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Aid That Cannot Wait: From a Grey Lynn Bedroom to Two Million People

Aid That Cannot Wait: From a Grey Lynn Bedroom to Two Million People

He left investment banking for the world’s war zones, then built a charity to go where the big agencies would not. Mike Seawright on twelve years of getting help to people fast.

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From Oma's Spray Bottle to a Hawke's Bay Bathroom Brand

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How Many Billionaires Does New Zealand Have?

How Many Billionaires Does New Zealand Have?

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Top5.nz: The Solar Quote Spreadsheet That Became a Rankings Site

Top5.nz: The Solar Quote Spreadsheet That Became a Rankings Site

Noteworthy Staff10 Sept 2026

Wedding Vendors and the New Zealand wedding suppliers list you can trust

Wedding Vendors and the New Zealand wedding suppliers list you can trust

Noteworthy Staff10 Sept 2026

The Mowbray Family Net Worth: Inside the Zuru Fortune (2026)

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.

Noteworthy Staff5 Sept 2026

Built Here, Sold There: Inside New Zealand’s Game Studios

Built Here, Sold There: Inside New Zealand’s Game Studios

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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.

Noteworthy Staff16 Aug 2026

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.

Noteworthy Staff11 Aug 2026

How a Volunteer Group Helped Win New Zealand's 1.5-Metre Rule

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.

Noteworthy Staff9 Aug 2026

How Graeme Hart Made His Money and Became New Zealand's Richest Man

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.

Noteworthy Staff4 Aug 2026

Off the Map: The Kiwi Businesses Google Barely Shows

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.

Noteworthy Staff30 Jul 2026

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Engineer & Founder, Lockwood Homes

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Sir Ted Manson

Property Developer & Philanthropist, Mansons TCLM

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