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As New Zealand businesses navigate increasingly complex cashflow pressures, tax pooling is emerging as a practical and often underutilised solution for managing provisional tax obligations.

With the distraction of another Gulf war and resulting fuel prices it’s easy to lose sight of the actual state of the NZ economy.

So, you’ve had enough of high fuel prices and decided to go electric but need funding.

A new commercial vehicle safety centre in Taupō is now operating.

Guthrie Bowron hosted the most recent Business After 5.

With the price of fuel out the gate, is it the electric vehicle’s time in the sun? We take a look under the hood.‍

A Taupō entrepreneur is hopeful an aviation breakthrough will slash fuel consumption by 30%.

With the volatility of the conflict in Iran developing daily as to how far it will escalate or not, its early days yet to determine the long term effects, certainly we’re feeling it at the fuel pump right now.

Theft of electrical equipment is putting lives at risk, and not just for those committing crimes, says The Lines Company.

Trade Minister Todd McClay visited Taupō on Tuesday to push the merits of a proposed trade deal with India.

Mercury has officially opened its $220 million expansion project at its Ngā Tamariki Geothermal Station near Taupō. 

Sue and John Collett still remember their children roller-skating on the freshly polished concrete floors of their Totara Point store.

The effect of global tension on economic recovery

While we’ve done a great job bringing down inflation and interest rates and generally setting ourselves on a path to economic recovery, the latest geopolitical events that are hopefully short-lived highlight the need for flexibility. To that end it’s timely to take a look at options available. 

A reshuffle of Taupō’s op shops will see the Salvation Army Family Store shift to Totara Point and the Hospice Shop move into nearby Danske Mobler.

Introduced in 2025 and designed to stimulate capital spending and support economic growth in the form of accelerated depreciation, the government’s Investment Boost scheme allows a further 20% depreciation on the purchase price of new qualifying assets in the financial year of acquisition, on top of standard depreciations that normally apply.

A period of stability lies ahead with mortgage rates remaining largely unchanged.

Contact Energy has put in an offer for the remaining 24.98% of King Country Energy Ltd.

In a move set to boost access to affordable housing finance, ASB Bank has become a participating lender with Kāinga Ora, opening the door for more first home buyers to enter the property market.

Ruapehu's mayor says the government should consider a proposal from an unnamed investor to return Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel.

First-home buyers and investors are weighing the benefits of new builds against turnkey options.

This week’s column explores how to get on the property ladder as national confidence lifts and what it means for Taupō

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA), which issues licenses to advisers, prefers the word adviser to broker.

 The new fifth unit at Mercury’s Ngā Tamariki Geothermal Station, near Taupō, has begun delivering generation to the grid.

Financial advisor Brian Coogan takes a look at what we can expect from 2026

Shawn Vennell who celebrated 40 years with Quality Print this month can’t quite believe where the years have gone. From starting as a sheet-fed printing apprentice in the mid-1980s – sweeping out under the machines, he jokes – to now owning and running the business seems to have gone past in the blink of an eye.

A Taupō family has imported an electric hydrofoil boat that they will use for tours on the lake.

 Air New Zealand flew its new electric plane into Taupō last week as part of a reconnaisance trip down the country.

Taupō tourism professionals were celebrated at an end-of-year awards evening hosted by Love Taupō.

Byline: Insights with InFinance by Brian Coogan