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Market Close: The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed down 0.96% or 129.81 points at 13,432.20 after 39.3 million shares worth $144m were traded.
Ryman and Tower lift but gentailers pull NZ sharemarket lower
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November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Market Close: The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed down 0.96% or 129.81 points at 13,432.20 after 39.3 million shares worth $144m were traded.
Auckland International Airport and Jetstar have bitten back at Air New Zealand chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar’s claim that the country’s main domestic airports are giving Jetstar open-ended “sweetheart deals" on landing charges.
Airports and Jetstar bite back at Air New Zealand subsidy claim
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November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Auckland International Airport and Jetstar have bitten back at Air New Zealand chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar’s claim that the country’s main domestic airports are giving Jetstar open-ended “sweetheart deals" on landing charges.
“Who out there in their right mind thinks politicians should be running businesses? Seriously?” asks Craigs Investment Partners investment director Mark Lister.
Ports and airports in demand: why councils should consider NZX listings
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November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“Who out there in their right mind thinks politicians should be running businesses? Seriously?” asks Craigs Investment Partners investment director Mark Lister.
New Zealand's main trunk airports are offering open-ended discounted landing rights and other cost-cutting deals to Qantas-owned Jetstar, helping the Australian national carrier undercut Air NZ on this country’s most profitable air routes.
Air NZ to airports: Stop subsidising Jetstar
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November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New Zealand's main trunk airports are offering open-ended discounted landing rights and other cost-cutting deals to Qantas-owned Jetstar, helping the Australian national carrier undercut Air NZ on this country’s most profitable air routes.
The Official Cash Rate is unlikely to fall further, but the monetary policy committee has retained “full optionality,” outgoing Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Christian Hawkesby says.
RBNZ rate cuts likely done but the door remains open
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November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Official Cash Rate is unlikely to fall further, but the monetary policy committee has retained “full optionality,” outgoing Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Christian Hawkesby says.
Banking fintech Dosh is walking back a claim made in late July 2024 that it had applied to become a registered bank, after official records revealed no such application.
Reserve Bank of NZ data scotches Dosh claims of bank registration application
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November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Banking fintech Dosh is walking back a claim made in late July 2024 that it had applied to become a registered bank, after official records revealed no such application.
Business of Tech #podcast: This week, Peter talks to Matt Herbert from Tracksuit.
Business of Tech: How Tracksuit turned brand data into a global growth engine
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November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Business of Tech #podcast: This week, Peter talks to Matt Herbert from Tracksuit.
Market Close: The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed up 0.61% or 81.576 points to 13,562.01 after 34.1 million shares worth $148.9m were traded.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare drives sharemarket up
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November 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Market Close: The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed up 0.61% or 81.576 points to 13,562.01 after 34.1 million shares worth $148.9m were traded.
The ownership of ports and other regional council assets could be up for debate in the coming years, as the Government plots major reform of local government.
Port ownership up for debate amid regional council reforms
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The ownership of ports and other regional council assets could be up for debate in the coming years, as the Government plots major reform of local government.
Peter Griffin: NZ’s tech sector in 2025 has been a rare bright spot in a decidedly average year. #opinion
A year of tech milestones: Exports, AI, and innovation in 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Peter Griffin: NZ’s tech sector in 2025 has been a rare bright spot in a decidedly average year. #opinion
Contact Energy chief executive Mike Fuge has issued a political warning, saying New Zealand’s shift from 80% to nearly 95% renewable electricity has been delivered by industry, not the state, and should not be disrupted by political intervention.
Contact fires election-year warning as it ramps up $2b renewables push
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November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Contact Energy chief executive Mike Fuge has issued a political warning, saying New Zealand’s shift from 80% to nearly 95% renewable electricity has been delivered by industry, not the state, and should not be disrupted by political intervention.
Fonterra Co-operative Group’s forecast farmgate payout might have dropped back, but it still sits at historically high levels.
A cut to the milk price isn’t as bad as it sounds
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November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Fonterra Co-operative Group’s forecast farmgate payout might have dropped back, but it still sits at historically high levels.
Pacific Edge has posted a net loss of $19.1 million for the six months to Sept 30, 2025, as its recent loss of US Medicare coverage chokes back revenue.
