My Net Worth: Simon Keating, Evolution Healthcare CEO
The Life

My Net Worth: Simon Keating, Evolution Healthcare CEO

"It's important to engage with everyone you know respectfully."

Review: Bistro is the Saine choice
The Life

Review: Bistro is the Saine choice

The newly opened restaurant is an ideal spot for a pre-show meal. 

On The Money: Therese Walsh, My Food Bag, $6b, and more
On the Money

On The Money: Therese Walsh, My Food Bag, $6b, and more

Therese Walsh for governor general? Plus, 'man ban' questions ...

Dileepa Fonseka 16 Aug 2025
Polestar 3: Guinness EV-SUV distance record
The Life

Polestar 3: Guinness EV-SUV distance record

Unmodified Polestar 3 achieves 935.44km on a single charge on public roads.

The Life

Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it

In recent decades, many of America’s roads have indeed become more chaotic.

Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it
Property

Do you need to own a house?

Rising property taxes and home-repair costs are prompting older people to rent. 

Do you need to own a house?
Opinion

Simon Robertson: All things macro ...

Talking about your macro trades at cocktail parties is top shelf.

Simon Robertson 16 Aug 2025
All things macro ...
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Opinion

All things macro ...
Opinion

Simon Robertson: All things macro ...

Talking about your macro trades at cocktail parties is top shelf.

Simon Robertson 16 Aug 2025
What to do about the entrepreneurship drain
Opinion

Peter Griffin: What to do about the entrepreneurship drain

NZ can’t control Australia’s salaries, but it can control the friction.

Peter Griffin 13 Aug 2025
Investment thriller: ‘Return of the IMF’
Opinion

David Chaplin: Investment thriller: ‘Return of the IMF’

Whether NZ complies with global best practice and licences custody could be moot.

David Chaplin 12 Aug 2025

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Investigations

Kāpiti council boss' $43k Harvard trip
Investigations

Kāpiti council boss' $43k Harvard trip

Mayor defends overseas training spend as investment in council performance.

Cécile Meier 15 Aug 2025
Rakon's founding family's board battle
Investigations

Rakon's founding family's board battle

Brent Robinson and Rakon's major Taiwanese shareholder aren't backing chair-elect.

School lunch plan reheated
Investigations

School lunch plan reheated

Surprise open tender opens the door to more flexible pricing.

Cécile Meier 23 Jul 2025
Simmonds bins official advice on waste policy
Investigations

Simmonds bins official advice on waste policy

Officials pushed for planned targets, bans and mandates. Simmonds overruled them.

Cécile Meier 18 Jul 2025
From prime to offal: Cheap cuts in school lunches
Investigations Exclusive

From prime to offal: Cheap cuts in school lunches

Supplier switches to offal blend, raising cost and transparency questions.

Cécile Meier 15 Jul 2025
China laps up NZ protein for booming pet economy – at a cost
Investigations

China laps up NZ protein for booming pet economy – at a cost

First infant formula; now feeding China’s fur babies, but investors need deep pockets.

Denise McNabb 14 Jul 2025

Productivity Unleashed

Productivity Unleashed: The $113b 'What-If'
Productivity Unleashed Economy

Productivity Unleashed: The $113b 'What-If'

The quiet tax of underperformance: $113b in lost output.

Dileepa Fonseka 04 Aug 2025
Your next co-worker won’t eat or sleep
Productivity Unleashed Artificial Intelligence

Your next co-worker won’t eat or sleep

NZ businesses are starting to plug AI agents into everyday operations.

Cécile Meier 08 Aug 2025
A decade in, Spark’s AI journey is paying off
Sponsored

A decade in, Spark’s AI journey is paying off

The telco’s use of AI offers insights for every Kiwi business.

