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- Synlait slumps on forecast loss as Fisher & Paykel lifts NZX 50 index – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 rose 0.34% as 35.2 million shares traded worth $171 million.http://dlvr.it/TQllkg - Last over in multi-day cricket to continue despite a wicket after latest amendments to Laws
ICYMI: The MCC also changed the Hit Wicket and Overthrow laws, among other revisionshttp://dlvr.it/TQlkrc - Bracewell progressing ‘really good’ as NZ prepare for varied conditions
After playing warm-up game against USA in the night in Mumbai, NZ will play back-to-back day games in Chennai to kick off their WC campaignhttp://dlvr.it/TQlkZL - NZ shares hold steady despite RBA rate hike – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,421.52, up 9.07 points or 0.07%.http://dlvr.it/TQkYTq - NZ shares hold steady despite RBA rate hike – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,421.52, up 9.07 points or 0.07%.http://dlvr.it/TQkYTq - Last over in multi-day cricket to continue despite a wicket after latest amendments to Laws
The MCC also changed the Hit Wicket and Overthrow laws, among other revisionshttp://dlvr.it/TQkXGB - Gold and silver volatility weighs on NZ sharemarket – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed flat at 13,412.44, down 0.08%.http://dlvr.it/TQjMpc - Kishan century, Arshdeep five-for complete New Zealand’s demolition
ICYMI: Kishan’s maiden T20I century powered India to their third-highest total, which proved 46 too many for New Zealandhttp://dlvr.it/TQjLdM - Official Information Act: How a transparency law was hollowed out – David Harvey
OPINION: Officials now use delays, extensions and tactics to blunt the act’s intent.http://dlvr.it/TQhMXN - India opt to bat; Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakravarthy return
ICYMI: For New Zealand, Allen, Jacobs, Jamieson and Ferguson came in for Conway, Chapman, Foulkes and Henryhttp://dlvr.it/TQhLrw - Kishan century, Arshdeep five-for complete New Zealand’s demolition
Kishan’s maiden T20I century powered India to their third-highest total, which proved 46 too many for New Zealandhttp://dlvr.it/TQhLhX - The power station in your driveway: Queenstown trial uses EVs to power households
The upsides and the downsides.http://dlvr.it/TQgbbR - India opt to bat; Axar Patel, Ishan Kishan, Varun Chakravarthy return
For New Zealand, Allen, Jacobs, Jamieson and Ferguson came in for Conway, Chapman, Foulkes and Henryhttp://dlvr.it/TQgZmZ - Media Insider: Breakfast co-host Tova O’Brien’s legal restraint; Ex adman’s novel skewers industry’s awards obsession; BSA rules on TVNZ Tom Phillips privacy complaint
BSA rules on TVNZ/Tom Phillips privacy complaint; Extraordinary life of Brian FM founder.http://dlvr.it/TQfh51 - Seifert, Santner headline NZ’s massive win despite Dube’s 15-ball fifty
ICYMI: They survived a hammering from Dube, who struck India’s third-fastest half-century in T20Ishttp://dlvr.it/TQfg7r - Bank switching among mortgage holders spiked in December, soaring past previous record
Borrowers chase attractive cashbacks.http://dlvr.it/TQdZWT - India opt to bowl, Kishan out with niggle
ICYMI: Arshdeep replaced him; New Zealand also made one change, bringing in Zak Foulkes for Kyle Jamiesonhttp://dlvr.it/TQdYkG - Seifert, Santner headline NZ’s massive win despite Dube’s 15-ball fifty
They survived a hammering from Dube, who struck India’s third-fastest half-century in T20Ishttp://dlvr.it/TQdYP9 - NZ sharemarket falls as inflation jump stokes interest rate hike fears – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index slid 0.73% to close at 13,412.87 on a weak day.http://dlvr.it/TQcSTn - Samson vs Kishan heats up with series in India’s pocket
ICYMI: With Tilak Varma missing the rest of the series, this tussle is set to continue through the last two T20Ishttp://dlvr.it/TQcRkz - India opt to bowl, Kishan out with niggle