Pacific Edge looks to US comeback after $19.1m half-year loss
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November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Pacific Edge has posted a net loss of $19.1 million for the six months to Sept 30, 2025, as its recent loss of US Medicare coverage chokes back revenue.
Data tech company Blackpearl Group is being backed by the “best of the best” Australian institutional investors, founder Nick Lisette says.
Blackpearl Group joins the ASX: Which deep-pocketed Aussie investors are backing the Kiwi tech company
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November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Data tech company Blackpearl Group is being backed by the “best of the best” Australian institutional investors, founder Nick Lisette says.
Business Of Government: BusinessDesk’s fortnightly round-up of public sector news and observations.
Business of Government: Police credibility ripples, Com Com value for money and more
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November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Business Of Government: BusinessDesk’s fortnightly round-up of public sector news and observations.
Exclusive: A multi-billion-dollar project to tunnel underneath land administered by the Department of Conservation and extract gold and silver for processing in Waihī has been granted provisional approval.
Fast-track decision backs OceanaGold plan to mine under Coromandel Forest Park
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Exclusive: A multi-billion-dollar project to tunnel underneath land administered by the Department of Conservation and extract gold and silver for processing in Waihī has been granted provisional approval.
Analysis: When Anna Breman becomes Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor on Dec 1, she gains a powerful title – but only one vote when it comes to setting interest rates.
Behind closed doors at the RBNZ: The marathon to set interest rates
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November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Analysis: When Anna Breman becomes Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor on Dec 1, she gains a powerful title – but only one vote when it comes to setting interest rates.
Co-operative Bank says it is aligned with the Commerce Commission over the appropriate penalty for historically over-charging customers.
Co-operative Bank, ComCom agree penalty fee
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November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Co-operative Bank says it is aligned with the Commerce Commission over the appropriate penalty for historically over-charging customers.
Market Close: The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,480.43, down 19.42 points or 0.14%.
NZ sharemarket finishes flat, down 0.1%
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November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Market Close: The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,480.43, down 19.42 points or 0.14%.
The Government is planning radical change for regional councils, replacing democratically elected representatives with boards of mayors, removing environmental enforcement powers, and creating a pathway for local government amalgamation.
Government proposes major regional council overhaul, opens door to amalgamation
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November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
The Government is planning radical change for regional councils, replacing democratically elected representatives with boards of mayors, removing environmental enforcement powers, and creating a pathway for local government amalgamation.
The Government has issued a tender for a review of the royalty regime for minerals, just as new data shows a collapse in royalty revenue due to the decline in gas supply.
Minerals royalties fall 40% as Govt orders review
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Government has issued a tender for a review of the royalty regime for minerals, just as new data shows a collapse in royalty revenue due to the decline in gas supply.
One of the original creators of the Foreign Investment Funds tax says the Government’s proposed changes need to go further.
FIF tax creator apologises, ‘I can only say sorry’, but thinks Govt changes not deep enough
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November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
One of the original creators of the Foreign Investment Funds tax says the Government’s proposed changes need to go further.
An ex-pro snowboarder’s small-batch garage startup’s beef tallow product has exploded on to the shelves of over 100 Woolworths stores across New Zealand, with talks under way across the Ditch in Australia.
Beef tallow startup brothing with excitement
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November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
An ex-pro snowboarder’s small-batch garage startup’s beef tallow product has exploded on to the shelves of over 100 Woolworths stores across New Zealand, with talks under way across the Ditch in Australia.
a2 Milk tops a BusinessDesk Productivity Unleashed series league table by a wide margin, but its edge comes from a capital-light model and clever use of partners, reports Michael Neilson.
a2 Milk’s unusual path to a top productivity ranking
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November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
a2 Milk tops a BusinessDesk Productivity Unleashed series league table by a wide margin, but its edge comes from a capital-light model and clever use of partners, reports Michael Neilson.
It will be an evolution, not a revolution. That’s how chief executive Richard Wyeth sees Synlait Milk’s reset strategy that is currently in the works.
Coming soon to Dunsandel: The ‘evolution’ in Synlait Milk’s strategy
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November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It will be an evolution, not a revolution. That’s how chief executive Richard Wyeth sees Synlait Milk’s reset strategy that is currently in the works.