AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPolitics: Preliminary election results give the National-led bloc a slim majority, but the final seat count and coalition outlook remain in focus. Cricket: New Zealand has called up uncapped pacer Brett Randell for the final two ODIs against India, while Kevin Malloy takes over as New Zealand Cricket chair amid a reported $7.3 million deficit. Business: The NZX 50 closed at a record high, with Mainfreight shares jumping after first-half profit rose 66%. Travel and Telecoms: Air New Zealand and One NZ have launched a mobile service with travel eSIMs covering more than 140 destinations and a prepaid domestic plan. Economy: Overseas visitor arrivals rose 9% in the year to September, while net migration reached 22,600. Conservation: GPS tracking is giving researchers a closer look at nationally critical long-tailed bats in Fiordland. Pacific: New Zealand briefings put the region’s extra fuel costs at nearly NZ$1 billion in the crisis’s first six months.
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