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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.

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

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

Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago

Charleez Chicken & Chips: The National Brand With No Stores of Its Own

Noteworthy Staff3 weeks ago

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

Noteworthy Staff3 weeks ago

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

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

OCC Apparel: The Ethical Apparel and Merchandise Partner for New Zealand Brands

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OCC Apparel: The Ethical Apparel and Merchandise Partner for New Zealand Brands

Buying one ethical tee is easy. Buying five hundred, and proving the label holds up, is a different job. OCC Apparel has spent twenty-two years, and a careful set of brand partnerships, learning to do exactly that.

Noteworthy Staff23 Jul 2026

Allbirds: The Kiwi Wool Shoe That Took On the World

Allbirds: The Kiwi Wool Shoe That Took On the World

A wool trainer from a Kickstarter, built on New Zealand merino and a Kiwi footballer’s idea, became a six billion dollar Wall Street company. Then it had to learn the harder half of the sustainability lesson.

Noteworthy Staff22 Jul 2026

Who is Les Mills? How an Auckland Olympian's Gym Became a Global Brand

Les Mills was the Auckland Olympian who opened a gym in 1968. He died on 29 June 2026, aged 91. The global brand that carries his name is what his family built from that room.

Noteworthy Staff17 Jul 2026

Made Everywhere but Here: New Zealand's Quiet Billionaires

Made Everywhere but Here: New Zealand's Quiet Billionaires

New Zealand's largest fortunes were built offshore by its most private people. What that says about the country depends on how you read the silence.

Noteworthy Staff6 Jul 2026

Replace the Cow or Build on It: What New Zealand Food-Tech Learned

Replace the Cow or Build on It: What New Zealand Food-Tech Learned

Three food-tech founders, three bets on how to change what New Zealand sells the world. One broke, one held and one bet on the movement itself.

Noteworthy Staff5 Jul 2026

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Property Developer & Philanthropist, Mansons TCLM

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