What US giants DoorDash and Uber want with rural New Zealand

What US giants DoorDash and Uber want with rural New Zealand
Minister Brooke Van Velden delivered a DoorDash meal in September last year. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
Multibillion-dollar United States-based meal delivery companies are entrenching themselves deeper and deeper into rural New Zealand as they continue their global hunt for new customers.DoorDash entered the NZ market in Wellington in 2022. A year later, it was in Auckland and has since been entering increasingly smaller markets. In February, the New York Stock Exchange-listed (NYSE) firm with a US$76 billion (NZ$133b) market capitalisation added Tokoroa, Oamaru, Wānaka, Hāwera and Te Puke to the areas it services. Though it’...

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