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India’s navy frees ship hijacked by Somali pirates
Financial Times: Gang that seized bulk carrier in December forced to surrender.
$5.4m starting price: Winton's new apartment plan for Wynyard Quarter
A new 12-level building is planned for the Pakenham St West/Daldy St corner.
US held secret talks with Iran over Red Sea attacks
Financial Times: Indirect negotiations in Oman aimed to end Houthi strikes.
Andrew Couch: Firm, decisive action needed to improve transport
OPINION: The new GPS is bad for certain transport sectors, but important overall.
Fast-track bill: Shane Jones fires up over 'Nimbys' hobbling the economy
Aquaculture projects will be among the first in line for consents.
Freedom Furniture loses $9m, taps parent's support to pay debts
Red Sea terrorism disrupting supply chain, racheting up freight costs.
Billionaire Graeme Hart's US companies make $15b revenue
How did two American businesses owned by NZ's wealthiest man perform in 2023?
Maersk takes aim at NZ port berthing slot availability and productivity
The shipping giant says the efficiency of its ocean network is affected; ports respond.
ANZ's Commodities Index gained 3.5 per cent in February
The twin canal crises are impacting smaller Kiwi exporters especially.
Freight and infrastructure sectors give verdict on Govt's transport network plans
But Mainfreight boss Don Braid is concerned about a policy silence regarding rail.
Trev Terry boatyard receivers seek buyer as ‘tough market’ hits
Boat company will attend A&P show as usual, quest for buyer on horizon.
EV sales stalled badly, again, in February
Overall light passenger vehicle sales the lowest n 11 years.
Exports struggle to get good prices but NZ trade deficit still shrinks
Expensive imports gobble up some of our strong export volumes.
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.