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The NZD has fallen against all its major trading partners over the past 24hrs as investors turn their attention to next week’s RBNZ rate statement. The Reserve Bank will have noted that the Australian Dollar appreciated after the RBA cut their ...

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Ian Apperly writes: This is laughable. In three years they’ve put in (another) tech hub (they are starting to fall from fashion due to their dubious effectiveness), screwed up Victoria Street while holding hands with the NZTA, and bought an air connection to Canberra of all places! This Council promised over twenty projects at the […]

The Unitary Plan is a crucial document for improving housing in Auckland, by enabling a lot more of it. As we’ve discussed, the Independent Hearing Panel’s (IHP) Recommended Unitary Plan enables almost double the “feasible” capacity from what the originally Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) did – from 213k dwellings to 422k dwellings. We also know that of those [...]

Press Release – ParrotDog Wellington-based brewing company ParrotDog will launch an equity crowdfunding campaign on 10 August to fund their new Lyall Bay brewery. Started in 2011 by Matt Stevens, Matt Kristofski and Matt Warner, ParrotDog is one of the leading craft breweries in Wellington. Moving into a new brewery will enable them to triple […]

Press Release – Wellington City Council Transgender icon Carmen Rupe is about to light up the former red light district of Cuba Street, as a new set of pedestrian crossing lights featuring her silhouette will be unveiled on Monday. Carmen, born Trevor Rupe in 1936, was a drag performer, brothel keeper, anti-discrimination activist, would-be politician, […]

Press Release – Vodafone Vodafone shakes up the youth market with Vodafone Mates offering a new twist in prepayVodafone shakes up the youth market with Vodafone Mates – offering a new twist in prepay Young kiwis are some of the most digitally savvy in the world, embracing all the latest gadgets, technology and social media […]

Australian accounting software company MYOB bought Greentree for NZ$25.5 million now and will pay another $3 million if the owners meet unspecified targets. It’s the latest move by what was until recently the regional leader in small business accounting software. Over the last five years Xero has hammered MYOB by offering a clean,  online, subscription-based alternative to […]

Rawhiti Estate in the heart of Remuera is the newest addition to BeGroup’s network of modern and boutique lifestyle retirement villages.

Aug. 3 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar fell against the greenback and the Australian dollar as traders started to focus on the Reserve Bank's policy review on Aug. 11 and whether it will need to do more than one 25 basis point cut to stir ...

Kiwis who build homes with an ageing, less-mobile population in mind will be rewarded with a local government initiative that reduces costs and streamlines the consent process.

Almost 300 students were put through their paces at the annual Police Blue Light Physical Competency Test in New Plymouth on Tuesday.

A few days out from the council voting on unprecedented restrictions on the capital's Cats, it's come to light that the council has taken legal advice on setting up kill zones for all unidentified Cats on reserve land.

A mild month overall and dry for eastern areas of the country. Temperature July temperatures were above average (+0.51°C to +1.20 °C) in many parts of New Zealand. It was an especially warm month for much of the inland South Island, Kaikoura and Auckland ...

University will offer rights to selected technologies for free in a bid to collaborate better with industry to increase local innovation. The Easy Access IP (EAIP) programme will provide local companies and NGOs with free and simple licenses to commercially ...

Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has today congratulated students from High Schools around Wellington who took part in the inaugural Engineering Week competition to build a water resistant floating house.

CubaDupa Street Festival announced Supreme Winner at Wellington Regional Airport Community Awards Surrounded by numerous inspirational community groups, Creative Capital Arts Trust was stoked and humbled to receive Arts & Culture and The Supreme ...

Trainees on the next Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) course starting next Monday will be privileged to have Police Commissioner Mike Bush as their patron.

The physical nature of Police work should be no trouble for the organisation’s newest recruits, with a range of sporting success among them at representative level.

New Zealand Avalanche Advisory (NZAA) forecasters have fresh concerns about the avalanche risk across the country. Run by the Mountain Safety Council (MSC) the NZAA is a critical tool to help gauge avalanche risk in the backcountry said chief executive ...

Minister’s U-turn of wahakura welcomed by Maori safe-sleep organisation Whakawhetu, New Zealand’s national SUDI (Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy) prevention programme welcomes the Minister of Health Jonathon Coleman’s decision to fund safe sleep ...

Auckland Mayoral Candidate Vic Crone has released her first Mayoral campaign video of the official Auckland Council 2016 election period.

Aug. 3 (BusinessDesk) - Turners, the financial services firm, has bought a one-hectare industrial site in Wiri for $4.8 million to extend its footprint in South Auckland.

After a lengthy battle, the Department of Conservation believes it has eradicated the invasive environmental weed tradescantia from Takapourewa/Stephens Island in Cook Strait.

A mysterious vintage postcard that has made its way to Napier’s i-SITE is needing to be rehomed.