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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 13h
📢 It’s 2020-something, on a tropical island, somewhere. At The White Pearl Resort & Spa, management of Pêcheur & Perle gather for an...
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In NZ Opera’s The Pearl Fishers, Filipe Manu outshines the pearls
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 13h
📢 The Collector To see artist Karin Montgomery’s exquisite paper floral creations is to believe them … even then, you...
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Te Papa invests in ‘dizzyingly accurate’ paper specimens
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 13h
📢 Homes of the Month A mysterious concrete house in the heart of Auckland's Freemans Bay commercial precinct is being pitched t...
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Freemans Bay house pitched as $11m investment property
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 13h
📢 The Life of... Oliver Hill is the country president of Schneider Electric New Zealand, the local arm of an energy technology...
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The Life of ... Ollie Hill, Schneider Electric country president
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 By Rebecca CadenheadGoogle has launched a satellite to find out whether data centres can run in space. A prototype satellite containing four of Google&rsqu...
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Can AI run in space? Google is about to find out
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 By Sarah Nassauer and Patrick ThomasWhen Red Bull wanted to raise prices on its energy drinks, Kroger booted them from its stores, an unusual move for the Midwe...
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Why Kroger is trying to be more like Walmart
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 Luxury Travel When you visit a lodge called Fleetwood, you’d expect accommodation that pays homage to the eponymous band. T...
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Fleetwood: Goes its own way
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure, disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Jenny Gill, ONZM, who has worked...
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Fail File: Jenny Gill, ONZM, philanthropist
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 Ad hominem is Latin for “to the person”.It means attacking the person making an argument instead of the argument itself. You’ll hear it a...
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Play the ball not the man: the market doesn't care about your process
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.The brief seemed innocent enough.In 2020...
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On the Money: Josie Pagani, Nicola Taylor, Pattrick Smellie, Richard Harman, John Chow and more
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 02/10/2026
📢 The New Zealand sharemarket fell nearly 1% on a bout of selling as investors became nervous about an escalation of the US-Iran War.The S&P/NZX 50 Index slid...
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NZ sharemarket down almost 1% amid Iran War escalation
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 02/10/2026
📢 Hallenstein Glasson Group has been rewarded for its strong full-year earnings report this week, with its share price up more than 10% so far.Between market clos...
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Hallensteins share price up almost 11% this week amid strong earnings
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 02/10/2026
📢 Winton Land independent chair Michael Stiassny has bought 245,232 ordinary shares in the company, according to a notice to the NZX on Friday afternoon.Stiassny,...
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Michael Stiassny buys over 245,000 Winton shares
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 02/10/2026
📢 Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds ruled out any privatisation of Kiwibank, while National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis said she’s open to...
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Kiwibank splits National, Labour at BusinessDesk-MYOB debate
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 02/10/2026
📢 More retailers are closing across New Zealand than hospitality venues, new findings from global data company Experian show.In Wellington, where spending in the...
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Stronger retail, hospitality spending doesn't guarantee business survival: Experian
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 02/10/2026
📢 Motorists and businesses are cutting fuel use more sharply as high prices persist, with Z Energy saying the demand reduction is significantly stronger than duri...
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Sharper drop in fuel demand as high prices persist: Z Energy
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 02/10/2026
📢 Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds ruled out any privatisation of Kiwibank while National finance spokesperson Nicola Willis said she’s open to o...
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Kiwibank splits National, Labour at BusinessDesk-MYOB debate
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Small and medium-sized enterprise owners are split before the General Election, with support for the coalition parties falling below 50%, according to a new MYO...
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SME election poll: National still leads, but Labour support nearly doubles
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 By Nicholas G MillerMortgage rates posted their largest increase in four years this week, one of the clearest signs of how the recent bond-market selloff is spi...
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Mortgage rates surge, notching largest weekly gain in four years
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Which ocean is the largest by surface area?Which gas do plants primarily absorb for photosynthesis?Which instrument has 88 keys?What is the chemical formula for...
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QuiznessDesk, Friday, Oct 02
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 By Spencer JakabWords rarely heard from star fund managers: “I just got lucky.”Some might blame poor timing or unforeseen events for a lousy year, b...
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The random path to stock market riches
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Gender pay gap remains - but many women are turning to investing.New Zealand has made great strides in gender equality – but an 8.6 per cent gender...
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The rise and rise of women's investing
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 This article has been prepared by Craigs Investment Partners, edited by the NZ Herald, and is being published as advertorial.Craigs Investment Partners celebrat...
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How a quake and a crash led to success
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Geopolitics has roared back into the heart of businesses’ material concerns after decades of calm, says Mike Burrell, chief executive of the Sustaina... 👉[Ad] Private 1-to-1 matchmaking by MarryNZ for marriage or a serious long-term relationship. marry.nz
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NZ businesses are getting a crash course in geopolitical chaos
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Picture the scene: an employee submits a company credit card statement full of personal purchases, and one very good dinner out with "clients" turns o...
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Technically compliant, morally suspect: when employees play the letter against the spirit
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Working Well is an ongoing series from BusinessDesk in partnership with Southern Cross Health Insurance, exploring the issues that shape employee health and wel...
