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Celebration Box Beating The Odds
Friday, 26 July 2024, 7:30 pm | Kennerley Gourmet Grocery
Transitioning from an Instagram-based business to a household name, Celebration Box has become synonymous with Gift Boxes. In New Zealand Celebration Box is searched more often on Google than "Gift Box." More >>
DLA Piper Welcomes UNICEF Executive Director To Strengthen Pacific Partnerships
Friday, 26 July 2024, 6:42 pm | DLA Piper
During her visit, Catherine Russell participated in several partnership meetings with key stakeholders, a fireside chat with UNICEF Aotearoa Young Ambassadors, and a meeting with the UNICEF New Zealand Board. She also met with Laura Scampion, DLA ... More >>
Show Off Your Skills As A Property Investor And Win!
Friday, 26 July 2024, 2:34 pm | NZPIF
Each award attracts a $2,000 cash prize for the winners and a $1,000 cash prize for the runners up. The RentSkills Awards also include four merit awards sponsored by the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment (MBIE) with $500 cash prizes up ... More >>
Pinot Nah: Taxpayer Handouts For Wine Industry Must Stop
Friday, 26 July 2024, 1:44 pm | Taxpayers' Union
The Government is loading the risk of this experiment onto taxpayers while allowing private businesses to reap any benefits. If winemakers and viticulturists aren’t willing to stump up their own money to fund this experiment, why should taxpayers? More >>
Oyster Property Group Appoints Independent Director
Friday, 26 July 2024, 11:28 am | Oyster Property Group
Oyster Property Group has announced the appointment of Independent Director, Rachael Newsome, to its Board, further enhancing the firm’s risk management and governance capabilities. More >>
Ultimate Living Showcases Custom-Made Italian Furniture In Auckland
Friday, 26 July 2024, 11:05 am | Ultimate Living
The store’s collection of designer coffee tables includes various modern and custom-made pieces, offering both functionality and aesthetic appeal. These tables, crafted with precision and attention to detail, are designed to complement a variety of interior ... More >>
Katie Cameron Becomes 2024 North Island Young Winemaker Of The Year
Friday, 26 July 2024, 11:02 am | New Zealand Winegrowers
Congratulations to Katie Cameron from Ata Rangi in Martinborough who became the 2024 Tonnellerie de Mercurey North Island Young Winemaker of the Year on 25 July, following the competition held at EIT, Hawke’s Bay. More >>
Help Shape The Future Of Industrial Classifications In Aotearoa New Zealand – Feedback
Friday, 26 July 2024, 10:53 am | Stats NZ
Help shape the future of industrial classifications in Aotearoa New Zealand – feedback summarises the consultation feedback that we received for Help shape the future of industrial classifications in Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>
Two New Directors Join Scion's Board
Friday, 26 July 2024, 9:41 am | Scion
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Hon Judith Collins has appointed Tony Allison and Murray Sherwin CNZM to the Board, effective July 1. They joined existing Board members and newly appointed Board Chair Richard Westlake for their ... More >>
Nagaja Sanatkumar To Be Appointed To The ANZ New Zealand Board
Friday, 26 July 2024, 8:59 am | ANZ Bank
ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited (ANZ NZ) today announced that Nagaja Sanatkumar will join its Board with effect from 19 August 2024. More >>
Infant Nutrition Council Welcomes The NZ Minister’s Decision On Infant Formula Labelling
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 8:06 pm | Infant Nutrition Council
We look forward to engaging further with the New Zealand Government as they finalise these modifications for the New Zealand market. More >>
New Grundfos EVP And CEO Of Water Utility Shares Vision To Combat Climate Change Through Water Solutions
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 7:15 pm | Grundfos
Hamed will lead Grundfos' efforts to enhance global water access and support sustainable aquifer management, while driving the digital transformation within the Water Utility division. More >>
Artificial Grass Gains Popularity In Christchurch As Homeowners Seek Sustainable Solutions
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 7:01 pm | Lifestyle Lawns
One of the leading providers of artificial grass in Christchurch is Lifestyle Lawns. They offer a range of synthetic turf options suitable for various applications, including residential lawns, pet areas, schools, and sports fields. More >>
Have Your Say On The Customer And Product Data Bill
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 6:55 pm | Economic Development Science and Innovation
Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Thursday, 5 September 2024. More >>
Have Your Say On The Customer And Product Data Bill
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 6:52 pm | Economic Development Science and Innovation
Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Thursday, 5 September 2024. More >>
Have Your Say On Changes To Regulatory Systems For Businesses And The Economy
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 6:49 pm | Economic Development Science and Innovation
