 10:56 am | Stats NZ
Milk powder exports were valued at $9.7 billion in the year ended April 2024, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. More >>
TradieGuide Launches New Commercial Cleaning Guide Websites Across New Zealand
Friday, 24 May 2024, 10:19 am | TradieGuide
TradieGuide, a leading platform for connecting businesses with reliable service providers, has launched three new guide websites to enhance access to commercial cleaning services. More >>
Pioneer Energy Acquires 100% Ownership Of Southern Generation
Friday, 24 May 2024, 10:06 am | Pioneer Energy
The Southern Generation portfolio includes four North Island hydro stations, two South Island wind farms and one wind farm development in Southland. More >>
Small Retail Spend Increase Not Enough To Boost Sector
Friday, 24 May 2024, 9:34 am | Retail NZ
Strong signals on controlling the cost of living, combating retail crime and improving infrastructure are on Retail NZ’s wish list for next week’s Budget announcements. More >>
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Advises Amicaa And The Carlyle Group On NZ$140 Mn Financing Package For Management Buyout Of NPD
Friday, 24 May 2024, 9:19 am | MinterEllisonRuddWatts
MinterEllisonRuddWatts advised amicaa, an Australian private credit manager, and The Carlyle Group on all aspects of their debt financing. The loan includes sustainability-linked incentives to support NPD in meeting Scope 3 emission targets. More >>
New Chair Appointed To Spirits NZ (Inc)
Friday, 24 May 2024, 8:46 am | Spirits New Zealand
Pernod Ricard’s Monique Sprosen has been appointed Chair of Spirits New Zealand (Inc). The Chair heads the Board of 10 representatives from member companies. More >>
Dasset Collapse Exposes Gaps In NZ Crypto Regulation?
Friday, 24 May 2024, 6:00 am | Hugh Grant
The news of the liquidation of Dasset came out unexpectedly for the investors and has left hundreds of them in the middle of nowhere. They can’t even access their invested fund; we can only imagine how disturbing it can be for them. More >>
Commercial Radio Cements Its Audience Reach Leadership Position - Total NZ Survey 1 2024
Friday, 24 May 2024, 5:48 am | GfK Radio
“While we see some well documented challenges across the NZ media landscape, commercial radio holds firm. The last four surveys have shown weekly listening of around 3.4 million. At a time where I know that advertisers are ‘searching’ for answers ... More >>
New Data Reveals Momentum Of NZ Fintech On Eve Of New Open Banking Rules
Friday, 24 May 2024, 5:41 am | Technology Investment Network
The report, launched at Amazon Web Services Auckland yesterday as part of NZ Techweek24, provides an update on data from TIN’s 2023 New Zealand tech sector survey, including longitudinal growth, key markets, investment, and business spending trends. More >>
Rock Ready To Roll Under New Minerals Strategy
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 5:01 pm | Aggregate and Quarry Association
Quarries delivering rock, aggregate and sand - already by far the nation’s largest mineral producers - will be amongst the first to benefit from the sector’s new strategy. More >>
$2 Billion Export Goal For Mining Great News
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 4:51 pm | Straterra
Doubling mining’s export value to $2 billion over the next 10 years is a great goal, says Straterra chief executive, Josie Vidal. More >>
NZME Grows Radio Audience And Share. Commercial Radio Continues To Attract Massive Audience
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 3:05 pm | NZME.
ZM has had a fantastic result, growing its audience to 537,400. The Hits continues to build on its success, celebrating its biggest ever audience and growing audience share for the eighth consecutive survey. More >>
New Wellington Billboards Throw Down $49/Week Gauntlet For Budget
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 2:54 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Taxpayers’ Union is today launching five billboards around Parliament depicting the Finance Minister riding a piggy bank to emphasise the fact that the average Kiwi needs to see a $49/week tax reduction at next year’s budget in order to reverse ... More >>
VAST Data And Northern Data Group Partner To Deliver Market-Leading Scale, Speed, And Energy-Efficient AI Cloud
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 2:34 pm | VAST Data
Northern Data Group’s GenAI cloud platform, Taiga Cloud, brings comprehensive, in-region AI-as-a-Service offering to Europe by leveraging NVIDIA GPUs and the VAST Data Platform More >>
Responsible Gen AI Adoption Could Add An Extra Of 4.5 Trillion In Economic Value In APAC Over The Next 15 Years
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 1:50 pm | Accenture
Embracing a people-centric approach could increase GDP growth in APAC by 0.7 percentage annually. More >>
LJ Hooker Group Releases Wish-list To Address House Challenges In Lead Up To Central Government Budget
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 1:05 pm | LJ Hooker
LJ Hooker Group is calling on the New Zealand government to take measures to help the ‘squeezed middle’ affected by the current economic pressures and rising interest rates. More >>
Foodstuffs ‘10 Points’ Fail To Show Their Proposed Merger Would Lower Supermarket Prices
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 11:44 am | Grocery Action Group
A 10-point list published by Foodstuffs citing value for customers if their North and South Island operations are able to merge, flies in the face of research which shows they are making excessive profits while Kiwis pay some of the highest prices ... More >>
AT On Track To Resurface 400km Of Roads After Summer Road Reno
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 11:32 am | Auckland Transport
More than 750 crew members have been busy working across the entire Auckland region during AT’s Summer Road Reno. While some jobs have been small, others have come with unique challenges. More >>
Retail Activity Up In March 2024 Quarter After Eight Declines
Thursday, 23 May 2024, 11:01 am | Stats NZ
Nine of the 15 retail industries had higher retail sales volumes in the March 2024 quarter, compared with the December 2023 quarter, after adjusting for price inflation and seasonal effects. More >>
