Companies, markets and the working economy.
Akahu has put one of New Zealand's best-known founder ecosystem figures onto its board, with BusinessDesk reporting that The Icehouse founder and business mentor Andy Hamilton has been appointed a director of the open banking fintech.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis says businesses can now apply for support to reduce their reliance on gas, after the Government opened the Gas Transition Loan Guarantee Scheme through five participating banks.
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says changes to hazardous-substances regulations have come into effect, giving research, testing and teaching laboratories a more practical safety pathway.
Hamilton digital agency Duoplus is putting founder and operator stories at the centre of a new business media push, with the NZ Innovation & Export Podcast profiled on 30 July.
South Auckland entrepreneur Taranvir Singh has acquired the New Zealand rights to property services franchise group Candoo, unveiling an ambitious plan to grow the business through acquisitions, regional partnerships and new pathways into entrepreneurship for young New Zealanders.
Mimi Gilmour's Burger Burger has moved from rescue hopes to liquidation, putting one of New Zealand's best-known founder-led casual dining brands at the centre of a tougher conversation about hospitality costs, debt and consumer spending.
Thames Four Square owner Jaswinder Singh and his company have been fined a combined $44,000 after two migrant workers paid $120,000 to secure jobs in New Zealand, in a case that puts small-business compliance and migrant-worker vulnerability under fresh scrutiny.
Hyades founder Ashin Alex has put an Auckland student-built AI company into the national start-up spotlight after the spatial data venture raised NZ$1.1 million in pre-seed funding.
Creative HQ has extended the Startup World Cup New Zealand Final application deadline to 9 July, with the top ten founders due to pitch in Wellington on 24 August and the winner earning a trip to the San Francisco Global Grand Finale in November.
Rocket Lab's planned US$8 billion purchase of Iridium Communications would move Sir Peter Beck's New Zealand-founded company beyond launch into satellite communications, with cash, debt and equity financing supporting the largest strategic bet in its history.
Les Mills Snr's death at 91 closes a founder story that ran through New Zealand sport, local politics and the global fitness industry — from a small Auckland gym opened in 1968 to programmes delivered in more than 100 countries.
Nelson entrepreneur Dan Burrows has put a founder-led technology story into New Zealand's fishing debate, with Maidenfleet working toward crew-free commercial fishing vessels that could be trialled within three to five years.
Kmart's new K Home format has turned an Australian retail trial into a New Zealand business story, with analysts watching whether a smaller furniture and homewares store could be used here as a direct response to IKEA's arrival.
A Bay of Islands engineering story has become a national business story after Opua designer Andrew Johnson and Johnson Bros launched a $5 million underwater machine built to tackle exotic caulerpa at scale.
A Sunday night fire tore through The Shroom Room on London Street in Lyttelton, leaving co-owners Richard Leech and Koryn Hope facing the loss of a well-known port-town cafe.
Affordability is at the centre of National's compulsory KiwiSaver proposal, with provider Koura Wealth warning higher contributions need careful design for stretched households.
A reported evaluation of direct non-stop flights to India turns the new bilateral trade relationship into a practical transport question.
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