Arshdeep replaced him; New Zealand also made one change, bringing in Zak Foulkes for Kyle Jamiesonhttp://dlvr.it/TQcRLM - EU, India agree on ‘mother of all’ trade deals to create a market of two billion people
The EU has eyed India as an important market for the future.http://dlvr.it/TQbM0F - Abhishek blasts 14-ball fifty to hand India unassailable 3-0 lead against NZ
ICYMI: It was India’s second-fastest T20I fifty after Bumrah and Bishnoi restricted NZ to 153http://dlvr.it/TQbL5z - Samson vs Kishan heats up with series in India’s pocket
With Tilak Varma missing the rest of the series, this tussle is set to continue through the last two T20Ishttp://dlvr.it/TQbKsB - NZX flat as gold roars – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,460.74, up 12.5 points or 0.09%.http://dlvr.it/TQZGmh - Abhishek blasts 14-ball fifty to hand India unassailable 3-0 lead against NZ
It was India’s second-fastest T20I fifty after Bumrah and Bishnoi restricted NZ to 153http://dlvr.it/TQZFhc - Investigator reveals tactic that could have prevented Auckland company’s $375,000 fraud loss
A former high-ranking New Zealand Police official helped expose the significant fraud.http://dlvr.it/TQYNbc - Court grants suppression to company director caught at Auckland Airport with child sexual exploitation files
The successful businessman ran companies in New Zealand and abroad prior to his arrest.http://dlvr.it/TQXfvB - NZ sharemarket ends week down almost 2% – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,448.24, down 108.63 points or 0.8%.http://dlvr.it/TQWjvR - US hip-hop label Def Jam launches China division in Chengdu
Universal Music calls China one of the world’s most dynamic music markets.http://dlvr.it/TQVc9Z - NZ sharemarket drops a whopping 1.15% – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 1.15%, its sharpest fall in two months.http://dlvr.it/TQTV7s - NZ sharemarket ends flat despite Fletcher sale – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,573.93, down 6.36 points or 0.05%.http://dlvr.it/TQSN2c - ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert
The rate rise to 5.79% could deliver ANZ about $12m in extra profit a year.http://dlvr.it/TQRJHs - Pact with Mercosur is aimed at showing EU can help maintain open markets despite US protectionism
Although more than 25 years in the making, deal comes at a pivotal moment.http://dlvr.it/TQQMbB - Media Insider: Scott Robertson’s axing – inside the All Blacks coaching storm; ‘Nothing made in China’ advertising controversy; Magazine editors step down
‘Superpower in decline’ – world media reacts to AB coach sacking; Mag editors step down.http://dlvr.it/TQNhSk - NZ sharemarket plunges 0.7% – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,659.79, down 97.92 points or 0.71%.http://dlvr.it/TQMbMR - NZ sharemarket ends volatile day up 0.7% – Market close
Craigs investment director Mark Lister says it was a solid day amid a good start to 2026.http://dlvr.it/TQLSvF - Griffin’s – Wine Biscuits
Commercial, 1986, (Full Length) It’s smoko time at the sawmill and a plate of Griffin’s Super Wines inspires Harold (veteran actor and writer Ian Mune) to take the role of ‘biscuit connoisseur’, critiquing his snack whilst confusing a slow-moving workmate (Lani Tupu from popular drama Country GP). Veteran actor Martyn Sanderson (The Governor, Lord of… Read more: Griffin’s – Wine Biscuits - The business of the All Blacks – Richie McCaw on building the brand, the state of the game and his frustrations over TMO, kicking
Inside the All Blacks’ mystique: NZR brings out its trump card in US to help build brand.http://dlvr.it/TQKLrX - Inside: Investigation escalates Trump’s long-running feud with Powell over interest rate levels
NY Times: Trump has attacked Powell for resisting his demands to slash interest rates.http://dlvr.it/TQJFzV - As sure as Night ’n Day: Family-run business that rose from a corner dairy to 54 franchise stores – can it disrupt supermarket duopoly?
