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Members of the Connected Business Network are growing their businesses in leaps and bounds HAMILTON Connected Business Network Business Team meetings are a mixture of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich mastermind philosophy, coupled with accountability ...

Return of the Champions Two defending champions among entries for this year’s Christchurch Airport Church Marathon. With four weeks until race day, the Christchurch Airport Marathon is again shaping up as New Zealand’s premier road race, with two ...

May 10 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar weakened along with other currencies linked to commodities on concern about Chinese demand, as the US dollar picked up.

“The existence of persons and property preceded the existence of the legislator, and his function is only to guarantee their safety.” – Claude Frederic Bastiat The quote of the week is brought to you by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. To support the Union’s campaign for lower taxes and less government waste, click here. Tags: Quote of the week, […]

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May 10 (BusinessDesk) - Wall Street was mixed as caution about the global economic outlook weighed on investors’ minds, even amid fresh merger and acquisition deals and better-than-expected results and raised profit estimates including from Tyson ...

Trans-Tasman sums it up nicely: Usually it has been Labour, going back to then party president Mike Williams’ infamous 2007 “H Fee” Sydney trip, which has persistently taken the view Key is a crook and if they keep digging for long enough they will find something on him. Ten years is a long time to […]

If you ask an economist about transport policy, it’s a certainty that they will mention congestion pricing at some point. It’s easy to see why. Currently, we manage our roads like a Soviet supermarket: access is rationed by queues rather than prices. As a result, we get inefficient outcomes.

News from NZ Police at 5pm A truck is blocking the road and a trailer is hanging over the edge of Blue Mountains Road in Upper Hutt. Nineteen cattle that were in the trailer have got out and have gone into the bush. Animal control are on the way and a vet has been notified […]

Press Release – Wellington Chamber Of Commerce Sustainability, resilience and economic growth must be at the centre of Wellington City Council’s annual plan for 2016/17, Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive John Milford said today while presenting the Chamber’s submission on the plan. He said the plan was promising, and it was positive to see some […]

Press Release – Bridget Williams Books Some five thousand years ago, the people who would become the Polynesians moved from South China through the Asian archipelago, eventually pushing out into the Pacific Ocean. New Zealand was the last place to be settled, by the people who became …The First Migration – a new BWB Text […]

Press Release – Air New Zealand Air New Zealand will become the only airline to operate scheduled Dreamliner services between Auckland and Hawaii with the inaugural Boeing 787-9 flight departing to Honolulu tonight.10 May 2016 Air New Zealand Dreamliner takes off to Honolulu Air New Zealand will become the only airline to operate scheduled Dreamliner […]

Press Release – Green Party Who: Reverend Socratez Sofyan Yoman, a West Papuan human rights leader and chairman of the Papuan Baptist Church Alliance, will be meeting with MPs and parliamentary supporters10 May 2016 Green MP to host West Papuan leader at Parliament Who: Reverend Socratez Sofyan Yoman, a West Papuan human rights leader and […]

Press Release – Harcourts Its a role he takes over from Gilbert Enoka, who has left to work full time as All Blacks Manager Leadership.Harcourts appoints Adrian McFedries as Chief Strategy Officer 10 May, 2016 Adrian McFedries has been appointed Chief Strategy Officer for Harcourts International. It’s a role he takes over from Gilbert Enoka, […]

Wellingtonians give their opinion on the Airwheel.

New Zealand’s $700 million pipfruit industry says it will have greater confidence in the country’s biosecurity system now that it will play an influencing role in helping to manage and govern biosecurity and risk.

Steps to reduce the potentially devastating impact of a fruit fly incursion have been taken in Wellington today by Government and a number of horticulture industry groups.

John Palino Mayoral Campaign To support my mayoral campaign I have released a book “A Vision for Auckland”. The book is available free in PDF form from my website www.palinoformayor.co.nz , or on Amazon for purchase. “A Vision for Auckland”, ...

Busy? Let’s make it fit – in 30 amazing minutes Auckland Pools and Leisure today (Monday 9 May) launch ‘Let’s Make It Fit’ - a tailored 30 minute fitness program for busy people who can’t find time to exercise. Research conducted by the Auckland ...

NZ dollar falls on TWI basis as prospects of rate-cut contrast with Fed looking to hike

Reports of elderly Chinese parents being abandoned by their families in New Zealand is again proof changes must be made to the family reunification scheme, says New Zealand First.

The Australasian legal training business, Legal Empowerment, now has an exclusive licence to deliver Bond Solon expert witness training and witness familiarisation courses in Australia and New Zealand.

MANILA (Rappler/Pacific Media Watch): The Philippines' third automated elections today cap a tight presidential race led so far by Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking Davao City mayor who promises to stop crime in 3 to 6 months, Rappler reports.

BusinessDesk report by Jonathan Underhill Fairfax Media, whose publications include Wellington’s Dominion Post, says it has nothing to disclose about its New Zealand operations. It was responding to a report in The Australian newspaper which said it was considering an A$200 million spinoff of its New Zealand newspapers, magazines, and digital business. “Fairfax continues to […]

Neuroscientists support Huntington’s disease conference Media Release University of Auckland 9 May 2016 Neuroscientists support Huntington’s disease conference Researchers and clinicians from across New Zealand will converge at the 2016 Huntington’s ...