1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (164+ words) Vandalism to fibre cables in Swanson and Massey has left thousands of customers without internet. A spokesperson for Chorus confirmed they were responding to an ongoing outage in the region caused by vandalism to network cables. The outage appears to…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (106+ words) Renewables have hit a record high, but the Associate Energy Minister says New Zealand still can't quit coal and gas. A new MBIE report shows renewables supplied 92% of electricity in the June quarter, with record geothermal generation and solar up…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (145+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on Kiwi brewers have voiced frustration with Australia's excise tax break for their brewers - and claimed it gives them benefits that New Zealand companies can't get. This means New Zealand-produced beer is taxed more than…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (82+ words) Newstalk ZB Growing inflation and a changing economy could inspire Australia's Reserve Bank to start putting the OCR up again, according to one expert. Australia's current official cash rate is currently at 4.35 percent, but the central bank is due to…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (90+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on National's pledging cash for councils - instead of a bed tax - to deal with growing tourism and related infrastructure issues. The party's promised it'll hand over a share of revenue from the newly announced International…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (94+ words) The regions are getting a boost, with the aim of enticing international visitors to stray from the golden route. The Government's putting $5 million into six campaigns to attract North American, Chinese, and Australian tourists to the regions at off-peak times....

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (158+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on Social media companies could be facing hefty fines if they don't do enough to keep under-16s off their sites under a new bill, according to the Australian Government. The fines would be aimed at…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (481+ words) The Reserve Bank expects getting a job to gradually get easier, but some people could continue to find it much harder than others. New Zealand’s unemployment rate hit 5.6% in the last quarter – its highest point in almost 11 years – as the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (86+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on Over in Australia, a future Coalition Government could slash the tobacco excise by 80 percent, and legalise and tax vapes and nicotine pouches. Opposition Leader Angus Taylor made this pledge, and explained the resulting price…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) Sometimes it seems that Labour’s decision to ban exploration for fossil fuels gets blamed for nearly every problem we’re dealing with in New Zealand. And today is no different. With Labour copping the blame for the closure of the big…...