Business & Markets

Will there be anything to buy on Boxing Day?

With stock levels dwindling and some 'Boxing Day” sales launching on Christmas Eve, the pickings could be slim come December 26. In an email to customers... Read More

COVID creates career change to kiwifruit

The primary industry has long provided careers for kiwis, but it continued to show job stability amid COVID-19 in New Zealand. When jobs in other sectors were... Read More

Businesses benefitting from light and art festival

The Birds of Lumos giant Kiwi's light and art installations in Red Square is contributing to an increase in business for restaurants, bars and shops in the cbd... Read More

Trustpower donates $10,000 in community funding

Seven deserving Tauranga community groups will be receiving a little extra in their bank accounts this holiday season thanks to Trustpower's newly launched Tauranga... Read More

Countdown reveals Kiwis’ Christmas traditions

After an unprecedented year, most of us are looking forward to 2020 being a distant memory. Despite this - or because of it - new research from Countdown... Read More

Envy apples on track to be billion-dollar brand

T&G Global's premium Envy apple brand has had a record season, selling its entire New Zealand crop well before the end of the year, as it moves quickly towards... Read More

Small business support expanded

More small businesses will be eligible to take out interest-free loans under changes announced today to a government cashflow scheme. Revenue Minister David Parker... Read More

Enjoy some eco-tourism fun this Christmas

If ever there was a year to buy an ‘experience' rather than simply more ‘things' for your loved ones at Christmas, then 2020 is it. With our... Read More

Minimum wage to increase to $20 on April 1

Minimum wage will rise to $20 an hour on April 1, 2021. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood says as New Zealand looks to recover and rebuild... Read More

Record-breaking Christmas for NZ Post

New Zealand Post workers are in the thick of a record-breaking Christmas amid a nationwide online shopping frenzy. With couriers delivering two million parcels... Read More

Government economic update shows faster recovery

The Treasury has released its latest economic and fiscal forecasts in the 2020 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update. While New Zealand's economy contracted in... Read More

Tourism industry keen on trans-tasman bubble plan

There's been a boost in confidence for tourism operators, as Cabinet agrees in principle to establish a bubble with Australia in the first quarter of 2021. Cabinet... Read More