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Friday 30 . . .

• Iwi seeks bigger local stake in Napier Port sale
• Hawke's Bay drinks company pioneers canned water as alternative to bottled water
• Dodgy warrants may impact up to 10,000 drivers
• Sellout of Beingmate possible as Fonterra reviews assets
• Polytechnics under pressure, warns Auditor-Genera

Thursday 29 . . .

• ComCom will be under 'considerable pressure' to deliver thorough petrol companies investigation
• Tourism, rail, fibre investment slated for West Coast
• Hawke's Bay Regional Council is belittling CHB water problems
• Commerce Commission looks closer at port pricing after receiving complaints
• Moves underway to set up Māori-owned bank
• Minister: GCSB decision about risk assessment, not China

Wednesday 28 . . .

• Supply chain changes could reduce building costs
• Labour sweetens employment reform Bill
• Air NZ cutting costs by $30m as fuel price soars
• Site for 12,000-seat indoor arena in Wellington revealed
• Climate change: CO2 emissions rising for first time in four years
• Report demolishes 'vertical farming' solution model

Tuesday 27 . . .

• NZTA to test Nissan electric cars after suspected break failure
• Mars: Nasa lands InSight robot to study planet's interior
• Big growth predicted for NZ's kiwifruit and apple industries
• New Zealand Post to close 79 shops

Monday 26 . . .

• Sky TV hires British media exec Martin Stewart as new CEO
• Whisky Co notches up Pledge Me minimum
• Primary exports from South up by 5%-10%
• UK's Brexit deal agreed by EU leaders
• City Rail Link to meet with Aus administrators of RCR Tomlinson
• Coastal Pacific to start premium service

Friday 23 . . .

• New Sealord factory trawler Tokatu given an official launch in Nelson
• Dunedin keen for Chinese tech link
• Fletcher’s worth plunges $970m in week
• $240m milk powder plant officially opened
• Auckland Fuel Tax charged to Niue and Cook Islands
• City Rail Link engineering company goes bust

Thursday 22 . . .

• 'Shameful behaviour' hurting businesses too small to argue, EMA boss says
• Tax Working Group is unlikely to agree on a capital gains tax regime
• 500 job vacancies: Ashburton employers struggling to find workers
• New Zealand's live animal exports are destined for farms, racecourses and zoos
• Trade Me shares soar after takeover offer from Apax Partners at $6.40 a share
• Fonterra maintains cone of silence on Tip Top sale talk
• Second strike by E tū Sistema members
• Brexit: Theresa May holds talks in Brussels amid scramble to finalise deal

Wednesday 21 . . .

• Trade Me takeover $2.54b bid signalled by British private equity firm
• Govt announces $80 million to fix Middlemore Hospital
• Australian downturn helps drag Fletcher down
• Dairy product prices drop as butter and anhydrous milk fat slump
• Gas supply stumbling block to $1bn Taranaki project - MP

Tuesday 20 . . .

• Construction firm in liquidation
• Billion dollar hydrogen project mooted for Taranaki: Shane Jones
• Australia and New Zealand announce joint Pacific cyber security plan
• New Zealand announces support for Pacific exporters
• Dunedin company boss fined $85k in concrete panel case
• Court bid to reopen CTV building engineering investigation
• Technology a game changer for Team NZ

Monday 19 . . .

• Pick-up in services, manufacturing to contain any economic slowdown
• Signs mount that Fonterra will have to cut its payout forecast
• The NZ-made products Kiwis can't buy
• Transport agency looks to fix 'potential risk to safety'
• APEC ends in disarray
• Clam plant harnesses sun
• NZ to join Australia and partners on PNG electricity project
• Kiwi plastic brick inventor claims he was thrown on trash

Friday 16 . . .

• DoubleTree by Hilton Napier Hotel and Suites under construction
• Retreating isn’t an option - Jacinda Ardern
• Chinese firm touts NZ's potential as a major bottled water exporter
• Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad warns Ardern of China's actions in South China Sea
• ACC joins Rocket Lab's multimillion dollar investment round
• Former West Coast man makes Forbes '30 under 30'
• British PM Theresa May fights to save Brexit deal and her job

Thursday 15 . . .

