Apr 16 -  The Christchurch City Council needs to genuinely investigate new ways to raise revenue and manage assets and infrastructure to deliver a vibrant, prosperous and sustainable 21st century city, says Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce CEO Leeann Watson.

Apr 16 -  For the first time in a number of years, the outlook for the NZ economy is not as positive as it has been previously.

In October last year, our deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters boldly predicted that the economy was about to fall into an abyss due to the policies of the prior National government.

He was very wrong off course, as high export commodity prices have kept the economy ticking along at a robust clip over the intervening period.

However, today due to widespread uncertainty in the business community about the impact on the economy from all the policy changes the Coalition Government (which Mr Peters is an integral part of) is now implementing, there are now several reasons why to outlook is not so positive:-

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The Commerce Commission is set for a shake-up with a new law that would give it new powers to protect consumers from anti-competitive practices.

Apr 13 - They will provide advice to the Reserve Bank's Governing Committee leading up to setting the Official Cash Rate. The new appointees start their roles with the May Monetary Policy Statement.

Apr 12 - New Zealand’s inflation targeting framework has evolved significantly over the past 30 years, Reserve Bank Assistant Governor and Head of Economics John McDermott said in a speech today.

Apr 11 - The Council of Trade Unions today presented to the Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, in support of giving New Zealanders back the ability to improve workplaces together. CTU President Richard Wagstaff said that the proposed legal reforms repaired and protected the freedom of working Kiwis to choose to join in unions if they wished.

Apr 11 - Australia's Longreach Oil has agreed to a buy a New Zealand company which plans to develop a dairy factory in Otorohanga, as it seeks to bolster its investment portfolio and resume trading on the ASX.

Apr 11, -  Speirs Group, the fresh food processing business founded by the Speirs family, sold the 40 percent stake in Rosa Foods it has owned for the past decade at a "modest premium" to its $714,000 carrying value, saying there were limited ongoing synergy benefit

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Engineers and architects across New Zealand have come together to launch a provocative campaign calling for increased representation of women in their professions.

Apr 10 -  Iwi heavyweights Waikato-Tainui and Ngai Tahu have received a $35.3 million top-up after disputing the way the Crown valued settlements when the payouts breached the $1 billion fiscal envelope six years ago