Make a submission on the bill by 11.59pm on Thursday, 5 September 2024. More >>
Driving Change: Laura Scampion's Vision For A More Inclusive And Equitable Legal Profession
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 6:42 pm | DLA Piper
Under her guidance, DLA Piper New Zealand has achieved Rainbow Tick certification, introduced a gender transitioning policy, and implemented a market-leading parental leave policy. More >>
Shade Tech Launches In Christchurch, Offering Premier Outdoor Shelter Solutions
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:11 pm | Shade Tech
By offering custom solutions and a more personalized approach, Shade Tech aims to meet the growing demand for superior outdoor living spaces in Christchurch and beyond. More >>
ServiceNow And Boomi Announce Strategic Commitment To Elevate Customer Experiences Through AI-powered Self-service
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:09 pm | Boomi
Boomi’s use of the Now Platform and ServiceNow’s AI-powered TPSM offering will transform its customer support and expand self-service. Through ServiceNow’s unified platform, Boomi will eliminate silos and simplify internal processes to drive better, ... More >>
Finalists Announced For The New Zealand Leadership Awards
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:04 pm | Robert Walters
The winners of each of the categories will be announced at a prestigious Awards Gala night on 15th August at the Dome, Auckland War Memorial Museum. More >>
Spark Business Group Achieves Premier Tier Status Within The AWS Partner Network
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 3:58 pm | Spark
This recognition further validates CCL and Spark Business Group expertise & leadership in cloud transformation & in helping its customers create customised AWS business cases, develop cloud strategies, deliver digital transformation services, & provide ... More >>
Urchinomics Partners With NYK For A Greener Future
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 3:23 pm | Urchinomics
Kelp forests, essential for marine biodiversity and carbon sequestration, are under threat due to an explosion in Sea Urchin populations. Urchinomics is addressing this by transforming barren urchin populations into a sustainable delicacy, while simultaneously ... More >>
Advanced Group Celebrates 10th Annual Supplier Awards In Auckland
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 3:08 pm | TPT Group
Advanced Group, the umbrella brand for its subsidiaries—Advanced Security, Cablenet, IT Engine, Everlert, Technology Leasing, and ASG Technologies—showcased its strong partnerships during this vibrant evening. More >>
Urchinomics And Food & Life Company Forge A Powerful Alliance
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 2:57 pm | Urchinomics
Urchinomics and F&LC are uniting to address the decline in wild sea urchin populations and the global issue of rapidly declining kelp forests. More >>
Dynabook E11. Engineered For Education
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 1:48 pm | Dynabook ANZ Pty. Limited
Engineered to elevate hybrid learning and equipped with advanced features, the Dynabook E11 Series represents a significant advancement in 1-to-1 computing for education. More >>
Property Transfer Statistics: June 2024 Quarter
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 11:37 am | Stats NZ
Property transfer statistics are based mainly on land transfer tax statements. They capture property transfers by New Zealanders and overseas people. This includes information on the citizenship, visa status, or tax residency of people and companies involved ... More >>
Emergency Plumbing Services: A Crucial Lifeline for Homeowners in Crisis
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 11:19 am | Alchemy Plumbing
Trusted service providers like Alchemy Plumbing offer skilled plumbers in Hastings, known for delivering swift and effective solutions. More >>
New Zealand’s First Hydrogen Truck Hits 100,000km Milestone While Delivering For NZ Post
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 11:02 am | NZ Post
New Zealand’s first XCIENT hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric truck has clocked 100,000km – a special milestone celebrated by owner NZ Post. NZ Post chief executive officer David Walsh says it’s a significant event and one he’s proud of. More >>
Cancer Responsible For Highest Number Of AIA NZ Insurance Claims
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 10:10 am | AIA NZ
Leading life insurer AIA NZ has launched the ‘AIA NZ Claims Compass’, a new report sharing claims data, which will be rolled out bi-annually. The first report revealed cancer is responsible for the highest number of AIA NZ insurance claims across all ... More >>
University Of Auckland Students Take Out Top Spot In MYOB Digital Challenge
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 9:49 am | MYOB
University of Auckland team, ‘The Yappers’, have claimed first place in the trans-Tasman MYOB Digital Challenge for 2024 – the fourth consecutive win by New Zealand students, and the first by an all-female team. More >>