• Shane Jones announces suite of regional funding worth more than $80m
• Auckland-Hamilton commuter rail service on the cards for March 2020
• New CEO of Taranaki's regional development agency brings fresh perspective
• Brexit deal: Theresa May wins cabinet support after five-hour meeting
• Govt spending on contractors millions more than thought

Wednesday 14 . . .

• Quinn's time in NZ restricted
• Port of Tauranga planning for further growth
• Booming beekeeping profession creating a buzz
• Pike River re-entry to go ahead, announces Minister Andrew Little

Tuesday 13 . . .

• Govt pioneers new infrastructure funding model at Auckland subdivision
• Welcome to NZTE's Export News for November
• Green MP Eugenie Sage accused of 'rubber-stamping' land  sales to foreigners
• Mainzeal loan generated hundreds of millions in wealth

Monday 12 . . .

• Furniture industry shake-up over flammable foam concerns
• vestock ship to take up to 4000 cattle from Napier to China
• Science body teams up with NASA for ecology mission   
• There's issues with the iPhone X
• Luxury cashmere produced here in NZ
• Shane Jones fails to disclose 61 meetings
• Rocket Lab launches commercial rocket

Friday 09 . . .

• Electricity networks told to get on with pricing reform
• New Zealand opens embassy in Stockholm
• NZTA takes tougher line on companies that import and test cars
• Rutting on Waikato Expressway cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and still no fix
• Perry Bridge recognised with national honour
• Interns help fuel business growth
• Water clarity a must for businesses

Thursday 08 . . .

  New Marsden Fund grants support innovative research in NZ

  New name a fresh start for brewery

  Dunedin firms have hand in Van Brandenburg's China project

  New supercomputers to research effects of climate change

Wednesday 07 . . .

TAG Oil quits NZ, sells to Tamarind

US Elections: What is an Exit Poll?

Nova adds phone, internet to power offering

Horticulture industry welcomes increase in overseas seasonal workers

3-D print could be ultimate selfie

Proposed development would extend life of Tui oil field - operator

Japanese car importer warned over purchase of vehicle inspection firms

Tuesday 06 . . .

• Napier Port gets green light to build new wharf
• Calls for initiatives to prevent construction boom from piling up waste
• Mainfreight MD Don Braid takes Shareholders' Association Beacon Award
• Govt starts process to appoint new Chief Justice
• All-female ridesharing service ready to launch
• Renewed FTA deal unlikely to bear more benefits for dairy industry
• Senior banker says review underestimates sale target pressure

Monday 05 . . .

• New Zealand's best wines named in national awards
• Considerable drop in trainee pilots in NZ
• National infrastructure body plan
• Review of NZ India trade relationship won't hurt FTA
• Foodstuffs gobbles six months of Hawke's Bay organic ice cream in one sitting
• Government departments spending up on contractors despite order to cut back
• Fears over threat to city drinking supplies from water bottling plant

Friday 02 . . .

• Week in Politics: Residency decision under intense scrutiny
• Web inventor 'disappointed' in humanity

Thursday 01 . . .

• Nelson developers frustrated by delays on SHAs
• UK expects Brexit deal with EU by 21 November
• Big importer allowed to test its own cars
• How the TPP trade deal will benefit NZ fruit growers
• Auckland company awarded country's largest medicinalcannabis licence

Wednesday 31 . . .

• Napier Port sale consultation extended after mail fail
• Renewable diesel could offer Kiwis fuel price certainty
• TPP takes effect: Exporters await tariff-cut benefits     
• What’s driving up petrol prices: A global perspective
• Complete rail network switch key to carbon footprintreduction - expert
• Working group formed to tackle end of life batteries
• America’s Cup boat builder launches Opotiki vessel
• Possibility of further US-China tariffs looms large
• NZME starts new dail news Podcast - The Front Page

Tuesday 30 . . .

