https://www.stuff.co.nz Top Stories from Stuff.co.nz. New Zealand, world, sport, business & entertainment news on Stuff.co.nz. en-nz Stuff Limited. 30 https://static2.stuff.co.nz/images/logo.gif https://www.stuff.co.nz https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/301040487/accounting-firm-latest-to-trial-reduced-working-hours-on-same-pay.html Grant Thornton staff will work nine days but be paid for 10. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 02:14:30 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/301040487 SUSAN EDMUNDS https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/301040019/why-are-petrol-prices-different-around-the-country.html If you’ve been road tripping around the country lately, you might have noticed something unusual. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/301040019 SUSAN EDMUNDS https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/301040089/red-sea-disruption-what-might-be-hard-to-get-in-new-zealand.html Conflict in the Red Sea could cause stock shortages in New Zealand shops, it has been warned. But what? And when? 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Tue, 16 Jan 2024 02:24:22 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/301024536 STEVE MACMILLAN https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/301009964/new-crop-growing-trials-across-taranaki-gain-momentum.html Medicinal plants and gin botanicals are growing in Taranaki trials designed to help the dairy-dominant region diversify and become more resilient. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 02:22:51 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/301009964 CATHERINE GROENESTEIN https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/133563900/everythings-going-bloody-good-southern-field-days-set-for-strong-return.html After being cancelled because of Covid, everything is on track for a successful Southern Field Days next month, organisers say. Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:12:03 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/133563900 RACHAEL KELLY https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/133562044/property-magnates-luxury-yacht-for-sale--but-only-multimillionaires-need-enquire.html One of the owners says he's selling up because "I have gone through the chapter of my life of owning a boat". Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/133562044 NADINE ROBERTS https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/133556238/startup-seeks-investment-to-make-milk-without-cows.html Innovators using yeast to make milk just like the real thing have a plan to build their first factory. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/133556238 OLIVIA WANNAN https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/301039834/taranaki-author-enjoys-working-on-books-amid-the-bustle-of-a-cafe.html Writing is often seen as a solitary endeavour, but Taranaki author John Sargeant enjoys penning his books amidst the bustle of a cafe. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/301039834 CATHERINE GROENESTEIN https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/301039914/jb-hifi-to-throw-doors-open-on-southernmost-shop-on-friday.html JB Hi-Fi is throwing its doors open to its Invercargill store on Friday. It will be the trans-Tasman technology and home retailer’s southernmost store. 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Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/133545950 GARETH KIERNAN https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/133551674/are-gen-z-really-annoying-in-the-workplace-they-say-yeah-sometimes.html Hollywood actress Jodie Foster hit headlines this week after saying Gen Z was “really annoying” in the workplace. So was she right? Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/133551674 HARRIETTE BOUCHER https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/301038690/three-year-battle-over-ponga-retaining-wall-sees-mbie-rule-in-councils-favour.html Peter Paalvast was told five times to fix the wall. He refused, saying it wasn't a structure, but a 'punga planting activity'. Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/301038690 MARTY SHARPE https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/133551222/tenant-who-found-neighbour-hiding-in-ceiling-cavity-wins-compensation.html The man installed a security camera after a washing machine delivered to his home was stolen. But his problems were just beginning. Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/133551222 ESTHER TAUNTON https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/133538272/how-milkmaking-machines-could-eat-away-at-dairy-farming.html On Daisy Lab’s benchtop, a quietly humming machine the size of a coffee-maker produces milk that supposedly tastes just like cows’. Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:00:00 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/133538272 OLIVIA WANNAN https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/301039490/jason-momoa-has-been-left-houseless-but-not-homeless.html “Everyone's like, ‘Jason Momoa's homeless.’ I'm like, ‘Relax. I got a f...ing sleeping bag,’" the actor told People. Sat, 13 Jan 2024 20:34:21 GMT www.stuff.co.nz/301039490 JONATHAN KILLICK