Exports struggle to get good prices but NZ trade deficit still shrinks
Expensive imports gobble up some of our strong export volumes.
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Shipping costs rise again as Red Sea, Panama Canal ills disrupt
Twin canal crises still loom as NZ supply chain urged to get its own house in order.
KiwiRail slumps to $407m loss on Interislander write-offs
The half-year result doesn't include the cost of breaking the shipbuilding contract.
'Time's up': Major export gateway Port of Tauranga runs out of container berth space
No room left to take on new shipping services.
Opinion: Talkfests and Nimbyism ruining our roads and housing
OPINION: Some will always oppose the changes that others advocate.
Property Insider: Contentious retirement village survey, who wants $500k+ from failed builder
More than 300 NZ retirement villages and 71 operators ranked according to best practice.
Obituary: Auckland businessman Graeme Edwards
One of the former owners of Alloy Yachts, Graeme Edwards, has died.
Port of Tauranga faces challenge of wars, economic malaise
Lower dairy and kiwifruit volumes and lower consumer appetite for imports take toll.
Port of Auckland improves half-year return to city, lifts container tally
Half-year looks up, imports and exports improve.
Opinion: Money obsession ignores abysmal state of infrastructure delivery
OPINION: Wellington water woes show what not to do, but they aren't the only basket case.
Turbo-boost for NZ cold supply chain with Maersk $150m investment at Ruakura
The 18,000 sq m facility showcases the latest in cold store capability and design.
$24b fiscal hole? Transport projects could cost twice National's estimates - NZTA
NZTA estimates National's transport plan includes a hole worth up to $24 billion.
Richard Prebble: This coalition Govt is promising revolutionary change, but...
The words are just gesture politics unless they are implemented.
Opened: Ponsonby's new The Greenhouse apartments, 19th block by Ockham Residential
Mayor praised Ockham Residential's apartment buildings as "architecturally fantastic!"
Why the WFH revolution is stalling
Plus: What are your rights if you want to keep working from home?
Property Insider: Apartment ‘hell’ in new series; magic behind early highway fix; Chinese exodus
Owners spent about $15m trying to fix The Ridge apartments: it's stripped out, empty.
Analysts 'disappointed' Fletcher Building's $180m hole cuts share price
A blow-out in NZ International Convention Centre costs caused the share slump.
Stock Takes: Market braces for earnings decline, Mainfreight shines
Mainfreight and the gift that keeps on giving
Property Insider: Kāinga Ora under fire; Chinese developers ‘shrivel’; why mega-projects are late and costly
Investigation findings on the state housing agency will be reported to ministers in March.
The changing face of Auckland: Apartment projects to dominate in 2024
But as some rise, why are others struggling to get off the ground?
$1000/year to drive your EV: Road user charges for electric vehicles from April
The other shoe has dropped. How it will work.
Property Insider: $33m Auckland block bought pre-election for scrapped light rail
'Irresponsible' said Simeon Brown of the rail business buying so close to the election.
US drawn further into Middle East conflict with Houthi strikes
Financial Times: US struggles to balance deterrence and diplomacy amid war shockwaves.
Tesla dethroned as EV sales boomed in final month of Clean Car Discount
An industry boss wants clarity as EV owners get set to pay Road User Charges.
Market close: Shares dip as interest rate cut question weighs on investors
Transport stocks were also under pressure after Maersk said it’s avoiding the Red Sea.
Fran O’Sullivan: Winston Peters’ Red Sea move brings NZ and the US closer
OPINION: New Zealand’s interests are three-fold: Economic, moralistic and loyalistic.
US cracks down on money flow to Iran-backed Houthis
Financial Times: Treasury imposes sanctions after Red Sea attacks.
Shipping firm Maersk to resume Red Sea voyages
The route has been under attack from Houthi rebels.
US says Iran ‘deeply involved’ in Houthi Red Sea shipping attacks
Financial Times: White House declassifies intelligence pointing to Tehran’s role.
ELE collapse: 750 Filipinos fired from sites
'Workers’ ability to stay here is now under threat, many will find it hard': Mikee Santos.
1000+ jobs 'terminated' - Deloitte on 11-office national labour hire business
ELE - global recruiter went overseas, particularly the Philippines, to fill jobs here.
Red Sea ship attacks pose another threat to global economy
New York Times: Just as inflation eases, a key shipping route becomes a battleground.
City Rail Link fight: YMCA wanted $18m, Auckland Council offered $262K
Arguments put that only three basement car park levels can now be built instead of six.
Houthi pirate attacks cause chaos in vital Red Sea corridor
Houthis play Grinch, pirate attacks cause chaos in vital Red Sea corridor.