National Business Review
June 2026
Kiwi investors offered a slice of Finn Pulowski’s new AI play
Oil ship trips and chipmaker dips on investors’ lips
Oil prices and AI continued to dominate investors’ thoughts this week as the former showed signs of moderating, while the tech trade stumbled slightly on artificial investment concerns
Job cuts loom at Tiger Brokers after China penalties
Revolut pads revenue as it awaits NZ banking licence
Focus on oil price and Australian labour stats in week ahead
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz has also settled some nerves after three months of significant supply disruption
Critics pan US$300b Iranian MOU, SpaceX splashes down
Under Jerome Powell’s tenure, there was a focus on price stability and inflation versus the unemployment rate mandate. That’s likely to shift to a more inflation focus going forward,
Saudi startup Riyadh Air eyes Auckland by 2028
Riyadh Air, backed with US$40 million from a Saudi sovereign fund, now has three new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners on its network
Farmer concern: fuel infrastructure disruption could last years
While a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran has been reported, the rural sector has been warned the impacts of the conflict could persist and to budget accordingly
SpaceX closes up 19% after world’s largest ever IPO
The SpaceX Nasdaq float sold 555.6 million shares at US$135 ($231) each and raised US$75 billion, giving the company a market value of
Fieldays 2026: Farmers ‘just got to get on with it’
On Wednesday, the gates to the 58th Fieldays opened in Mystery Creek near Hamilton
Food and fibre exports forecast to top $64 billion
Shifting alliances in a changing and more uncertain world
It is even more extraordinary that in the latest Perceptions of Asia survey, 35% of respondents see the US as a threat, only trailing behind Russia and North Korea
Perception of the United States has ‘fallen off a cliff’: survey
What SpaceX promises about the economics of space and Earth
Last week, the market movements were strongly bookended and characterised by a melt-up on Monday followed by a sharp fall on Friday
AI trade persists despite Broadcom's big drop
It also reiterated its US$100b AI revenue forecast for FY2027, which Reuters reported had disappointed investors