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An Auckland company is about to start trials of drones that can not only track rare birds but tell if they’re running about, flying or mating.

KiwiBank’s annual profit has been more than halved as it scrapped an upgrade of its IT systems.

The last significant assets of collapsed state coal miner Solid Energy formally went into private ownership today.

House values are growing at their slowest in five years and may stay sluggish until after the election, QV says.

Business confidence has softened marginally in August, but firms are still upbeat about the outlook, according to a new ANZ Bank survey.

The Commerce Commission is cracking down on utility companies using their own maintenance teams because it suspects the practice is pushing up power bills.

Iwi and environmental groups are to appeal a bid to take millions of tonnes of iron sand from the seabed off South Taranaki.

A global cruise company is spending tens of millions of dollars to make its mega-liners more environmentally friendly.