Although he insists he’s not taking anything for granted, Phil Goff will be all but officially confirmed as having comfortably carried off the Auckland mayoralty this Saturday if the latest poll is accurate.

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In what has been described as a counter move to combat Tesla’s domination of the luxury EV market – rather than an answer to arch-rival BMW’s iPerformance sub-brand – Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler has officially launched its emissions-free EQ strain of vehicles.

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Shockingly for the Colombian political class, a peace deal between the government and the Marxist militant group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) failed to ratify in a plebiscite. The deal was four years in construction and attempted to end the 52-year insurgency.

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A public-private partnership aimed at making better use of big data launched in Auckland today.

Dubbed “Precision Driven Health,” the seven-year effort is billed as New Zealand’s largest ever ICT-related research project and it involves NZ-listed Orion Health, the Waitemata District Health Board (the Counties and Canterbury DHBs are poised to join too) and the University of Auckland.

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Here's a trivial pursuit question: How many New Zealanders have won a Nobel Prize?*

The annual prize-giving season is under way and the laureates are being named over the next week or so. No New Zealander is likely to be among them.

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Most of Auckland’s small to medium business want the port on the downtown wharves on the Waitemata Harbour moved.

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Dairy product prices fell at the Global Dairy Trade auction, the first decline since July.

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New Zealand is in danger of being left behind in financial technology unless the government takes steps to promote and protect the young sector, Chapman Tripp says.

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The Accident Compensation Corporation’s investment team has beat its benchmarks for the 21st consecutive year, although the 10.22% return for the year ended June wasn’t enough to offset the impact of falling interest rates on ACC’s outstanding claims liability.

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The outlook for New Zealand’s economy is rosy, according to New Zealand businesses.

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