New Zealand's Top Bacon And Ham Announced
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 9:37 am | Retail Meat New Zealand
New Zealand’s top bacon and ham producers have been announced at an awards ceremony tonight, with two butcheries taking out the top spot for their outstanding bacon and ham products. More >>
Kiwi Small Businesses Record Largest Decline In Sales Since May 2020
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 9:15 am | Xero
Xero, the global small business platform, today released its Xero Small Business Insights data for the June quarter, which revealed small business sales in Aotearoa dropped, while jobs and wage growth remained strong. More >>
Changes Needed To Make New Zealand The Place Where Talent Wants To Live, Says Report
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 8:54 am | NZIER
In what is being called a silent epidemic, New Zealand is inadvertently discouraging expat Kiwis, as well as high-contributing and investment-ready migrants from staying here, a new report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) shows. More >>
Otago Polytechnic To Hold Employment Expo
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 8:29 am | Otago Polytechnic
Otago Polytechnic will hold its annual Employment Expo next week. The event, happening on Thursday 1 August, from 10.30am - 1.30pm, in The Hub (Forth Street, Dunedin Campus) is a must for anyone currently looking for employment options. More >>
Navigating Christchurch's Competitive Real Estate Market
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 7:57 am | Total Realty
The real estate market in Christchurch continues to exhibit dynamic trends, reflecting both challenges and opportunities for prospective buyers and sellers. More >>
Funding Deal For New Trains Welcomed; Builders Short-listed
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 7:47 am | Greater Wellington Te Pane Matua Taiao
A co-funding agreement to purchase 18 four-car trains and associated infrastructure for the lower North Island has been welcomed by Greater Wellington and Horizons regional councils. More >>
Enhancing Online Privacy In Business: The Role Of VPNs
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 7:28 am | Hugh Grant
A notable statistic reveals that 41 percent of people in the US and UK use a VPN at least once a week. This widespread adoption underscores the significance of VPNs for maintaining online privacy. Let’s examine in detail why they are central to ... More >>
Two Lotto Players Share $1 Million
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:40 am | Lotto New Zealand
Two lucky Lotto players from Auckland and Tauranga are living the dream after each winning $500,000 with Lotto First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. More >>
Almost Half Of Retail Businesses Unsure Of Survival Before Inflation Drop
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 6:45 pm | RNZ
More retailers are worried they will have to shut up shop if tough economic conditions continue. More >>
Charging Forward With NZGIF And SolarZero
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 5:11 pm | DLA Piper
We are proud to work with NZGIF and SolarZero on this pioneering financing model. This initiative builds on the exciting developments and future growth in our sustainable finance markets and aligns with New Zealand’s goals to charge ahead with its renewable ... More >>
Customs Arrests Businessman For Wound-back Odometers
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
This offending is serious not just from a border but also consumer fraud perspective as the suspect was supplying false import documents as well as duping buyers selling older vehicles for higher profit. More >>
Unauthorised Man Fined $7,500 For Posing As Plumber
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 3:35 pm | Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board
Santini Renney was fined $7,500 in the Taupō District Court yesterday on charges of unlawfully completing sanitary plumbing work and falsely advertising himself as a plumber, when he has never held registration in New Zealand. More >>
Full Circle Moment For Motivated Vendors Of Spectacular Balinese Inspired Golden Bay Home
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 2:41 pm | Bayleys
An extraordinary haven nestled on the picturesque upper South Island coast, 141 Rocklands Road is guaranteed to inspire and delight. A stones throw from Abel Tasman National Park and high above Golden Bay, the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home is ... More >>
Westpac NZ Cuts Home Loan And Term Deposit Rates
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 2:14 pm | Westpac New Zealand
Overall, the bank has reduced its advertised special home loan rates across all terms by between 0.1% and 0.4% since the start of July. More >>
Enhanced Tool To Help With Property Tax Rules
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 2:04 pm | Inland Revenue
The bright-line test changed on 1 July 2024. If a property is sold on or after 1 July 2024, the bright-line test looks at whether the bright-line end date is within 2 years of the bright-line start date. More >>