How a world-famous shop for Otago students became NZ’s third-biggest grocery retailer.http://dlvr.it/TQHJsg - Five New Year’s resolutions we should make as a country – Cecilia Robinson
OPINION: Why we should choose optimism over cynicism.http://dlvr.it/TQGZHV - NZ sharemarket ends first week up over 1% – Market close
The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 20.61 points or 0.15%.http://dlvr.it/TQFgJQ - Lunch with … Anna Mowbray – the rich-list high-flyer on the keys to business success, raising a blended family with an ex-All Black and her values: ‘I’m definitely a Scrooge!’‘[Ali is] such an incredible person; a big softie – he’s so open, so vulnerable, so real.’http://dlvr.it/TQDYkd
- NZ stocks edge higher after Wall St powers ahead – Market close
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare climbed 3%, doing most of the local heavy lifting.http://dlvr.it/TQCSYn - NZ sharemarket continues upwards trajectory – Market close
US oil companies buoyant on Trump plan for them to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry.http://dlvr.it/TQBLgv - ManageMyHealth informing GP clinics affected by cyber attack before contacting individuals later this week
Company apologises and admits it could have communicated more clearly.http://dlvr.it/TQ9Hc1 - The big obstacles to Trump’s plan for a Venezuelan oil windfall
Venezuela now pumps about one million barrels a day, under 1% of global oil supply.http://dlvr.it/TQ8MpH - Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
BYD sold 2.26 million EVs last year to overtake its US rival run by Elon Musk.http://dlvr.it/TQ7dtg - Media Insider: 26 predictions for New Zealand media in 2026 (and how our 2025 predictions fared)
The best-read and most engaging Media Insider stories of past 12 months and more CEO Q&As.http://dlvr.it/TQ6qTY - Failed property developer Ritesh Mani must pay $750,000 to supplier, court orders
Twice-bankrupted Ritesh Mani’s Eco-Smart Homes owed more than $750,000 to a supplier.http://dlvr.it/TQ60TH - Election 2026 a toss-up as Luxon India deal, AI revolution reshape economy – Richard Prebble
OPINION: My forecasts for the year ahead.http://dlvr.it/TQ5H4z - Holiday blues make for quiet end to NZX year – Market close
NZX’s 2025 performance trails 2024 but is up 3% for the year.http://dlvr.it/TQ4RTx - Deep Blue
Television, 1995 Setting sail across the South Pacific, Deep Blue follows a 10-month voyage through remote and wild oceans and islands. This 13-episode documentary series is presented by American filmmaker Mike deGruy, alongside filmmaker Peta Carey and musician Ole Maiava. Aboard the yacht Evohe, the team dive with a stunning variety of marine life, explore… Read more: Deep Blue - Gull, NPD merger should bring fuel prices down with low-cost business model – AA
The merged NPD-Gull group would control about 240 fuel sites nationwide.http://dlvr.it/TQ2qNs - Why you should consider investing outside of New Zealand – Mary Holm
OPINION: The NZ sharemarket makes up about 0.1% of all the shares in the world.http://dlvr.it/TQ2DJX - The cost of keeping principals: Pay packets at top private schools
One private school’s principal earns more than Cabinet ministers.http://dlvr.it/TQ1Ynt - Media Insider: Six media chief executives, six questions for 2026 – hear from the bosses of TVNZ, NZME, RNZ, Stuff, Sky TV, and MediaWorksTheir words – TVNZ, NZME, RNZ, Stuff, Sky & MediaWorks bosses on 2025 and what lies ahead.http://dlvr.it/TQ0w24
- Rodd & Gunn’s new $10m+ four-storey global flagship in Melbourne heritage building
‘Level of detail and how each floor of the store works is incredible,’ says Mike Beagley.http://dlvr.it/TQ0G6p - How the Whitakers bought their first Waikato dairy farm in their 30s
Their strict budgets, low early interest and off-farm income reduced debt fast.http://dlvr.it/TPzPHP - Deloitte Top 200 2025: Top 30 financial institutions lift profits 10.6% in 2025
