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Why New Zealand’s Most Remote Farms Now Have Faster Internet Than Many City Homes

By 2025, about 69–70% of New Zealanders have fiber-optic internet at home. The Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) program had reached 87% of the population by the end of 2022. By mid-2023, fiber uptake reached 73% of premises passed, with fiber lines accounting for about 70% of fixed broadband connections. Spark, One NZ (formerly Vodafone NZ), and 2degrees collectively serve roughly 73% of the broadband market on the open-access UFB fiber network. Standard residential fiber plans offer 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps, Hyperfibre reaches 2–8 Gbps in some areas, and about 30% of new fiber subscribers choose gigabit speeds. 4G mobile coverage

21 August 2025

Internet·LSE:VOD·NZX:SPK·Technology

New Zealand Drone Laws 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Safe & Legal Flying

New Zealand regards drones as aircraft, requiring compliance with Civil Aviation Rules Part 101 (up to 25 kg) and Part 102 (advanced operations). The Civil Aviation Act 2023 came into force on 5 April 2025, reaffirming drone pilots’ duties and enabling new rules like registration and Remote ID. Part 101 requires drones to weigh 25 kg or less, with 15–25 kg models needing inspection and approval by an authorized organization before use. Daylight-only flying is required under Part 101, with night operations allowed only under Part 102 with a special permit. Visual line of sight must be maintained at all

2 August 2025

Drones·Safety·Technology

New Zealand Stock Market Today: NZX 50 Climbs 0.8% as Earnings Season Lifts Sentiment – 20 November 2025

WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s stock market snapped its recent losing streak on Thursday, 20 November 2025, with the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 Index closing 0.84% higher at 13,439.40, up 112.5 points from Wednesday’s finish of 13,326.90. Turnover on the main board was about NZ$118 million with roughly 30.1 million shares traded, as investors digested a flurry of local earnings alongside a powerful global rally sparked by Nvidia’s blockbuster results. businessdesk.co.nz+1 Key numbers: New Zealand stock market today Over the last six months, the NZX 50 is still up about 5.9%, and roughly 5.2% over the past year, even after a choppy

20 November 2025

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market

New Zealand Stock Market Today: NZX 50 Jumps 0.6% as Gentrack Soars Ahead of RBNZ Rate Decision (24 November 2025)

The New Zealand sharemarket kicked off the week on a strong note on Monday, 24 November 2025, with the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 Index climbing around 0.6% to about 13,500 points, adding roughly 80 points by the close. NZX+1 A powerful rally in technology stocks – led by software developer Gentrack – combined with solid gains in transport, airports and selected healthcare and industrial names, helped offset softness in consumer names and some small caps. At the same time, investors continued to position for an expected 25-basis-point cut to the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand

24 November 2025

NZX:GTK·Stock Market

New Zealand Stock Market Outlook for 4 December 2025: 10 Things to Know Before the NZX Opens

The New Zealand sharemarket heads into Thursday’s open on the back of a two‑day rally, a fresh Fonterra update, and growing optimism that global central banks are done with aggressive tightening. Here’s a detailed look at what’s likely to shape trading on Thursday, 4 December 2025. Quick snapshot before the bell Below, we unpack the moving parts. 1. How the NZX closed on Wednesday Wednesday’s session on 3 December 2025 set a constructive tone: Key movers: In short, the market is entering Thursday with positive momentum, powered by heavyweights and yield names rather than speculative microcaps. 2. Overnight global leads:

3 December 2025

NZX:ANZ·NZX:FPH·NZX:KPG·NZX:LOC·NZX:MEL·NZX:WBC·Stock Market

New Zealand Stock Market Today (26 December 2025): NZX Closed for Boxing Day — Key News, Forecasts and What to Watch Before the Next Open

The New Zealand stock market will not open today, Friday 26 December 2025, because the NZX is closed for Boxing Day. The last trading session was the abbreviated Christmas Eve session on Wednesday 24 December, and the next time most investors can act on fresh headlines in local equities is when trading resumes after the holiday break. NZX Announcements Even with the market shut, today still matters: U.S. markets reopen later (New Zealand time), commodities have been moving in thin year‑end liquidity, and several domestic macro and company-specific developments from the past week are likely to shape positioning when NZ shares trade again. Below

25 December 2025

NZX:NZX·Stock Market

EB Games New Zealand to close all stores by Jan 31 — what happens to gift cards and preorders

EB Games will close all 38 New Zealand stores on Jan. 31 and its distribution centre on Feb. 28, citing multi-million dollar losses. Customers can use gift cards until closure and seek refunds afterward. Some staff may be offered roles in Australia. GameStop shares rose 0.2% in premarket trading.