• Australian space startup Fleet will have its first satellites
• in orbit withinweeks after teaming up with Kiwi venture Rocket Labs
• New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy in Whanganui adds three aircraft to training fleet
• New Zealanders granted right to fast-track at UK airports
• New $235k bore to help address Gore water shortage
• Plea to boost funding in work-based training to ease labour shortage
• Govt slammed over 'poor process' of rushed offshore exploration bill
• Progress made on waste-to-energy plant
• Arrival of a Rio-class visitor

Monday 29 . . .

• Food, fibre fund open for business

Friday 26 . . .

• Dry spring leads to water warnings in New Zealand
• Earnings gain for Scott Technology

Thursday 25 . . .

• The Apple Press wins New Zealand Food Award
• NZ tech firms shine in profitability, productivity stakes
• The common Kiwisaver mistake that could cost you a fortune
• Otago tech companies among fastest growing
• $50,000 fund for start-up support
• Ōtaki expressway gets the all-clear
• NZME gives up on plans to merge with Stuff
• Steel & Tube handed record fine over mesh representations

Wednesday 24 . . .

• Wellington could be next in line for regional fuel tax - or is it?
• Calls for small business tax cut as costs pile up
• Nasa tests NZ wool filter for use in space
• VTNZ admits using inferior brake test on Waiheke Island
• Former politicians spend $1.1m on travel

Tuesday 23 . . .

• The NZ Shareholders' Association to vote against sale of Wrightson's seeds to Danish cooperative
• NZManufacturer October18 edition released
• Bill proposes 20 years residency to get NZ Super
• NZX-listed SLI Systems receives $40m buyout offer from Texan outfit
• NZ trade minister sets sights on US tariffs exemption
• Institutional investors turn their backs on Australian banks
• Australian award for Mosgiel’s TracMap
• Capital gains tax punishes hard work
• Potato virus cannot be eradicated
• Auckland firm shifts staff to Gisborne - now it's all beaches and $300k homes

Labour Weekend Friday 19/Monday 22 . . .

• PM's business advisory council a head-scratcher
• Trade agreements not reflecting NZ values: academic
• Bus drivers to strike in Auckland, Waikato and Wellington on Tuesday
• Foreign buyers ban comes into effect on Labour Day
• Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Strike
• Drivers Urged Not to Use Cheaper Lower Octane Fuel
• Young inventors Bright Sparks
• Apple to unveil iPad, MacBook laptop overhauls
• Many ways for our crop growers to adapt to climate change
• Picking up the pieces: The story behind the Ebert Construction collapse
• Oil ban puts New Zealand on a 'black list' for investment, service companies claim
• $1.8 billion stadium plan revealed
• SH1 north of Porirua to stay closed till late afternoon, travellers face chaos
• Former Prime Minister Bill English upbeat about NZ economy, points to headwinds
• Consortium reveals plans for Eden Park replacement
• Business advisory body experts named
• Open letter presented to Sistema CEO…

 

19 Oct: 12:05 | At midday today, Sistema workers, together with community leaders and local and national politicians will present Sistema CEO Drew Muirhead with thousands of open letters, urging the company to improve the pay and conditions of its workers.

E tū says it’s a strong message from the public to Sistema, which the union understands is struggling to find staff after revelations of the low pay and long hours.

At Sistema, most members earn the minimum wage and are required to work a 60-hour week. “If they want to hire more people, they’re going to have to improve wages and conditions,” says E tū delegate and Sistema worker, Maria Latu.

Read more . . >

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Thursday 18 . . .

• Harry Hart's Walter & Wild said it had agreed to buy I Love Food Co
• Annual Fleet Safety Awards recognise safety conscious companies
• True North to shake up procurement industry
• NZ air pollution report: Heat sources a persistent problem
• NZTA launches 0800 number for vehicle safety concerns and compliance issues
• Govt to introduce a goods and services tax on small online retail purchases
• Residents fear compost stench as Waikato mushroom farm applies for new facility
• 100,000L of premium NZ wine set to drench market
• Horticulture leads expected revenue rise
• Fletcher blocked out of S&T
• Port of Tauranga eyes record $101mln 2019 profit on cargo growth
• In their own words: 650 owners on why they launched into business for themselves
• OMV gets extension to drill well off Otago Coast
• Richina boss: Not recording Mainzeal transactions a mistake

Wednesday 17 . . .

