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2025 National Adviser Conference - Shaping The Future Of Advice

Mon, 4 Nov 2024 11:35:29 +1300 | Financial Advice New Zealand

As the professional body and voice of advice, Financial Advice New Zealand is implementing a clear knowledge strategy for the sector that reflects the successful attributes of a modern adviser and modern advice practice, balancing practical skills with technicalMore >>

Hope Triumphs Over Retail Reality

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 22:02:16 +1300 | Retail NZ

Retail NZ’s quarterly ‘temperature check’ shows a noteworthy uplift in confidence, with 65% confident or very confident that their retail business will survive the next 12 months, compared to just 58% last quarter and 57% this time last year.More >>

More Good News For Kiwis

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:57:39 +1300 | New Zealand Government

Stats NZ reported today that the inflation rate had dropped from 3.3 per cent in the year to June to 2.2 per cent in the year to September. That is down from 5.6 per cent just a year ago and over 7 per cent in 2022.More >>

Energy Policy A Boost To Business Confidence

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:47:10 +1300 | BusinessNZ

Executive Director Tina Schirr welcomes the Government's approach in addressing the energy trilemma - sustainability, security and equity - as the road to affordability, and encourages everyone to take a broader view of the energy equation.More >>

Off The Smell Of An Oily Rag: Business Confidence Improves Without Pricing Intentions

Tue, 1 Oct 2024 17:58:54 +1300 | Kiwi Economics

According to Kiwi businesses, it is still a challenge to navigate the current economic environment. Experienced activity levels remain subdued. More >>

NZ Economy: Flicker Of Light

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:53:53 +1200 | BusinessNZ

BusinessNZ Director of Advocacy Catherine Beard says there are a number of indicators that suggest we are close to, or possibly past, the worst of the economic downturn. More >>

Get On Board The Saturday Bus

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:40:59 +1200 | Marlborough District Council

With school holidays just around the corner, Marlborough Sounds Ward councillor Barbara Faulls said the timing was perfect to encourage more usage of the service between the two towns.More >>

NZ Economy: Flicker Of Light

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:51:51 +1200 | BusinessNZ

BusinessNZ Director of Advocacy Catherine Beard says there are a number of indicators that suggest we are close to, or possibly past, the worst of the economic downturn. More >>

Urgent Intervention Needed On Supermarkets

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:01:46 +1200 | Green Party

The Green Party is calling on the Government to intervene in the supermarket duopoly dominating our supply of groceries following today’s report from the Commerce Commission. More >>

Weak Grocery Competition Underscores Importance Of Cutting Red Tape

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 23:00:01 +1200 | New Zealand Government

The first annual grocery report underscores the need for reforms to cut red tape and promote competition, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says. More >>

Government Backs Women In Horticulture

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:55:23 +1200 | New Zealand Government

“The Government is empowering women in the horticulture industry by funding an initiative that will support networking and career progression,” Associate Minister of Agriculture, Nicola Grigg says.More >>

PM Wraps Up Successful Visit To Malaysia

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:55:15 +1200 | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has completed a successful two-day visit to Malaysia, featuring a busy schedule of high-level political, defence, and trade-focused engagements. More >>

August New Vehicle Registrations Boosted By Uplift In Rental Sales

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:55:08 +1200 | Motor Industry Association

On a year-to-date basis, 2024 registrations are down 18.7% or 18,846 units compared to the same period in 2023. More >>

Recovery And Execution Of Six Hostages By Hamas

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:55:02 +1200 | Embassy of Israel in Wellington

Israel demands the release of 101 hostages still left in the Gaza strip and held by Hamas. More >>

An Email That Almost Says It All

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:54:56 +1200 | Ian Powell

Ian Powell discusses an email by business journalist Bernard Hickey in the context of unfairness and inequity along with the social wage. More >>

Response From Suze Redmayne, MP For Rangitīkei, On Government Delivering Reliable Roads For Rangitīkei

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:54:48 +1200 | New Zealand National Party

A record $1.6 billion transport investment in Manawatū-Whanganui through the 2024-27 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) relevant to the Rangitīkei was announced yesterday by Minister of Transport, Simeon Brown.More >>

New Plant For Fonterra's Edendale Site, Creating 70 New Jobs

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:54:42 +1200 | Fonterra

Fonterra is set to invest $150 million to build a new UHT cream plant at its Edendale site in Southland to meet growing demand through its Foodservice business. More >>

Finalists And Increased Support Package Announced For Tony Quinn Foundation Toyota GR86 Shootout

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:54:37 +1200 | Tony Quinn Foundation

The Tony Quinn Foundation has confirmed the four finalists for the 2024 Toyota GR86 Shootout, along with an enhanced support package totalling $54,000, up from the previous year's amount of $37,500.More >>

Gen AI Used In NZ Agri Research

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:54:31 +1200 | Foundation for Arable Research - FAR

Our goal is to transform growers’ perception of the website from having a body of documents that were difficult to navigate” to “the go-to site for all things arable.More >>

Catholic Church Abuse Survivors Respond To Death Of Bishop Denis Browne

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 22:54:25 +1200 | SNAP

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Oceania calls on the current bishops of Hamilton, Auckland, and Rarotonga, and all church leaders, to not follow in Bishop Browne’s negligent ways, and instead, support the abused in their dioceses ...More >>

 
 
 
 
 
 

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