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Investor residency changes leave everyone a winner
Data centers

Investor residency changes leave everyone a winner

More foreign buyers could soon lift New Zealand’s high-end housing and rental markets as visa rules loosen and rates keep falling.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Wed, 29th Oct 2025
Salaries top the list but workers still like perks
Human Capital Management

Salaries top the list but workers still like perks

Most Kiwi office staff already get perks, yet 76 percent plan to ask for more as pay freezes push them towards flexible benefits.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Oct 2025
Buy the right school zone to boost property value
Real estate

Buy the right school zone to boost property value

Buyers in top school zones are paying up to 89 percent more, with Auckland's Epsom Girls' Grammar leading the premium, data shows.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 20th Oct 2025
Safety tech saves lives and spurs workplace Innovation
Robotics

Safety tech saves lives and spurs workplace Innovation

Nearly two-thirds of employers are now weighing safety tech as fatigue, heavy equipment and thermal stress drive serious injuries.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Mon, 20th Oct 2025
New powder coatings cut carbon for new builds
Construction

New powder coatings cut carbon for new builds

A partnership with Arkema and BASF has lowered the embodied carbon of architectural powder coatings used on new buildings across their full lifecycle.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Mon, 20th Oct 2025
Spinning the justification
Climate change

Spinning the justification

Farmers and other sectors face tougher cuts after Wellington scaled back methane targets, drawing criticism over a weaker path to 1.5°C.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
AI designs a virus
Generative AI

AI designs a virus

The breakthrough could help weaponise phages against antibiotic-resistant infections, but researchers warn the same method could aid deadly virus design.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Master Builders Best all-round apprentice
Housing

Master Builders Best all-round apprentice

The win spotlights a shortage of skilled tradespeople, as 97 apprentices battled through practical tests and interviews for national honours.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Waste to worth to a circular economy
Clean technologies

Waste to worth to a circular economy

Austria’s green sector is growing despite a weak economy, while a Polish WtE plant has cut landfill use from 90% to 12% in a decade.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Commercial and industrial lead the recovery
Real estate

Commercial and industrial lead the recovery

Offshore capital is helping New Zealand’s investment property market regain stability as larger commercial deals draw foreign buyers back in.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 15th Oct 2025
Opportunities for developers
Urban Planning

Opportunities for developers

A new survey shows New Zealanders want more housing choices, with unmet demand leaving renters dissatisfied and developers missing a growing middle market.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Wed, 8th Oct 2025
Hiding in plain sight
Robotics

Hiding in plain sight

Salty ice could power sensors and soft robotics in polar regions, after researchers found bending it produces a current far stronger than expected.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Oct 2025
Lessons from over the ditch
Housing

Lessons from over the ditch

The guarantee aims to unlock stalled apartment projects in New South Wales, where more than 13,000 approved homes have not yet broken ground.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Oct 2025
The key to a circular economy
Construction

The key to a circular economy

Greater reuse of building materials could cut emissions, lower costs and ease supply-chain risks as retrofits and construction expand.

By Staff Writer • 16 min read • Wed, 1st Oct 2025
Add a little salt and kiss lithium goodbye
Clean technologies

Add a little salt and kiss lithium goodbye

A German pilot due in 2027-28 could store renewable power for months, offering a long-lived alternative to costly lithium-ion batteries.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Oct 2025
Is your job safe from AI
Robotics

Is your job safe from AI

Up to 8 million UK jobs could be exposed to AI, but roles relying on empathy, judgement and creativity appear far safer.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Wed, 24th Sep 2025
Building capacity and breaking new ground
Disaster Recovery

Building capacity and breaking new ground

Residents face safer homes and roads as Hawke’s Bay Regional Council races to deliver a GBP £125 million flood programme after Cyclone Gabrielle.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Tue, 23rd Sep 2025
Cities reinvented: building urban resilience through Electricity 4.0
Smart Cities

Cities reinvented: building urban resilience through Electricity 4.0

Rising grid strain and climate shocks are forcing Australia and New Zealand to speed up electrified, digital infrastructure for safer, cleaner cities.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Tue, 23rd Sep 2025
Opportunity abounds for public transport
Lord of the Rings

Opportunity abounds for public transport

Road User Charging could redraw the economics of travel, giving buses and trains a chance to win far more commuters in New Zealand.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Wed, 17th Sep 2025