• Farmer feedback sought in fight against M Bovis
• Genesis partners with Tilt in Taranaki wind farm
• The all-too common dilemma of Napier Port
• Don Brash to speak at Massey University months after he was banned from delivering it
• NZ is heading into a gas supply gap - will need a new discovery to arrest the production decline it is on now
• 'Creaking and groaning' New Zealand energy system poses risk to economy
• Car giant Audi fined for diesel violations
• Government seeks discretion to veto foreign buyers not in 'national interest'
• The New Zealand Whisky Company is going to crowdfunding company PledgeMe

Tuesday 16 . . .

• Wattie's confirms 70 voluntary redundancies at Hastings plant
• Petrol pushes annual inflation to 1.9 percent
• Dissident National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross will resign from Parliament on Friday, triggering a by-election
• Fonterra elections and annual meeting resolutions underway
• Watch: Jami-Lee Ross - 'I believe Simon Bridges is a corrupt politician'
• Nats have a long Jami-Lee agenda
• Pacific Edge gets price deal for bladder

Monday 15 . . .

• ComCom wants more transparency about Fonterra's processing capacity
• Fletcher quits pursuit of Steel & Tube after failing to win over board
• Genesis Energy's move to import coal
• Great science and good food makes million dollar business
• Steel & Tube wary of increased Fletcher bid
• Moves to stamp out 'greenwash' branding
• Big Nelson irrigators line up to complete finance for Waimea Dam as private investor pulls out
• Small recovery today won't save bad month for markets
• Taxes add to $600 million transport surplus
• Truckies protest fuel prices, taxes
• 'They want you gone' - Duncan Garner confronts Simon Bridges with fresh leaks
• South’s manufacturing level highest in NZ
• NZ share market bounces back amidst volatility
• Mainzeal directors ignored forex loan risk, China expert says
• Stadium-for-stadium deal mooted by secretive consortium

FRIDAY 12 . . .

• NZTE October 18 Export News
• $434M sale of Wrightson's seeds fair to minorities
• More big trucks on the road, less checks on inspectors
• US stock market falls again
• Fertiliser facility reopens 48 hours after blaze
• More than 20 jobs to go at Kaitaia mill
• Virgin beefing up for transtasman battle

THURSDAY 11 . . .

• NZ red meat exports top $6.7 billion in 2017-18 - Beef and Lamb
• Jenny Shipley starts her evidence in High Court in Mainzeal case
• Winners of Blockworks Hackfest announced
• Accident Compensation Corp will refund more than 300,000 business customers $100 million
• Kiwi employers are getting creative to attract and retain staff
• NZ not replacing trade commissioner in India
• Kiwi investors 'nervous' about local impact as Dow sinks 600 points
• September quarter saw fibre overtake copper ADSL as Chorus's biggest connection-type
• Indigenous business leaders eye free-trade agreement
• Dan Carter fronts online travel provider, TripADeal, into NZ
• Engineering expert scoops top South Island property award
• Fishing faithful gear up for trout fight
• NZ nurseries & orchards might be compensated for fruit tree seizures
• Extensions to permits not sought: NZOGExtensions to permits not sought: NZOG 

WEDNESDAY 10 . . .

• NZ plays down threat to European agri interests in FTA talks
• Auckland's new Woods Bagot tower needs a nickname so we made some up
• Otago space centre to get millions more from MBIE
• Transport course attracts future male, and female, drivers
• Smallbone Ltd appoints Glenn Moore as General Manager
• Demand for heavy vehicles
• Port's tug operation costs rising due to fuel price hikes
• CP Wool announces exclusive partnership to distribute NZ wool carpets in US
• Steel & Tube explains why it rejected Fletcher Building's $282m acquisition move
• India & New Zealand strengthen aviation & tourism partnership
• Blue Star workers on strike!
• Weak points in basement of Auckland skyscraper project

TUESDAY 09 . . .

