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Consumer warning over PayWave surcharges
Contactless payments have taken off in recent years, but with convenience, there is always a cost. Audio
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Backlash as UK supermarket trials sale of NZ lamb
19 May 2024A UK grocery chain has received a backlash from angry farmers as it trials the sale of New Zealand lamb instead of 100 percent British lamb in 39 of its stores.
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Why tourism operators are struggling to know how they're doing
18 May 2024Getting quality tourism data has been a bugbear of the industry for years, but businesses say it has only gotten worse.
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The Warehouse boss Nick Grayston abruptly quits
17 May 2024A change in direction is necessary for the company, its chairperson says.
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Workplace harassment costing employers $1.5 billion per year
17 May 2024More than 91 percent of workers have experienced bullying in the past year, research shows.
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SkyCity Entertainment settles $73.6m over law breaches
17 May 2024"We accept we have failed to live up to the standard required of us," says SkyCity chairperson Julian Cook.
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Contact Energy goes back to drawing board on new geothermal plant
17 May 2024The electricity provider had been looking to build a new plant near Taupō but costs have spiralled.
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RSE workers prepare for longer stay in NZ after airline collapse
Delays in passports being issued and limited airline options are some of the issues employers face to book flights for RSE workers from Vanuatu.
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Home buyers 'control narrative' as mortgage rates drop
17 May 2024Analysis - What the latest data shows about where the market is at right now.
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Popeyes battle shows how big businesses protect trademarks
16 May 2024A battle between a Manawatū fish-and-chippie and a Louisiana chicken joint reads like a David and Goliath battle. But it's a little more complicated, Alexandra Allen-Franks writes.
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Free ferry trial extended as Wynyard Bridge closure continues
18 May 2024The trial of a temporary ferry connecting the Wynyard Quarter to Auckland city will continue for the next two weekends under extended hours.
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Company creating cow-less dairy products given green light to expand
17 May 2024Daisy Lab has been given the go-ahead to scale up production 500-fold.
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Farmers open to exploring the sale of Fonterra's iconic brands
17 May 2024A farming lobby group says some farmers are concerned, but may consider supporting it if their profits are protected. Audio
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'Intrusive' job application questions - what can employers ask?
16 May 2024An applicant has challenged questions about depression, mental health and sick leave asked by a Z petrol station - so where's the line?. Audio
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Mining firm slams 'hostility' of wind energy sector
16 May 2024The offshore wind sector has told government ministers it can't co-exist with seabed mining off Patea, but a mining firm says that's not true.
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Consumers could see increase in dairy prices if Fonterra sells off consumer brands
There are a lot of cons in Fonterra's plan to sell off some or all of its most well-known brands, a marketing professor says. Audio
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ASB latest bank to drop mortgage rates
16 May 2024ASB has reduced its longer-term mortgage rates, following last week's cut to short-term rates.
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Fonterra considers selling Anchor, Mainland, Kāpiti brands
16 May 2024The dairy cooperative is looking to sell all or part of its "global consumer business" as it shifts its focus.
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One of country's biggest office blocks being sold to international buyer
16 May 2024The 38-storey Vero Centre in Auckland looks set to be sold to an unnamed company for $458 million.
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More than a million trays of kiwifruit to be destroyed after mice found
16 May 2024Zespri says the shipment in Belgium will be turned into biofuel after it became clear it was unsalvageable.
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Buyers' market? Property resale profits down
16 May 2024The market is increasingly favouring buyers with a rising number of listings, a new report says.
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Grid rethink needed for Waikato power - Transpower
16 May 2024With power grid capacity in Waikato approaching its limit, new ways to add resilience are needed, Transpower says.
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Nearly 2000 used tyres illegally dumped on business' doorstep
16 May 2024Farman Sediqi is having to pay more than $6000 after someone illegally dumped more than 1800 used tyres outside his store in Ōnehunga overnight.
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Beekeeper furious over burning of $2m honey crop
16 May 2024North Canterbury's Steven Brown is calling for a new approach to a hive-destroying disease. Audio
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Construction firms feeling the pressure with inflation and interest rates
16 May 2024A new survey shows the broader economic outlook has replaced labour shortages and supply chain disruptions as the main concerns.
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Former Ruapehu Alpine Lifts boss confident he can turn a profit
15 May 2024The former head of a Mt Ruapehu ski field which went into receivership disagrees with concerns for its future commercial viability.
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Productivity surging as staff return to office, bosses say - Staff disagree
15 May 2024But staff themselves saw things differently.
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Do better bosses: Too many workers losing fingers - WorkSafe
15 May 2024WorkSafe is calling on manufacturing businesses to boost safety standards, saying too many workers are losing their fingers in industrial machinery.
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