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The International Departures entrance at Auckland Airport. Photo: RNZ / Yiting Lin

Research questions New Zealand's 'brain drain'

Do we really have a 'brain drain' and is it a problem?

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A nose for perfume business

Nicky Tāmati is opening her own Princes St perfumery, Nur Perfumery. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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A nose for perfume business

A Dunedin woman with a rare condition where aromas take the form of colours and shapes is opening a perfumery to help people create their own special fragrances.

Fears flight cuts could hit last-minute bookings

Fears transtasman flight cuts could affect last-minute bookings

Cuts to transtasman flights due to higher fuel costs have tourism operators worried on the impact they will have on last-minute bookings.

Drury withdrawn from Queenstown event

Rod Drury, of Queenstown. Photo: supplied

Drury withdrawn from Queenstown event

Xero founder Sir Rod Drury has been withdrawn from a list of keynote speakers for a Queenstown event next week.

Govt move to change climate law 'outrageous'

Activist Mike Smith, whose case has now been blocked, says the move is unprecedented, while Greenpeace calls it a "shocking abuse of power".

Businesses support fuel ration plan, Labour unconvinced

Retailers and truckers back the government's more simplified, high-trust fuel rationing system, but Labour says it's simply not credible.

Family business still rolling after 75 years

The late Kerry Horrell, left, with son - and current owner of Horrell Engineering - Blair Horrell...

Family business still rolling after 75 years

Horrell Engineering has sat at the intersection of Victoria and Wills Sts in central Ashburton for 75 years and is now run by the family’s third generation.

Obituary: Trevor Grigg, retailer

Dunedin Malt House owner Trevor Grigg in 2016. Photo: Peter McIntosh

Obituary: Trevor Grigg, retailer

Trevor Grigg was born, bred and buttered in New Zealand’s finest city.

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Store owner accuses police of ‘bully’ tactics

An off-licence renewal application for Caversham Liquor has been opposed by police. PHOTO: PETER...

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Store owner accuses police of ‘bully’ tactics

A Dunedin bottle store owner has accused police of bullying and using ‘‘pressure tactics’’ in their bid to oppose its liquor licence.

Fuel stocks: Petrol up; diesel, jet fuel down

In New Zealand petrol prices are already climbing rapidly, with forecasts that they could push...

Fuel stocks: Petrol up; diesel, jet fuel down

Total diesel and jet fuel stocks have taken a slight dip, while more petrol is on its way, the latest update shows.

Good time for first-home buyers?

Good time for first-home buyers?

House prices could be set to fall again and it may be a good opportunity for first-home buyers, the head of one of New Zealand's largest mortgage broking firms says.

Storms sweep sludge into shipping channel

Lyttelton Port Company’s maintenance dredging each year in the shipping channel was accelerated...

Storms sweep sludge into shipping channel

Emergency dredging is clearing Lyttelton port’s choked shipping channel from a build-up of marine mud brought in by big storms.

Queenstown McDonald’s site sold

There's been a transaction at Queenstown’s McDonald’s that’s a tad bigger than your average Big Mac.

Rocket Lab looks to cash in on rise in US military spending

Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck at an event for US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Rocket...

Rocket Lab looks to cash in on rise in US military spending

New Zealand-founded company Rocket Lab is well placed to benefit from the Trump administration's planned "Golden Dome" space missile shield, according to its chief executive Sir Peter Beck.