Retail And Hospitality Unite In Wanting Changes To Retail Payment System
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 1:40 pm | Retail NZ and Hospitality New Zealand
Retail NZ and Hospitality New Zealand, who represent thousands of businesses across Aotearoa New Zealand, say retail payments are a contentious area for businesses. They are joining forces to seek changes in the system, to make it easier for businesses ... More >>
FMA Publishes Guidance Note For Providers Of Client Money Or Property Services
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 12:07 pm | Financial Markets Authority
The guidance addresses previous issues the FMA observed through monitoring visits and misconduct cases and was finalised following consultation with providers and custodians in 2022. More >>
Rolls-Royce And TCS Collaborate On Hydrogen Research Programme
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 11:50 am | Tata Consultancy Services
TCS expands its partnership with Rolls-Royce to research hydrogen fuel system technology, continuing to prove hydrogen could be a zero-carbon aviation fuel of the future. More >>
Nozomi Networks Delivers World’s First Security Sensor Embedded In Industrial Control Systems
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 11:29 am | Nozomi Networks
New security offering – Arc Embedded – provides extended, real-time visibility of internal operations of industrial control systems and their field assets to power enhanced anomaly and threat detection, while accelerating response times. More >>
Good Design Key To Getting The Most From Commercial HVAC Systems
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 10:39 am | Frontline Electrical
Commercial building owners are being urged to consider more than just the size of their space when choosing an air conditioning system. More >>
Retail Sector Pessimism Deepens
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 10:15 am | Retail NZ
Retail NZ’s quarterly ‘temperature check’ shows that tough economic conditions have continued to impact retail sales and confidence through the second quarter of 2024 (April-June). More >>
Network Tasman Consumers Benefit By $300 Million
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 10:12 am | Network Tasman Trust
This year Network Tasman Trust celebrates 30 years of consumer ownership, a decision that trustees Patrick Adamson and Judene Edgar say was pivotal in the region’s history and puts the region in a good position for the future. More >>
Bonus Ticket Wins Hastings Family $1 Million
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 9:42 am | Lotto New Zealand
A family from Hastings have got that winning feeling after scoring themselves $1 million from a Lotto Bonus Ticket. More >>
IAG New Zealand Looks To The Future With Google Cloud
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 9:23 am | IAG New Zealand
Multi-year agreement to further enhance the insurer’s capability and help drive its commitment to a simplified, digital future for customers. More >>
Rental Prices Experience First Decline In Nearly Two Years
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 9:10 am | Trademe
Rental prices have fallen slightly this month, the first time a decrease has been recorded since 2022, according to Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index. More >>
Electricity Disconnection Fees “Unclear, Unkind And Unreasonable”, New Report Shows
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 9:01 am | Common Grace Aotearoa
New research into electricity disconnection fees has found huge variation in what power companies are charging, and a lack of information about how fees relate to their actual costs. More >>
Emerge Becomes NZ’s First Fintech To Send Emails With The ‘Blue Tick’
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 8:50 am | Emerge Aotearoa
How big banks protect their customers from fraudulent account activity is big news; with a widening between customer expectations around fraud protection; and the protections finance platforms actually have in place. As of last week, Emerge and SquareOne have ... More >>
Business Symposium To Showcase The Role Of Companies In Nature Regeneration
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 8:38 am | Sustainable Business Network
Businesses can find out how to take meaningful action to protect, restore and invest in nature at the first event of its kind on 14 August. More >>
Wasted Years: Kiwi Business Owners Retire With Nothing To Show
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 8:34 am | Link Group
Up to half of Kiwi businesses—between 40 and 50 per cent—that go up for sale fail to find a buyer because of poor preparation, and the number may even be higher because a significant percentage of business owners shut the door and walk away, ... More >>
Kōura Wealth Appoints Head Of Distribution To Support Rapid Growth Of Its Advisor Channel
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 8:25 am | Koura Wealth
Michele Blake has been appointed to lead Kōura Wealth’s advisor channel, leading a fast growing team that looks after a wide network of advisors throughout New Zealand as the company’s rapid growth continues. More >>