• $5.5b surplus demands respect
• Government launches 'one stop shop' to fast track outstanding quake claims
• Inside Helius Therapeutics' cannabis-manufacturing lab in East Tamaki
• Comparing petrol prices between New Zealand and overseas
• First stage of Nelson Airport’s new terminal goes live
• Indigenous business on the rise
• Auckland kart track where IndyCar champ Scott Dixon learnt his trade closing down
• Japan would welcome Britain into Trans-Pacific trade deal
• Big plans for NZ avocado exports to China
• Fuel companies deny the fleecing claim
• Government will rush through legislation to look into petrol price margins
• Petrol consumers being 'fleeced', says Ardern; promises new investigation
• Ecoversion Ltd leaves behind tyre stockpile even after court order
• Highly concentrated materials market just one turn-off for Aussie infrastructure investors
• Govt urged to cut taxes on petrol
• The CADPRO Systems manufacturing team are in Napier tomorrow Tuesday 09 October
• Kiwi racing prodigy Connor Davison ready to take next step
• Trucking operator TIL Logistics has halted trading of its shares while two major shareholders sell down
• Meridian boss lifts lid on 'dirty secrets' in power industry
• Next step to new road across Ruahine Ranges
• Campaigners want assurance foreign water bottling investing ceased
• Farewell to Auckland’s historic tanks
• Poll: Are you concerned about the prospect of a Chinese company building, owning and operating a major New Zealand road?
• Hurdles for Fletcher acquisition of S&T
• BCITO backs government's skills-based construction procurement crackdown
• Cranston Homes liquidation winds up, tradies and others still owed $3.6m

• SATURDAY 06 . . .
• Zespri officially starts harvesting the Sun Gold kiwifruit - A journey through kiwifruit fields
• Environmentalists plan ironsands cross-appeal

• FRIDAY 05 . . .
• Environmentalists plan ironsands cross-appeal
• CentrePort to demolish BNZ building after reaching $170M insurance settlement
• Failed construction company Ebert placed into liquidation
• Woman dies after workplace incident at Kawerau sawmill
• Air NZ, Singapore Airlines alliance extended five years
• Lees-Galloway weighing up ways to boost contractor rights
• Napier Port share sale a potential catalyst for change
• Find fresh potential for your business in the Gulfin the Gulf
• Alliance backed on long-term approach
• First ever New Zealand Roundtable on a Just Transition to a sustainable economy
• Crackdown in construction industry to overcome 'boom-bust'
• Waikeria Prison workers' camp 'offensive' - union
• Businesses under attack but few have cyber insurance

• THURSDAY 04  . . .
• Grant Robertson opens up on business frustrations
• New R&D tax incentives widely welcomed
• Partial victory for New Zealand fruit growers

• WEDNESDAY 03  . . .
• Canterbury water bottling battle goes to High Court
• NZ firms most pessimistic in nine years

• TUESDAY 02 . . .
• Apple silent amid iPhone 'chargegate' complaints
• Freight Volumes Continue to Trend Upward in August, Up 2.3%
• Tegel's plans for mega farm scuppered by OIO decision
• Failed construction firm Ebert owes subbies at least $33.8m
• Hunting lobby wins concessions over tahr cull

MONDAY 01  . . .

• Travellers refusing digital search now face $5000 Customs fine
• NZ to help track space junk in midst of space's 'business revolution'

FRIDAY 28  . . .

• Full text: PM’s speech to the United Nations
• Company suing government over oil exploration decision

THURSDAY 27  . . .

• Ardern trumpets trade, but ‘social licence’ needed
• NZ strawberry grower forks out $20,000 for security measures
• Ardern discusses trade with Canadian and Chilean leaders
• Fly MY Sky Airline competes against Air NZ on Whangārei flights

WEDNESDAY 26  . . .

• Rising fuel prices are not the only thing making life in New Zealand more expensive
• Latest fuel hike 'unfair and unjustified'
• NI plumbing wholesaler sees opportunity in Dunedin

TUESDAY 25 . . .

• Microsoft launches Office 2019 for Windows, macOS
• Offshore oil ban will cost Crown billions with little climate impact, officials warn
• Halting new offshore oil and gas exploration permits to cost govt $8b
• PM announces increase in climate change funding for Pacific
• Derek Handley releases correspondence with Jacinda Ardern and Clare Curran

MONDAY 24 . . .

