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Featured Rich Listers: Mat and Nick Mowbray
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (76+ words) Mat and Nick Mowbray’s Zuru group, is chasing chasing its most ambitious project yet – fully automating housing construction at a much cheaper cost. Nick and Mat Mowbray. Category: Make & Sell See all profiles, rankings and feature articles on The NBR…...
Perpetual Guardian launches new legal industry award ceremony
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (68+ words) National Business Review Perpetual Guardian launches new legal industry award ceremony The 2026 New Zealand Legal Excellence Awards will present 19 awards in November. WATCH: Perpetual Guardian chief executive Patrick Gamble. Fiduciary and estate planning firm Perpetual Guardian is backing the launch…...
Oil prices gush as Iran peace deal ‘dead’; AI stocks slide
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (879+ words) Rotation out of mega-cap stocks also expected to be a recurring theme on a stabilising monetary landscape, analysts say. Oil prices jumped on a faltering peace deal following US retaliation against Iran after it targeted commercial ships in the Strait…...
Quick Takes of the Week to July 10
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (21+ words) National Business Review In case you missed it: News bites for the week....
Fletcher leads NZX 50 higher in Matariki-shortened week
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (688+ words) The building materials firm hit a four-month high on a better earnings outlook. New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 index rose in the shortened trading week, with Fletcher Building’s earnings upgrade and a revived appetite for Ebos Group powering the benchmark…...
Winston Peters’ media strategy helped by journalistic opinion
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (74+ words) ANALYSIS: Voters need to be given the facts, not editorialising opinions from reporters, he says. WATCH: Political editor Brent Edwards speaks to Jonathan Mitchell. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters likes nothing better than being attacked by journalists. It feeds…...
Hawks circle RBNZ as economy sputters to life
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (91+ words) National Business Review The economic recovery is expected to build momentum from here, but future OCR rate hikes are ‘data dependent’. WATCH: Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod speaks with senior journalist Jonathan Mitchell. The Reserve Bank is walking the tightrope…...
NZ dollar nudges higher, NZX 50 dips as RBNZ hikes
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (720+ words) Blue chips weigh on the benchmark index. The Reserve Bank hiked the official cash rate 25 basis points to 2.5%, keeping the majority of forecasters happy as the central bank seeks to get ahead of any building inflationary pressures. The S&P…...
Labour reveals its solar energy policy
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (86+ words) National Business Review Upfront cost locks out too many people from installing solar, says Chris Hipkins. The Labour Party has announced its policy to encourage the installation of more rooftop solar panels. The Labour Party would provide subsidies of up…...
Booster Wine Group seeks exit from vineyard lease
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (82+ words) National Business Review The entities have substantial public investment from Booster’s KiwiSaver scheme. Booster Wine Group owns several wine brands, including Sileni and Awatere River. Financial difficulties at Booster Wine Group have bled into the investment manager’s NZX-listed Private Land…...