14 January 2026

NYSE:GME·Stock Market

Aviation Satellite Services: Benefits, Providers, and New Technologies

By late 2022, more than 10,000 aircraft worldwide were equipped with in-flight connectivity, and about 65% of airlines planned further IFC investments in the next few years. Aireon’s space-based ADS-B payloads on Iridium NEXT have been operational since 2019, enabling global real-time tracking and supporting ICAO’s 15-minute GADSS position reporting standard. COSPAS-SARSAT, a global satellite distress system, relays 406 MHz ELT signals from aircraft to ground stations to coordinate search and rescue and has saved thousands of lives. Global Navigation Satellite Systems—GPS (USA), GLONASS (Russia), Galileo (EU), BeiDou (China)—provide precise positioning, while SBAS like WAAS and EGNOS offer 1–2 meter

4 June 2025

Technology

New Zealand Sharemarket Today: NZX 50 Slides 0.5% as Infratil Sell‑Off Caps Mainfreight Rally (13 November 2025)

New Zealand Sharemarket Today (17 November 2025): Black Pearl Returns, Comvita Deal Collapses, Warehouse Cost Reset in Focus

New Zealand’s stock market heads into Monday’s session under a cloud of caution after a sharp end‑of‑week sell‑off and a flurry of corporate announcements that could drive stock‑specific volatility through the day. On Friday, the S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 133.41 points, or 0.98%, to close at 13,464.46, with 106 decliners and just 34 gainers, as local investors followed Wall Street’s worst day in a month.Good Returns+1 Heavyweights such as Mainfreight, Infratil, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Meridian all eased, while smaller cap Comvita slumped after uncertainty over its takeover deal.Good Returns As of early Monday, the NZX Main Board is

16 November 2025

NZX:CVT·NZX:ERD·NZX:FPH·NZX:IFT·NZX:MEL·NZX:MFT·NZX:VGL·Stock Market

New Zealand Stock Market Ends Higher as BlueScope Bid Sparks Steel Rally, Infratil Gains

Wellington, Jan 6, 2026, 23:00 NZDT — Market closed New Zealand shares closed higher on Tuesday, led by steel-linked names after a takeover approach for Australia’s BlueScope Steel rippled across the sector. The benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index rose 76.35 points, or 0.56%, to 13,663.58, NZX data showed. Reuters The advance stretched the index’s winning streak to four sessions and left it about 0.6% below its 52-week high, according to Investing.com data. NZX’s all-materials sub-index jumped 3.1% on the day, reflecting the bid-driven lift in construction and steel exposures. Investing.com BlueScope said it received an all-cash A$30-a-share proposal from Kerry Stokes-owned SGH and

6 January 2026

ASX:BSL·ASX:SGH·NYSE:STLD·NZX:AIA·NZX:FBU·NZX:FPH·NZX:IFT·NZX:STU·NZX:VSL·Stock Market

Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

In 2023, the global space economy reached $570 billion, with private/commercial ventures accounting for about 78%. In 2023 there were 221 orbital launches (the most on record), more than 2,500 satellites launched, and experts project up to 100,000 satellites in orbit within the next decade. Since 2009, investors have poured about $347.9 billion into roughly 2,197 space startups worldwide. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 can carry about 22,800 kg to LEO, and the company launched 61 missions in 2022 and nearly 100 in 2023, capturing an estimated 95% of all U.S. orbital launches. Virgin Galactic began commercial suborbital flights in 2023, charging

16 June 2025

Global Trends·Space Industry

Global Space Industry Soars to New Heights: Inside the $500+ Billion Space Boom (2025 Report)

Key Facts Historical Overview: From Moon Race to the NewSpace Era In the mid-20th century, government programs completely dominated space exploration. The Cold War space race saw the Soviet Union and United States achieve seminal milestones – from Sputnik (1957) and Yuri Gagarin’s first orbit (1961) to the U.S. Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. Over the following decades, government-led endeavors built the foundations of today’s industry: satellites for communications and GPS, the Space Shuttle program (1981–2011), and the International Space Station (assembled 1998–2011). Private companies played a supporting role as contractors to NASA, the Soviet space program, etc., but

2 September 2025

Space·Space Industry·Technology

Britain’s New Space Race: Inside the UK’s Booming Space & Satellite Industry

Key Facts Summary Historical Development of the UK Space & Satellite Sector The UK has a long if understated space heritage, with several pivotal milestones over the past decades: In summary, the UK space sector’s history is one of early scientific achievements, a long period of reliance on partners, and a recent renaissance focusing on commercialization. From building satellites that connect the world to laying the groundwork for launching them, Britain’s space journey has set the stage for a new chapter of growth. Current Industry Landscape: Size, Scope and Key Players Today the United Kingdom boasts one of the world’s

8 September 2025

Satellites·Space·Space Industry

Amazon’s Finance Teams Unleash AI for Complex Tasks – Transforming Corporate Finance

Amazon Stock Surges on New AI Push – Latest Price, Key News & 2025 Outlook

Stock Price & Recent Performance (October 2025) As of October 8, 2025, Amazon’s stock trades around $225 per sharestockanalysis.com. It has risen modestly in early October, bouncing from about $219 at the start of the month to the mid-$220s rangestockanalysis.com. This week’s ~1.5% uptick follows a period of volatility in late September. Year-to-date, AMZN is roughly flat to slightly up (low single-digit percentage gains), lagging the broader S&P 500 and most other “Magnificent Seven” tech giants. Notably, Amazon hit an all-time high near $242 in early February 2025, but a summer tech sell-off and profit-taking pulled the stock down about 10% from that peakts2.tech. Chart-wise,