Spark

Top Gainers


Ventia $5.960 6.62%
Pacific Edge $0.114 6.54%
Kathmandu Holdings $0.250 4.17%
Vulcan Steel $7.290 3.55%
Winton $2.100 3.45%

Top Decliners


ikeGPS Group $0.920 -6.12%
Cooks Ordinary Shares $0.250 -5.66%
Serko $2.500 -4.21%
Move Logistics $0.230 -4.17%
Promisia $0.400 -3.61%

Top Gainers


DGL Group $0.475 13.25%
Vista Group International $2.980 5.30%
Gentrack Group $9.010 3.33%
a2 Milk Company $7.980 1.92%
AFT Pharmaceuticals $2.720 1.70%

Top Decliners


BATHURST RESOURCES LIMITED. $0.740 -5.13%
Move Logistics $0.240 -4.65%
Serko $2.580 -4.15%
Sky Network Television $2.790 -4.09%
Synlait $0.540 -3.57%

Finance

Investor visas a gold mine for private credit
Finance

Investor visas a gold mine for private credit

More than $55m committed for residency destined for credit funds which lend to NZ firms.

Finance

Aussie broker giant CBN enters NZ with Folio deal

CBN is backed by ASX-listed Steadfast Group.

John Anthony 11 Aug 2025
Aussie broker giant CBN enters NZ with Folio deal
Finance

Capital gains tax to solve house-price affordability crisis?

ANZ's Richard Yetsenga said house-price affordability is a significant challenge. 

Staff reporters 07 Aug 2025
Capital gains tax to solve house-price affordability crisis?
Finance

Peter Griffin: Surcharge ban may not be a win for consumers

There are winners and losers in the surcharge move.

Peter Griffin 30 Jul 2025
Surcharge ban may not be a win for consumers
Finance

FNZ employee shareholders stake claim at $7.7b

The claim has been lodged in the High Court at Wellington.

Victoria Young 29 Jul 2025
FNZ employee shareholders stake claim at $7.7b

Technology


Investments

All things macro ...
Investments

Simon Robertson: All things macro ...

Talking about your macro trades at cocktail parties is top shelf.

Simon Robertson 16 Aug 2025
Investments

Competition law changing to allow 'beneficial collaboration'

Confidential submissions to the Commerce Commission will get a 10-year OIA exemption.

Pattrick Smellie 15 Aug 2025
Competition law changing to allow 'beneficial collaboration'
Investments Small Cap Wrap

Small cap spotlight: Blackpearl Group

Founder Nick Lissette says it's patriotic to be listed, but hard work.

Small cap spotlight: Blackpearl Group
Investments

Vista revving up cloud transition but needs more staff

Cinema software company says its going to spend more to get customers on the cloud.

Vista revving up cloud transition but needs more staff
Investments

Investor visas a gold mine for private credit

More than $55m committed for residency destined for credit funds which lend to NZ firms.

Investor visas a gold mine for private credit

The Life

Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it
The Life

Kids need freedom. Dangerous roads make it hard to grant it

In recent decades, many of America’s roads have indeed become more chaotic.

Polestar 3: Guinness EV-SUV distance record
The Life

Polestar 3: Guinness EV-SUV distance record

Unmodified Polestar 3 achieves 935.44km on a single charge on public roads.

My Net Worth: Simon Keating, Evolution Healthcare CEO
The Life

My Net Worth: Simon Keating, Evolution Healthcare CEO

"It's important to engage with everyone you know respectfully."

Review: Bistro is the Saine choice
The Life

Review: Bistro is the Saine choice

The newly opened restaurant is an ideal spot for a pre-show meal. 


Business Advice

How to recognise employees without pay rises
Business Advice Free

Shelley Palman: How to recognise employees without pay rises

A new survey reveals that businesses are trying to support staff in other ways.

Shelley Palman 11 Aug 2025
Can you be an influencer and keep your day job?
Business Advice

Rachael Judge: Can you be an influencer and keep your day job?

The more public your role, the more likely it is to reflect on your employer.

Rachael Judge 27 Jun 2025
Former Telecom chair Wayne Boyd honoured
Business Advice

Former Telecom chair Wayne Boyd honoured

Honours recognition for a lifetime of low-key, high-quality leadership.

Pattrick Smellie 02 Jun 2025