6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (425+ words) The last six government carbon auctions have failed to sell a single unit, and over three years only two of 24 auctions have cleared at all. That is not a market misfiring. It is a market that no longer exists. As…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (327+ words) This is not just another listing. After years of soft consumer spending, higher funding costs and drifting valuations, a half-billion-dollar asset going under offer is a live pricing test. Whatever Botany achieves becomes the benchmark for how institutional capital is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (388+ words) Stuff reported this week that a written-off luxury EV, an Audi e-tron, had been listed for sale a second time without a clear damage history attached. Treat the individual case as illustrative rather than settled. But the structural problem it…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (268+ words) The timing is deliberate. The Conservation Amendment Bill is still before the Environment Select Committee, and its final shape now hinges on who forms the next government. For business readers, this is not an abstract values debate. It is a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (625+ words) Labour is selling its capital gains tax as narrow, targeted, and something nine out of ten New Zealanders will never pay. Businesses, the pitch goes, are excluded. The family home is out. Farms, KiwiSaver, shares and retirement savings are all…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (360+ words) The number of people in apprenticeships and workplace-based training fell to 108,315 in 2025, the lowest count since 2011 and down 32% from the record 158,570 reached in 2022. This is not a plateau. A July 2026 briefing to Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds showed Q1 2026 enrolments running…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (172+ words) Once Methanex is gone, the primary balancing mechanism becomes the Ahuroa storage facility at up to 65 TJ per day, smaller and less nimble. Translation for anyone with a large power bill: sharper price swings and more exposure during the exact…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (226+ words) The target is clear. The Bill applies to every company operating in New Zealand with annual revenue over $100 million, roughly 1,000 firms. Those in scope must map their supply chains, publish annual modern slavery statements covering their structure, operations, remedial actions…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) When Kmart put $99 Anko Camera Glasses on its shelves in August 2026, it did something regulators had been dreading. It turned covert recording from an early-adopter novelty into a mass-market impulse buy. Premium devices like Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley ranges were…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (455+ words) A letter from Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche, written in August 2025 and made public on 31 August 2026, contains the clearest statement yet of where the government wants to take the state sector. In it, Roche wrote: “We need to move…...