8 October 2025

Amazon·Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AMZN·Stock Market

Eli Lilly’s Weight-Loss Pill Sheds Pounds Fast—But Hits a Plateau: What New Trial Results Mean for the Obesity Drug Race

Trial Results: Big Early Losses, Then Weight Loss Levels Off This highly anticipated trial put Lilly’s oral GLP-1 drug, orforglipron, to the test in a large group of adults struggling with obesity. The study enrolled 3,127 overweight or obese participants (none had diabetes, but all had weight-related health issues) and randomly assigned them to various daily doses of the pill or a placebo for 72 weeks reuters.com. The outcomes were encouraging yet mixed. Patients on the highest dose (36 mg daily) lost on average about 11–12% of their starting body weight by week 72 theguardian.com. In practical terms, that’s roughly

17 September 2025

NYSE:LLY

Shorter Asia-Pacific Flights and New Madinah–Baghdad Direct Route Signal Next Phase of Air Travel

SINGAPORE / RIYADH, Dec 10, 2025 — As of this week, travelers in both Asia-Pacific and the Middle East are seeing a new wave of more direct flights: a major cross-border trial of flexible “user-preferred” flight paths in the region has proven successful and is continuing, while Saudi low-cost carrier flynas has inaugurated its first direct route between Madinah and Baghdad, adding a fresh link between Saudi Arabia and Iraq.The Straits Times+ 1 Asia-Pacific locks in more direct flight paths on 70 routes A 15‑month trial involving Singapore and five other countries has shown that allowing pilots to choose more

10 December 2025

ASX:QAN·HKG:029·NZX:AIR·SGX:SIA

Rocket Lab Soars to New Heights After Mega Launch Deal – What’s Next for the Space Stock?

Rocket Lab’s Stock Hits New High on Latest Launch Deal Rocket Lab’s shares have been on a tear in 2025, and the momentum hit a fever pitch this week. On October 8, the stock jumped around 7% to roughly $66 in pre-market trading Benzinga – a fresh all-time high – after the company announced an exciting new launch contract. The surge continued a stunning run-up over the past year: Rocket Lab’s stock is up about 700% year-over-year, recently hovering near its 52-week high ts2.tech. Even a mid-September wobble (when a $750 million at-the-market share offering plan briefly knocked shares down ~12%)

8 October 2025

NASDAQ:RKLB·Space Industry·Stock Market·Technology Trends

100 Space Startups Shaping the New Space Economy Worldwide

SpaceX (USA, founded 2002 by Elon Musk) achieved the first private orbital rocket launch in 2008, performed the first booster landing in 2015, and launched the Starlink mega-constellation. Blue Origin (USA, founded 2000 by Jeff Bezos) completed the first vertical landing of a New Shepard booster in 2015, flew the first crewed suborbital flight in July 2021, and conducted the first orbital New Glenn launch in January 2025. Rocket Lab (New Zealand/USA, founded 2006 by Peter Beck) achieved orbit with its Electron rocket in January 2018, establishing itself as a leading small-launch provider with over 30 Electron missions. Astra (USA,

21 June 2025

Innovation·Space·Technology Trends

Green Hydrogen “Gold Rush”: New Report Reveals $130B Market Boom by 2030

What Is Green Hydrogen and Why It Matters Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen fuel produced using renewable energy (like solar or wind) to split water molecules via electrolysis, yielding hydrogen gas with zero greenhouse gas emissions businesswire.com. It contrasts with traditional “grey” hydrogen, made from natural gas via steam reforming (releasing CO₂), and “blue” hydrogen, which is similarly made from fossil fuels but with carbon capture to reduce emissions globenewswire.com. Because green hydrogen’s production doesn’t emit carbon and its use (in fuel cells, turbines or industrial processes) only produces water vapor, it is seen as a crucial clean energy carrier

18 September 2025

Green Energy·LSE:ITM·NYSE:APD·NYSE:LIN

Rio Tinto (RIO) Stock Outlook December 2025: New CEO, Copper Pivot and Dividend Power in Focus

LONDON, December 1, 2025 — Rio Tinto plc (NYSE: RIO, LON: RIO) heads into the final month of 2025 trading close to its 52‑week highs, with a new chief executive in place, a simplified corporate structure, and a strategy increasingly anchored in copper and other energy‑transition metals. At the same time, investors are weighing chunky dividend forecasts, environmental controversies and the prospect of fresh M&A pressure. This article pulls together the latest share‑price data, corporate news, analyst forecasts and thematic drivers as of 1 December 2025. Rio Tinto share price in December 2025: near the top of its range In

1 December 2025

Dividends·LSE:RIO·Mining Industry·NYSE:RIO·Stock Market

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