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From Oma's Spray Bottle to a Hawke's Bay Bathroom Brand
How Many Billionaires Does New Zealand Have?
Top5.nz: The Solar Quote Spreadsheet That Became a Rankings Site
Wedding Vendors and the New Zealand wedding suppliers list you can trust
The Mowbray Family Net Worth: Inside the Zuru Fortune (2026)
Three siblings from Cambridge turned a $20,000 loan into a NZ$20 billion fortune and the top spot on the 2026 Rich List. This is how the Mowbrays built Zuru.
Built Here, Sold There: Inside New Zealand’s Game Studios
A New Zealander made one of the biggest games of the decade, walked away from it, and came home to build a studio in Dunedin. His story is the whole country’s games industry in miniature: build something the world wants, then decide whether to keep it or sell it.
Charleez Chicken & Chips: The National Brand With No Stores of Its Own
Drive through provincial New Zealand and you will pass the Charleez sign in a dairy, a superette, a service station, a café or a bakery. None of those shops belongs to Charleez. That is the whole idea.
How a Volunteer Group Helped Win New Zealand's 1.5-Metre Rule
Most road-rule changes arrive without a face attached. New Zealand's new 1.5-metre passing rule has one: an Auckland father who nearly gave up cycling for good.
How Graeme Hart Made His Money and Became New Zealand's Richest Man
He left school at sixteen and became the wealthiest New Zealander who has ever lived. Graeme Hart made his fortune buying dull, essential businesses that the rest of the market had stopped paying attention to.
Off the Map: The Kiwi Businesses Google Barely Shows
The good local operators have not vanished. They are still busy, still the first name a local gives you. They have just become hard to find for anyone who is not already a local.
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