Business news
Hours from death: Apple Watch saves Hawke's Bay woman's life
A head start in race against blood cancer.
'Crouch, touch, hold’ before engaging with US: Hawke’s Bay industry wary of tariff scrum
Hawke’s Bay exports in 2023 were valued at $3.23 billion, 31% of its GDP.
Asset values up only $100m since 2022: New report on 10 biggest iwi
Most iwi had positive financial returns in 2024, an improvement on 2023: latest report
Bremworth proposes laying off 47 staff amidst major restructure
“It was very quiet ... a lot of people were crying."
$42m debt owed by major cherry grower in liquidation
Across the three registered companies, the business owes roughly $42 million.
'Short and sharp': Early feijoa harvest hits Gisborne, Hawke's Bay
Growers report good fruit size, but heavy crops have struggled due to wet conditions.
Opinion: NZ's path to prosperity needs bold economic reforms
Labour productivity has plummeted since 2021, worsening the economic crisis.
Mysterious collapse of water bottling company owing creditors $2.6m
The firm, established at Awatoto in 2018, closed last July and is in liquidation.
NZ’s fruit bowl shrinks as Cyclone Gabrielle impacts linger
"Some balance sheets are so bad people will have to exit the industry ultimately."
From MP to wellness guru: Anna Lorck’s radical new life
Lorck says her new life is a "contrast from the life that I was leading”.
'Step up the biosecurity': Hawke's Bay's bird flu fears
Bump up farm bio-security, or inevitable will happen, warns veteran Bay poultry farmer.
Berry determined: Plan to regrow tonnes of strawberries in flood-hit Esk Valley
Donald lost 60,000 strawberry plants in Gabrielle. He has received help to grow again.
‘Tough news’: NZME proposes to close 14 local newspapers, with the loss of 30 jobs
Herald owner says community titles are no longer profitable in changing media landscape.
'US market is a disaster': Why one Hawke's Bay exporter doesn't fear Trump's tariffs
'His strategy is to talk like an unhinged madman and then do a deal while you cower.'
Watch: Rocket Lab’s spectacular abort after engines fire
Launch from Mahia scrubbed at last moment.
'Absolutely thrilled': The Star is reborn - 103-year-old newspaper resurrected after closure
The presses are rolling again.
Colossal new Kmart for Auckland: Biggest NZ store planned
Vast new discounter to be built on greenfields site opposite Westgate Lifestyle Centre.
Business news around NZ
Market close: NZ sharemarket rises as Trump backs down on Fed chair
Ryman Healthcare shares fell after underwriters sold shares at a loss.
How high costs and red tape are stifling NZ's medicinal cannabis industry
NZ's medicinal cannabis sector says international players are flooding the market.
$5m expansion planned for NZ's historic Tuakau Hotel
The hotel has been in the Tuakau community for 150 years.
More Hawke's Bay business news
Colossal new Kmart for Auckland: Biggest NZ store planned
Vast new discounter to be built on greenfields site opposite Westgate Lifestyle Centre.
'Major deficiencies': Almost half of Hawke's Bay highways get a two-star rating
A State Highway described as a 'goat track' is among the routes needing urgent funding.
When your car becomes your coffin
The farmer was found dead in the vehicle he’d complained had trapped him inside.
JLL retirement village study: population up, companies adjust growth
Most older people do not live in such villages, even with 53,000 people there now.
Bremworth carpet maker to reinstate part of cyclone-hit Napier plant
'We are at the moment hand-picking parts of the factory to reinstate.'
'An added expense': 12 more buildings deemed earthquake-prone around Napier
“It’s just one of those things we have to do and we will do it as time and cash permits."