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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Workslop masquerades as meaningful, it may appear superficially polished, and yet requires others to interpret, fix, or even redo it. It’s a growing source of frustration in the workplace, Dr Kate Niederhoffer a social psychologist told RNZ’s Afternoons. She is vice president of Texas-based BetterUp Labs and co-authored a study on ... <a title="What is workslop?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/what-is-workslop/" aria-label="Read more about What is workslop?">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Serko handles corporate travel management and expenses, and operates the Booking.com for Business platform. Unsplash Travel software company Serko posted a bigger bottom-line half-year loss driven by one-offs, but its income surged, thanks to its partnership with US giant Booking.com. Key numbers for the six months ended September compared with a ... <a title="Serko sees strong revenue growth, while posting increased loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/serko-sees-strong-revenue-growth-while-posting-increased-loss/" aria-label="Read more about Serko sees strong revenue growth, while posting increased loss">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The airline says no formal notice of a strike has been received. Kai Schwoerer Air New Zealand says it has been made aware by E tū union that staff have voted to take industrial action. “We are aware that cabin crew represented by E tū union have voted to take industrial ... <a title="Air New Zealand says cabin crew considering strike action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/air-new-zealand-says-cabin-crew-considering-strike-action/" aria-label="Read more about Air New Zealand says cabin crew considering strike action">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Sanford’s net profit for the year ended September was $63.7 million. Supplied / Sanford Seafood company Sanford has made a record full-year profit driven by the strong performance of its aquacultural business. Net profit for the year ended September was $63.7 million, or more than three times the year earlier’s $19.7m. ... <a title="Seafood company Sanford’s full-year net profit $63.7 million, more than triple previous year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/seafood-company-sanfords-full-year-net-profit-63-7-million-more-than-triple-previous-year/" aria-label="Read more about Seafood company Sanford’s full-year net profit $63.7 million, more than triple previous year">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Instant coffee prices have spiked this year. creative commons – pixabay – moritz320 The cost of food continues to climb, with Stats NZ figures showing some of the sharpest increases in staples like cheese, eggs and milk. But few items rose as sharply in price as instant coffee – up 25.5 ... <a title="When will instant coffee be affordable again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/when-will-instant-coffee-be-affordable-again/" aria-label="Read more about When will instant coffee be affordable again?">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP Business groups says a Supreme Court decision that Uber drivers are employees rather than contractors could collapse the gig economy. It comes after the Supreme Court unanimously decided to shut down Uber’s appeal against an Employment Court ruling in 2022 that drivers using the app were employees of Uber. BusinessNZ ... <a title="Uber drivers’ Supreme Court decision could collapse gig economy, business groups say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/uber-drivers-supreme-court-decision-could-collapse-gig-economy-business-groups-say/" aria-label="Read more about Uber drivers’ Supreme Court decision could collapse gig economy, business groups say">Read more</a>
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November 18, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand IKEA has released details of some of the prices it will charge in New Zealand. RNZ / Marika Khabazi IKEA has released details of some of the prices it will charge in New Zealand – but how much of a threat will it be to other local homeware retailers? It says ... <a title="What IKEA’s opening will mean for local homeware retailers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/18/what-ikeas-opening-will-mean-for-local-homeware-retailers/" aria-label="Read more about What IKEA’s opening will mean for local homeware retailers">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Nelson MP Rachel Boyack opening the new AGB factory in Tasman. RNZ/Samantha Gee A New Zealand stone fabricator is calling on manufacturers and consumers to end the use of potentially deadly crystalline-silica engineered stone. About 1000 workers are thought to have been been exposed to high concentrations of respirable crystalline-silica dust ... <a title="Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/bench-top-manufacturer-calls-out-use-of-potentially-deadly-engineered-stone/" aria-label="Read more about Bench top manufacturer calls out use of potentially deadly engineered stone">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The electricity sector regulator wants to be able to intervene to control prices for connecting to electricity networks. The Electricity Authority said some lines companies were charging high up-front costs for connections, which can be a barrier to development, slow down electrification and leave consumers worse off. The authority’s general ... <a title="High electricity connection costs a barrier for development – Electricity Authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/high-electricity-connection-costs-a-barrier-for-development-electricity-authority/" aria-label="Read more about High electricity connection costs a barrier for development – Electricity Authority">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand US president Donald Trump has cancelled tariffs on several US food imports including beef and kiwifruit. AFP / RNZ Composite An economist says US president Donald Trump’s flip-flopping on tariffs has New Zealand businesses on edge. Trump has cancelled tariffs on several US food imports including beef and kiwifruit. Sense Partners ... <a title="Donald Trump’s tariff ‘flip-flopping’ has NZ businesses on edge, economist says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/17/donald-trumps-tariff-flip-flopping-has-nz-businesses-on-edge-economist-says/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s tariff ‘flip-flopping’ has NZ businesses on edge, economist says">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ money correspondent Susan Edmunds. RNZ Got questions? RNZ has launched anew podcast, ‘No Stupid Questions’, with Susan Edmunds. We’d love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop us a voice memo ... <a title="Will I have to pay tax if I give my kids $150k? – Ask Susan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/will-i-have-to-pay-tax-if-i-give-my-kids-150k-ask-susan/" aria-label="Read more about Will I have to pay tax if I give my kids $150k? – Ask Susan">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Month on month, just over 3200 products increased in cost from September to October 2025. Bianca Ackermann / Unsplash Higher food prices could have New Zealanders rethinking their Christmas meal plans – and a barbecue is likely to be an expensive option, one economist says. Infometrics has released its latest Grocery ... <a title="Why Christmas barbecues likely to be a ‘pretty expensive endeavour’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/15/why-christmas-barbecues-likely-to-be-a-pretty-expensive-endeavour/" aria-label="Read more about Why Christmas barbecues likely to be a ‘pretty expensive endeavour’">Read more</a>
