Dileepa Fonseka
Senior Correspondent at BusinessDesk
Senior correspondent for @Businessdesk_nz. Voyager Business Journalist of the Year finalist 2023. Ex-press gallery for @NewsroomNZ & ex-@NZStuff
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1 week ago |
businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka
A $200 billion opportunity has opened up for New Zealand exporters, says The Beauty Lab Collective's founder, Louie Li. A pallet of Li's products was the first to be imported into China under a new exemption announced on Wednesday, which lifts a de facto ban on beauty products exported from New Zealand . Only cosmetic products that meet animal testing requirements can be imported into China, unless a firm secures an exemption.
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1 week ago |
businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka
Rising costs are still biting businesses, and the boss of 2degrees says some of the companies responsible for those price increases are hiding behind old excuses. In the face of a 2degrees survey revealing nearly a third of businesses faced cost increases of more than 40% over the past year, chief executive Mark Callander said electricity costs were likely a key part of the story.He said the incentives weren’t right for new electricity generation.
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2 weeks ago |
businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka
On The Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.What is Giardino Investments?
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2 weeks ago |
businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka
Christopher Luxon will make his first visit to China as prime minister next week, amid criticism he is not doing enough to maintain New Zealand’s “special relationship” with the world’s second-largest economy.The PM will take a business delegation comprising representatives from the tourism industry, primary sector, and education with him. Air NZ chair Therese Walsh is leading the delegation.
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2 weeks ago |
businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka
In an unstable world, New Zealand needs Ukraine, the Eastern European country's ambassador argues.Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia and NZ, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, said Ukraine had become a drone superpower out of necessity, and NZ could do with some of that capability.“The innovation cycle in the area of drones depends on the technology specifically, but it's around 12 weeks.”Countries like NZ, or even the United States, didn’t face such a high level of pressure to innovate in the area of...
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