• Final candidates for Fonterra elections announced
• Fonterra's Chilean farmers threaten to break away
• Steel & Tube affirms guidance citing new contracts, cost savings
• DOC spends thousands investigating scientist
• Delta offers new IP insurance policy
• Steel company welcomes ruling over China steel subsidies
• Potato virus found in New Zealand for first time
• Shared electric scooters proposed for Christchurch, Auckland
• New a2 Milk boss sells all her shares

FRIDAY 21 . . .

• Mainzeal owes much more than claimed, liquidator says
• Asian Development Bank scales up Pacific presence

THURSDAY 13 . . .

• Tolaga Bay forestry company's illegal logging history revealed
• Two options proposed for taxing capital gain
• Inaugural GirlBoss Award winners announced
• Otago at top of ASB's regional scoreboard
• Mainzeal directors defend their role in construction firm's demise

WEDNESDAY 19 . . . 

• Netsafe washes its hands of Avery ‘harm’ complaint
• New agency created to help public service 'better engage with Māori'
• Kaikōura road and rail rebuild up against fantastic feats of engineering

TUESDAY 18 . . .

• Revealed: The local council CEOs that are creaming it
• NZ Initiative report highlights urgent need for change in policy
• Ride-share service Ola to launch in New Zealand in weeks
• At least 16 foreign investors have bought NZ sensitive land illegally

MONDAY 17 . . .

• Horowhenua council to stop collecting soft plastics in recycling
• Leading building product certifier suspended from Codemark

FRIDAY 14 . . .

• Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cancels weekend media appearances
• What Apple's new products will cost in NZ
• Strong Port Otago delivers $9m dividend
• Plastic in NZ waters: 'We can only control a segment of it'
• Fonterra loss could be 'opportunity for change'

THURSDAY 13 . . .

• Apple unveils iPhone XS models and fall-detecting Watch
• Fonterra announces $196m loss

WEDNESDAY 12 . . .

• Ammonia leak at Canterbury milk processing plant
• Fonterra under pressure to reveal future plans
• Material from soft plastic recycling bins is sitting in storage
• Sistema workers accuse company of exploitation: 'We are not treated equally'
• TV reset now Curran has gone?
• Ambitious new plans for Christchurch

TUESDAY 11 . . .

• Lives at risk without more aerial firetrucks

MONDAY 10 . . .

• Forestry deal shows NZ 'open' for investment
• Push to cut copper brakes from mainstream use over pollutants
• 'Mischievous' data dump reveals 4850 local council employees earn more than $100,000

FRIDAY 07 . . .

• NZTE's Export News for September.
• Week In Politics: Policy problems and woeful performances
• Jobs not at risk in Farra restructure
• Finalists announced in competition to design landmark Auckland tower

THURSDAY 06 . . . .

• A train between Hamilton and Auckland?

WEDNESDAY 05 . . . .

• Marama Fox officially steps down as Māori Party co-leader
• Alliance clarifies position on recruiting overseas workers
• Worker drives through intersection as boss remotely turns off vehicle

TUESDAY 04 . . .

• Horse stables raided in racing corruption investigation
• Grenfell-like cladding on NZ buildings not audited correctly
• Revised TPP to come into force within months
• Labour and NZ First differ over refugee increase
• Steel & Tube year result ‘nothing new’

MONDAY 03 . . .

• Why being made redundant in NZ is so tough
• Engineer shortage could lead to construction crisis in NZ
• Business of former MP Marama Fox owes over $70k
• State owned Landcorp to dividend to the Government in October — its first in four years.
• National to launch policy work with focus on small business

FRIDAY 31 . . .

• Billions borrowed for new state homes against Treasury advice
• New $6 million air traffic tower in Nelson could be last one built
• Labour MP accused of 'manhandling' press secretary

THURDSAY 30 . . .

