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Mazda releases CX-30 into vastly different market
The fact that this year’s new car market might crash and deliver just half the 2019 volume hasn’t destroyed Mazda NZ’s confidence but will steer sales expectation.In discussing hopes for the CX-30 compact crossover – the first new car to launch nationally since the covid-19 lockd...
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Opinion
Brent Melville: Kiwis trust local news but bots bomb reliability ranking
For many people, the global covid-19 crisis has taken over every waking moment, not least because of the constant barrage of information they are exposed to. Aptly, the World Health Organisation refers to it as an “infodemic.” And clearly much of the information people can...
Services
Booming gaming sector still struggling for talent
The local gaming industry has adapted to life under covid-19 restrictions but its biggest problem, attracting skilled developers and game designers, will stay on the other side of the shutdown, game developers say.There are also a growing number of developers who argue the sector...
Services
JENNY RUTH: Will covid-19 sound death knell for movie theatres?
Movie theatres are dead! That's the umpteenth time in recent memory the industry's death knell has been sounded, this time because of the coronavirus crisis, which has forced the closure of cinemas around the world. The chief analyst at US-based research firm RiskHedge, Stephe...
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