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Gentrack’s softer-than-expected result hits share price
Limited full-year guidance falls slightly short of analysts' expectations.

Market close: NZ stocks end weaker after a strong start to May
Falls in Fletcher Building and F&P Healthcare drove the sharemarket lower.

Market close: NZ sharemarket up as Sanford rides the wave
The New Zealand sharemarket rose today, with key shares including Fonterra increasing.
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Crypto news

Diana Clement: How to get started on investing if you’re a young adult
OPINION: Young people should start with KiwiSaver before riskier investments.

Trump family pushes further into crypto, starting another venture
New York Times: Two of Trump's sons have invested in a new bitcoin-mining company.

‘Natural fit’: Kiwi crypto firm snapped up by Australian giant
The merger creates Australasia’s second-largest crypto platform by trading volume.
Stock Takes
Commodities news

Dairy prices end NZ season on a flat note, will they stay high in 2026?
The Global Dairy Trade auction ends flat as prices support Fonterra's $10/kg forecast.

Gold hits $3500 as stocks rebound amid trade war fears
Gold has set a series of records in recent weeks.

Chicken exports normalising after flu outbreak – MPI
Chicken exports are getting back to normal, MPI says.
Business news

Invercargill to Alaska: How Stabicraft is riding the boat-buying wave
The aluminium trailer boat business is expanding with private equity funds.

Tina from Turners' new ad - fat-shaming complaints; A small Kiwi town's media stoush
RNZ trust targets 'too modest' - Minister's letter; Costly PR conference: The PR response.

Mike Lee: Smith & Caughey’s closure a body-blow to Queen St
Smith & Caughey’s closure will result in 98 job losses in Auckland.
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Stock Takes: Why Ryman Healthcare has fallen out of favour with investors
An overhang on the stock is weighing on the retirement village operator's share price.

Market close: NZ sharemarket down as My Food Bag sees green shoots
The NZ sharemarket fell slightly with no apparent impact from Budget announcements.

FMA issues warning about crypto company's investment scheme
It says the unlicensed scheme may have caused "significant detriment" to investors.

New study out on Kirkpatrick plan for K Rd, Colliers moves Westgate properties: Property Insider
What would planned K Rd building do to the area? Give it a $135m boost, a new study shows.

Market close: NZX tracks US futures down 1.23%
The Warehouse Group is trading close to record lows.

Spark confirms outsourcing deal, reveals number of NZ jobs lost
The restructure comes on top of a contract to outsource roles to Infosys.

Gentrack’s softer-than-expected result hits share price
Limited full-year guidance falls slightly short of analysts' expectations.

Market close: NZ stocks end weaker after a strong start to May
Falls in Fletcher Building and F&P Healthcare drove the sharemarket lower.

Stock Takes: 'Unlikely to impact' - analyst downplays Fonterra-Bega legal dispute
Analyst says risks in Fonterra-Bega legal tangle have been overstated.