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Spotting workplace hazards before they hit
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Three Terra Consultant companies narrowly avoided being tipped into liquidation in the High Court after a director reportedly had a hospital emergency. The...
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Terra Group liquidation hearing adjourned after director's reported medical emergency
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Environment Southland has sold a 14.3% stake in South Port, netting more than $32 million while maintaining a majority stake in the strategic asset. S...
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Southland council sells $32m South Port stake amid record growth
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 The directors of Teak Construction may face action by the Companies Office over how the failed business handled $3.8 million in retentions owed to its subcontra...
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Teak directors reported over retentions owed to subbies
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Small and medium-sized enterprise owners are split before the General Election, with support for the coalition parties falling below 50%, according to a new MYO...
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SME election poll: National still leads, but Labour support nearly doubles
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 There are ongoing calls to break up large electricity generator-retailers.Concerns about the market power of Contact, Genesis, Mercury and Meridian are a major...
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The awkward economics of breaking up the gentailers
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 The New Zealand sharemarket staged an impressive late rise after falling nearly 1% earlier in the day, with leading stocks under the weather.The S&P/NZX 50... 👉[Ad] Private 1-to-1 matchmaking by MarryNZ for marriage or a serious long-term relationship. marry.nz
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NZ sharemarket flat after falling almost 1% earlier
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 The Labour Party will restrict parliamentary urgency to four uses and send every law passed under it back to a select committee within six months, Labour leader...
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins pledges to curb urgency and toughen Official Information Act
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Liquidators of collapsed solar company solarZero have filed High Court proceedings against four former directors, alleging breaches of directors’ duties w...
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Liquidators file High Court action against four former solarZero directors
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 The National Party has announced a plan to trial seamless travel for Australian and New Zealand citizens travelling between the two countries, if re-elected.Nat...
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National Party proposes seamless trans-Tasman travel
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Labour has announced its "Fair Go Law" policy.The policy includes measures to ban junk car insurance, stop the hard sell of extended warranties, requi...
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Labour unveils ‘Fair Go Law’ policy to combat hidden fees
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Two popular Auckland eateries are closing after more than a decade.Ortolana and fellow Savor Group eatery The Store will close next month as Britomart undergoes...
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The Store and Ortolana to close as Britomart redevelopment begins
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026
📢 Mystery Creek is best known as the home of Fieldays, but it became a political stage on Wednesday night as more than 200 farmers gathered for a debate on the is...
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BBQ, beers and politics: A night out at Mystery Creek
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 The Reserve Bank of New Zealand says it prefers to work with banks to meet the nation’s currency needs, as it issues the findings of its contested cash-ac...
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RBNZ begins work with banks on cash access
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 New Zealand King Salmon shareholder China Resources Asset Management has entered into an agreement to sell its 9.87% stake to Oregon Group and Porus Holdin...
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Oregon lines up majority control of NZ King Salmon
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 By Rachel Louise Ensign and Justin LahartThe ultrawealthy aren’t just pulling away from average Americans. Buoyed by a stock-market boom that has added tr...
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The gap between the rich and the very, very rich is getting wider
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 What is the main ingredient in traditional hummus?In economics, what term describes a situation where a single seller dominates a market?Which dynasty built the...
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QuiznessDesk, Thursday, Oct 01
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 ANZ Bank New Zealand has appointed Michael Bullock as chief operating officer in a newly created role from November 2, 2026, subject to no objection from the Re...
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Michael Bullock appointed as ANZ's COO in NZ
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 Heartland Group Holdings' shareholders strongly approved the proposed $620 million tie-up of Heartland Bank and TSB Bank, but the deal still faces several r...
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Heartland shareholders approve $620m buy of TSB Bank
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 A group of Filipino families who trusted property group St Johns say their dream of owning their own homes has turned into a nightmare. In the second of a... 👉[Ad] Websites that win enquiries: build/rebuild/move, forms, SSL, care. webservices.photonmark.com/websites
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Filipino families say they lost KiwiSaver in deals with property group
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 Membership at council and community gyms is rising as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite.Auckland Council's pools and leisure network added nearly...
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Council gyms flex as memberships surge in tough economy
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 Deputy Public Service Commissioner Heather Baggott spent about $40,000 of public money on a two-week leadership training at Oxford University.This is the s...
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‘Poor leadership costs money’: Public Service Commission backs executive training spend
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 Something feels slightly unusual about an election campaign in which a first-term Government has to spend so much time explaining why the country is finally get...
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Getting back on track isn’t what it used to be
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 New Zealand wants more from its science system: more startups, more export revenue and more high-paying jobs. But in the rush to commercialise research, are we...
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Business of Tech: Inside Auckland University, the innovation engine
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BusinessDesk (Unofficial) @businessdesk.nzcow.com · 30/09/2026
📢 As long-mooted digital credentials inch towards delivery, documents reveal a broad pipeline of credentials – including eight projects officials refuse to... 👉[Ad] Business email on your domain: NZ$5/mo, 10GB, aliases, IMAP/SMTP, DNS help. webservices.photonmark.com/email
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Slate of new digital credentials planned amidst delays in filling Govt.nz wallet
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