• Business confidence continues to slide
• Five Eyes allies urge digital industry to stop illicit material
• Air New Zealand passenger pays $1000 after booking error
• Aus banks take 'skinflint' approach to NZ - Shane Jones
• 0721: Fourteen flights cancelled due to heavy fog in Auckland
• Computers can now predict where aftershocks might hit
• Moon-like craters found on the Marlborough Sounds seabed

WEDNESDAY 29 . . .

• Businesses pessimistic but economic outlook solid
• Just how short should we make the workweek?
• Another day, another advisory panel
• Research into productive riparian buffers - DairyNZ
• Canada Conservatives vote for free movement, trade with New Zealand
• Disruption for motorists as Transmission Gully motorway connects to SH1
• PM's advisory council: small businesses 'being missed out'
• XE Morning Update, Wednesday 29 August 2018

TUESDAY 28 . . .

• PM announces new business advisory council
• Irrigation efficiency unlikely to free up more water - study
• XE Morning Update, Tuesday 28 August 2018
• Trump announces 'incredible' trade deal with Mexico
• $4.44b annual trade balance highest in nine years

MONDAY 27 . . .

• Truck engineer kept quiet about deficiencies
• XE Morning Update, Monday 27 August 2018
• Contrasting financial years for country's largest ports
• Gerry Brownlee questions 'minimum' sanction for Clare Curran

FRIDAY 24 . . .

• Speaker calls off Bridges expenses inquiry
• Sky TV reports $240 million loss, sheds 11,000 more subscribers
• ‘Tokatu’ makes first visit
• Beef+Lamb NZ will proceed with levies increases
• Air New Zealand urged to rethink services to regions
• Exclusive: Text plea to call off Bridges expense leak inquiry

THURSDAY 23 . . .

• Auckland hospital buildings to get $305m upgrade
• World-first digital teacher in NZ schools
• Fonterra weighs up whether to build processing plants in China
• Expect delays: full body x-ray scanners coming to New Zealand airports
• AUSTRALIA:    Australian PM's hold on power still shaky
• Trump ex-lawyer 'happy' to aid Russia probe
• Racing industry to get govt funding for multiple all-weather tracks
• The XE Daily market Update

WEDNESDAY 22 . . .

• Bapcor plans to open 8 new BNT autoparts stores in NZ by 2021
• Fletcher Building announces $190m loss
• FMA questions for Ray Avery company
• Government's Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures launched
• Microsoft claims win over 'Russian political hackers'
• The XE Daily Market Update

TUESDAY 21 . . .

• AUSTRALIA: Dutton resignation Too early to know effect on trans-Tasman
• Federated Farmers hits back at 'vegan fundamentalists' SAFE
• 150 new engineers at Holden to focus on advanced vehicle development
• TOP's resurgence: What are its prospects?
• Ceremony in Malaysia marks return of NZ soldiers' remains
• AUSTRALIA: Turnbull has won the partyroom ballot by 48 votes to 35
• AUSTRALIA: Dutton challenges Turnbull for leadership
• All eyes await Fletcher Building full-year report tomorrow
• First milk delivered to plant
• The XE Daily Market Update

MONDAY 20 . . .

• Police Commissioner Mike Bush announces 1800 new cops
• Tyres pollution: Some collectors ignore disposal rules
• New Kāpiti flight service to Auckland begins
• Fonterra facing 'profound' issues - director
• Port mulling ‘new generation’ crane order
• Green leadership stands firm on waka jumping bill at AGM
• Trade training groups vie with universities for school-leavers
• Company fined half million for misleading on quake strengthening products

FRIDAY 17 . . .

• Motorola phone 'brazen copy' of iPhone X
• Whittaker's opens first chocolate store
• Transforming the Passenger and Airport Experience
• Talks held to resolve dispute over New Caledonia mine
• New Zealand bans non-resident foreigners from buying homes

THURSDAY 16 . . .

• Tru-Test to sell businesses to Datamars for $147.9 million
• Batteries, acid spill closes Nelson highway at 4:20am this morning
• Fulton family tops Rich List in the South

WEDNESDAY 15 . . .

• Value of NZ business slashed as merger looms
• Union admonish meatworks' hiring overseas workers
• Animal tracking legislation to be debated under urgency
• Fonterra announces interim CEO
• Will house prices really slump?

