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All about BEC: the simple scam that could cost your company millions
One compromised email is all a scammer could need to potentially cost your company millions.
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Fears as scammers transition to in-person fraud
A worrying new trend has seen online scammers transitioning to in-person fraud, in some cases turning up at victims’ homes.
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New partnership will improve NZ’s waterways
Six community groups will receive $10,000 grants to improve waterways across the country.
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Te Waiu O Aotearoa Trust Scholarships: A small change in the right direction
With the 2023 Te Waiu O Aotearoa Trust Scholarships application now open, REDnews spoke with 2017 scholarship awardee, Johannah Kātene-Burge about her academic journey, challenges, and achievements.
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Going viral on TikTok: Jony M Lee shares her journey from 0 to 400k
Auckland’s Jony Lee has a fun side-hustle – she's followed by almost half a million people on TikTok and brands pay her to advertise their products.
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Westpac's Ben Taylor talks everything Race Tekapo
The beauty of Lake Tekapo is unmatched so the chance to run a 50 km race was the perfect opportunity for Westpac’s Ben Taylor to do two of the things…
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5 e-commerce tips to boost your online sales
Online shopping boomed in lockdown, with over 300,000 Kiwis shopping online for the first time in 2020 – and they’ve kept shopping online even as stores reopened.
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The future of housing – will demographics create a split market?
The way we live is changing, and that’s changing our housing market, too.
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Feeling burnt out? Spot the signs and know what to do
“We’re in a perfect psychological storm, as well as an economic storm,” says Dr Iain McCormick, founder and partner at the Executive Coaching Centre.
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5 restaurant trends for 2023
In a fast-paced industry which has had to survive lockdowns and booms over the past two years, what’s in store for the restaurant sector in the year ahead?
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Daisy Lab - Changing the face of dairy production for a more sustainable future
It may sound like science fiction, but we might soon be living in a world where not all dairy comes from cows.
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Is New Zealand heading for a housing oversupply?
With a record number of new homes consented in 2021 and the weakest population growth in three decades, is New Zealand on track to have too many houses?