Motor Trade Finance debuts at rank 27 with assets of $1228m.http://dlvr.it/TPyRlv - Pāmu Landcorp boss promises better financial performance, says there are ‘conversations’ around its future
Mark Leslie told Newstalk ZB the Crown would ‘like to release some capital’.http://dlvr.it/TPxZvx - Waikato’s Newstead Orchard: Future secured as new partner takes over operations
Annie Perkins has bought into the business, learning alongside John Woolford.http://dlvr.it/TPwtC4 - Kaikōura developer Garry Robertson launches defamation action against district council and senior official
A council official called Garry Robertson a ‘complete prick’ and a ‘consummate taker’.http://dlvr.it/TPw1Kj - Media Insider: John Campbell’s new Morning Report role – RNZ’s robust board discussions; Girls Uninterrupted podcast ends; Sky TV sport content facelift; Westpac agency moves
Sky Sport’s content facelift; Westpac’s big agency move; Warehouse marketing shake-up.http://dlvr.it/TPtxXd - LawVu hits $400m valuation, buys European firm ClauseBase to boost its AI push
A Bay of Plenty start-up signs up some big-name global customers.http://dlvr.it/TPss9d - Media Insider: Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation case – former TVNZ presenter Peter Williams takes stand in support of Jim Grenon-funded Batchelor claim
Julian Batchelor is suing TVNZ and an academic in a defended hearing over a 2023 story.http://dlvr.it/TPrpPN - GDP preview: How strong is the economy? September quarter data due
GDP data for the September quarter, due this week, are expected to show a strong bounce.http://dlvr.it/TPqn17 - No reprieve for Nicola Willis expected from Treasury forecasts, as return to surplus in question
The return to surplus may be pushed out again.http://dlvr.it/TPptDn - Surviving in ‘25: Was the year really as bad as it felt? – Liam Dann
OPINION: It ain’t over yet… Liam Dann tempts fate with his year in review.http://dlvr.it/TPpCP1 - Are recent mortgage rate increases justified? Banks accused of putting profits ahead of NZ’s economic recovery
Are banks putting profits ahead of NZ’s economic recovery?http://dlvr.it/TPnNw2 - Media Insider: Air NZ sends flight safety video into holding pattern; RNZ faces shake-up at highest level; NBR v IRD stand-off heats up; The spicy battle for KFC account
IRD v NBR subscription stand-off heats up; KFC creative pitch: A spicy advertising battle.http://dlvr.it/TPmKwB - Kitea Health closes $13m raise, lines up human trials in the US
Specialist Aussie funds back capital raise.http://dlvr.it/TPlGL8 - Retailing Normans buying ex-Beca HQ; Seascape developer gives update; Ryman abandons Moondah; Waikato steel plant planned, Mowbray move – Property Insider
The last 2025 column, reporting on the billionaire Normans and a big building deal.http://dlvr.it/TPj5CK - Small Business: Bark to match the bite with Howler Hotdogs
Jo Williamson talks to Tom Raynel about her small business Howler Hotdogs.http://dlvr.it/TPh9F0 - Finally NZ’s Paris Climate Agreement charade is as good as over – Heather du Plessis-Allan
OPINION: Nicola Willis has signalled New Zealand will not spend $23b overseas on trees.http://dlvr.it/TPgRYq - Media Insider: Journalist Ian Wishart v RNZ and Broadcasting Standards Authority – the High Court case over a story about a run of hot weather in Hamilton
An RNZ story about Hamilton’s weather is at the centre of High Court legal action.http://dlvr.it/TPfbV2 - Deloitte Top 200: Chief executive of the year – Sky TV’s Sophie Moloney
Sophie Moloney’s five-year turnaround has lifted Sky’s share price to around $3.50.http://dlvr.it/TPdTbB - Guardians of Gold collapse: Retiree fights for missing $26k bullion bar
She is ‘outraged’ he has started two new companies with creditors still owed big money.http://dlvr.it/TPcKq0 - The unavoidable reason New Zealand will need to tax capital – Inside Economics
ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week’s economic news.http://dlvr.it/TPb8Wl - Media Insider: ‘Appalling’, ‘insensitive’: Sky TV’s bizarre response following longtime customer’s death
‘The Sky appears more profound as we express our sorrow for the loss…’http://dlvr.it/TPYzLz - Rotorua car dealership Barry Grouby Motors closes for good
There have been plenty of happy customers, but it hasn’t always been plain sailing.http://dlvr.it/TPXyKW - Pop the bubbly, the economic recovery is here (finally) – Liam Dann
OPINION: Never mind the arrival of Ikea; the economic recovery has arrived.http://dlvr.it/TPXJDn - Building farm resilience: Cyber threats and climate volatility – Angus McCullough
OPINION: For agribusinesses, cyber risk isn’t just about stolen data.http://dlvr.it/TPWYtF - Luxon’s KiwiSaver move is good, now raise the Super age – Matthew Hooton
OPINION: The eligibility age could be raised by three months a year from April 2026.http://dlvr.it/TPVd1T - Lifting Kiwisaver contributions to 12% makes sense – when the whole scheme is fixed
OPINION: Nearly 26% of New Zealanders say they’re struggling to get by financially.http://dlvr.it/TPTdMw - Media Insider: Former Real Housewife of Auckland seeks legal advice after Eye magazine editor-in-chief’s email
A once-close partnership has collapsed, with lawyers set to step in.http://dlvr.it/TPSbhx - Opinion: NZ’s justice system is shaped to increase the billable hours of lawyers
OPINION: Few can afford to go to court, so why not expand the Disputes Tribunal?http://dlvr.it/TPRZd9 - Billionaire family turns India’s gold obsession into a fortune
The Muthoot family is reaping the benefits of an exploding gold market.http://dlvr.it/TPQgNX - Labubu futures and AI frenzy show capitalism’s weird new frontiers – Liam Dann
OPINION: Nvidia’s latest result had market-watchers holding their breath.http://dlvr.it/TPQ11y - Log prices stay flat as weak China demand and ETS reforms hit confidence – Marcus Musson
OPINION: NZU values plunged 20% after the Government signalled ETS reform.http://dlvr.it/TPPCyh - Media Insider: IRD faces legal threat over NBR paywall access; Three frontrunners for TVNZ Breakfast; Jenny-May Clarkson’s new role; Bunnings drops NPC sponsorship; PM v paper in Samoa
Bunnings pulls out of NPC rugby sponsorship; latest magazine and newspaper readerships.http://dlvr.it/TPN9tq - Inside Economics: The real reason economists are confident the recovery is coming
ANALYSIS: Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the week’s economic news.http://dlvr.it/TPL2r1 - Media Insider: Kiwibank appoints Together as new advertising agency, parts ways with OMD on eve of seismic global merger
Decision comes on the eve of seismic advertising merger and Kiwibank’s own big plans.http://dlvr.it/TPK25M - WorkSafe warning after man killed when crane touched powerlines
WorkSafe has guidelines for working near overhead powerlines and advises extreme care.http://dlvr.it/TPJ5b7 - Balcony collapse leaves Auckland man paralysed, engineer finds ‘serious risks’ at Queenstown Airbnb
Fin Paddison was in Queenstown with friends.http://dlvr.it/TPHQyd - Expert’s idea to combat the ‘billions’ scammers spend on social media scam ads
Leaked documents said Meta projected it would make US$16b from scam ads last year.http://dlvr.it/TPGdf6 - Investors eye signs of economic recovery as reporting season begins – Stock Takes
About 20-odd companies are due to report results over the next few weeks.http://dlvr.it/TPFbwb - The quiet gold rush testing New Zealand’s appetite for mining wealth
Gold prices have surged past $7000 an ounce, driving new mine projects.http://dlvr.it/TPDWwM - Inside Economics: Is the brain drain keeping unemployment down? Plus, green shoots ahead
ANALYSIS: Is the brain drain distorting our own unemployment rate?http://dlvr.it/TPCRGx