A Timaru man has been fined $10,000 for continuing to trade vehicles while banned, with the penalty representing a 100-fold increase from his first conviction for similar offending four years earlier. Kenneth James Michael Cumming was ordered to pay the fine at $20 per...

A Dunedin man remains unpaid six months after winning a Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal case against Christchurch dealership Affordable Autos, highlighting the gap between legal victories and actual recovery of funds. Dominique Peyroux is yet to receive the $7400 the tribunal ordered Affordable Autos...

Business confidence slipped in the September quarter, with firms trimming staff and pulling back on investment as demand stays weak, the NZ Institute of Economic Research’s Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) shows. A net 15% of firms expect the economy to improve over...

BYD’s budget EV, the Seagull, has been named to Tme magazine’s Best Inventions of 2025, and is set to arrive in New Zealand this summer as the BYD Atto 1 with registrations of interest now open. BYD New Zealand general manager Warren Willmot says...

Electronic card spending on motor vehicles (excluding fuel) fell 2.6% ($5.2m) in September from August to $195m, even as the September quarter rose 2.7% ($16m) on the June quarter, Stats NZ’s electronic card transactions (ECT) data shows. The monthly result was the weakest since...