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In-depth features, founder profiles, and business stories from across New Zealand. Real journeys, real impact.
business
How SYSCA Built a Global Youth Media Brand From New Zealand
How SYSCA grew from a Wellington university blog into a global, social-first youth media brand — and what other media founders can learn from it.
Noteworthy Staff18 Jun 2026
business
The Richest People in New Zealand: The 2026 NBR Rich List
The 2026 NBR Rich List names 26 billionaires worth a combined $129 billion. Here are the richest people in New Zealand and how they made their money.
Noteworthy Staff17 Jun 2026
aerospace
Christchurch Aerospace Startups
It’s not obvious why a mid-sized city at the bottom of the South Island became a centre of gravity for aerospace, but Christchurch has.
Noteworthy Staff17 Jun 2026
business
Shit You Should Care About: The New Zealand Media Company Helping a Generation Care
Shit You Should Care About is a New Zealand-born media company helping younger audiences engage with news, culture, and global issues.
Noteworthy Staff16 Jun 2026
aerospace
What Is a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)?
A high-altitude platform station, HAPS, is an aircraft or airship that operates in the stratosphere for long periods, doing some of the jobs we normally.
Noteworthy Staff15 Jun 2026
aerospace
Dawn Aurora: The Spaceplane Aiming to Make Suborbital Flight Repeatable
The Mk-II Aurora is Dawn Aerospace's uncrewed, rocket-powered spaceplane: built to take off from a runway, fly toward the edge of space and land again like an aircraft, ready to fly the same day.
Noteworthy Staff14 Jun 2026
business
New Zealand Media Founders to Watch
Meet the New Zealand media founders building new platforms across social, newsletters, podcasts, and creator-led brands, from SYSCA to The Spinoff.
Noteworthy Staff13 Jun 2026
agritech
Robotics Plus: The New Zealand Company Building Farm Robots for the World
Robotics Plus is the Tauranga agritech company behind the Prospr farm robot, acquired by Yamaha Motor in 2025 to form the global Yamaha Agriculture.
Noteworthy Staff11 Jun 2026
food-tech
Leaft Foods: Making Protein From Leaves
Leaft Foods, founded by Maury Leyland Penno and Dr John Penno, extracts Rubisco, the world’s most abundant protein, from green leaves and turns it into a high-value food ingredient grown on Canterbury farmland.
Noteworthy Staff10 Jun 2026
agritech
New Zealand Farm Automation Startups
New Zealand farm automation startups are cutting manual work with robotics, sensors, software and AI. Meet the companies leading the shift.
Noteworthy Staff10 Jun 2026
agritech
How Halter Is Turning Farms Into Software-Enabled Businesses
How Halter is bringing software logic to livestock farming — turning collars, pasture and daily decisions into a connected farm operating system.
Noteworthy Staff9 Jun 2026
agritech
New Zealand Agritech Companies to Watch
Meet the New Zealand agritech companies building technology for farming, livestock, sustainability and global agriculture — led by Halter.
Noteworthy Staff8 Jun 2026
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