1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (290+ words) The consumer shift is not subtle. People on these drugs consume roughly 20% fewer calories and spend about 30% less on groceries. A Cornell University study from January 2026 found households cut grocery spending by about 5% within six months, with the sharpest cuts…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (563+ words) B2B News Methanex’s exit turns a policy argument into a workforce emergency For years the gas shortage read like a sectoral squabble – producers, generators and industrial users lobbying Wellington for a friendlier policy settlement. That framing is now obsolete. On 9 September…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (384+ words) KiwiSaver has crossed the point where it stops being a personal finance story and becomes a capital markets one. Total balances hit $138.37 billion across 3,351,406 members as at 31 December 2025, according to the Retirement Commission’s demographic study. That sits inside a managed…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (425+ words) The last six government carbon auctions have failed to sell a single unit, and over three years only two of 24 auctions have cleared at all. That is not a market misfiring. It is a market that no longer exists. As…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (542+ words) The Friedlander family’s Samson Corporation, a $2 billion-plus Auckland property business, has been forced to replace Vivian Construction with NZ Strong on a retail and commercial upgrade at 172 Jervois Rd, Herne Bay. Vivian Construction’s website and Facebook page have gone dark,…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (292+ words) With calls to dismember the four big gentailers reaching an election-year peak, along comes James Bushnell, professor of economics at the University of California Davis, to muddy the narrative. In an interview published on 7 September 2026, Bushnell said there were “lots…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (342+ words) That is a serious commitment of public capital and a serious use of state power to seize private assets. So the obvious question, put to co-leader Chloe Swarbrick on Morning Report, was how much cheaper groceries would actually be. She…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (625+ words) Labour is selling its capital gains tax as narrow, targeted, and something nine out of ten New Zealanders will never pay. Businesses, the pitch goes, are excluded. The family home is out. Farms, KiwiSaver, shares and retirement savings are all…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (562+ words) The hospitality squeeze has stopped being a margin problem and become a structural failure. Credit bureau Centrix confirmed on 1 September 2026 that 422 hospitality companies entered liquidation over the past year, up 42%, while another 2,900 businesses ceased trading altogether. Roughly 3,000 gone in twelve…...