TUESDAY 14 . . .

• Company turns Pacific countries solar-powered free of charge
• Strike at Pacific Steel
• Monsanto: Roundup less toxic than bleach
• Urgent calls to check heavy vehicles after 500 falsely certified

MONDAY 13 . . .

• Businessman challenges Hawke's Bay council on 'damaging' feedlots
• Asian Construction Forum: 'We wanted to bridge that gap'
• Polytechnic $50m plan to go ahead
• Some regional councils failing to enforce dairy effluent rules - report
• Austrian oil company given permission by watchdog to takeover Shell's NZ business

Friday 10 . . .

• Queenstown Airport may double number of flights
• Steven Joyce: 'I was right on Labour's fiscal hole'
• Over 80 businesses have been affected by the collapse of Maven Interiors
• Glass bottles of full cream milk may soon be delivered to Wairarapa doorsteps

Thursday 09 . . .

• Bigger slice of $3b government ICT spend could go to small, young firms
• Chch council concerned it might lose control over water services
• NZTE Expport News August 2018
• Eleven people taken to hospital after chemical spill
• Firefighting foam: Shell contaminates groundwater in New Plymouth
• Trump administration imposes sanctions against Russia for Skripal poisoning
• Lower Chinese demand keeps Fonterra prices static
• Government to announce 'dole for apprenticeship' scheme
• Japanese company JVC Kenwood lines up for stake in Tait
• Sage approved Chinese bottler despite arsenic claims
• China to hit US with tariffs on US imports worth $17bn

Wednesday 08 . . .

• Job opportunities for students of UCOL Whanganui's new trades training courses
• EU diplomat takes aim at Donald Trump from New Zealand
• Government can't ignore business confidence
• Ditching youth rates on the back burner for govt
• Iran sanctions: Trump warns trading partners

Tuesday 07 . . . 

• Smaller creditors take brunt of construction company failures
• Next attempt to launch Electron rocket from NZ in November
• US trade spat takes toll on major export pricings
• Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pushes back on flagging business confidence
• Treasury warns business confidence slump could hit govt books

Monday 06 . . .

• The Taking Care of Business roadshows in Otago August.
• Government plans new construction strategy to combat skills shortage
• Winston Peters hopeful about North Korea after Singapore meetings
• Builders' payments delayed due to contract change

• More than half a million fill in census online
• Record export lamb prices nudge terms of trade to new high
• NZ log exports to China at record levels, demand expected to stay strong, AgriHQ says
• Scotch Whisky' first foreign registered Geographical Indication by NZ IP Office
• Polytech leaders hold crisis meeting
• Slim pickings: Worker shortage leaves apple farms frantic

• Top excavator operators do battle
• Fourth bulk carrier ordered to leave New Zealand
• Big week for agri-food in the Manawatu
• Small business payroll subsidy renewed
• Zeddy, the dry feeder, wins an award
• Innovation award for sheet metal beehives
• Reshuffle will show Bridges' commitment to renewal
• Businessman referred to SFO connected to govt-funded project

• Veritas Investments is investigating a sale or merger of its profitable Better Bar Co as the NZX-listed firm seeks ways to repay lender ANZ Bank New Zealand
• NZ Refining chief Sjoerd Post to leave at the end of July
• Tractors lead agricultural imports StatsNZ
• Turners reports minimal impact after cargo ships turned away due to stink bug
• Largest January goods deficit since 2007 - StatsNZ
• Rakon seeks to buy out Indian joint venture manufacturing partner for US$5.5 mln
• NZ Herald editorial: First round of regional grants look suitably cautious
• 'It will shut the port': Lyttelton Port workers 'rock solid' ahead of planned six-day strike
• Nearly 2000 truck trailer owners to be contacted by NZTA over tow connections

• Air New Zealand pushes up extra charges by up to 50 per cent on domestic flights
• An alternative to China's Belt Road initiative
• Work already underway on Napier-Wairoa rail
• Products that the United States exports to New Zealand (2016)
• New Zealand exporters set to cash in on butter boon
• Don't ditch the youth rate, Labour warned by Treasury
• Overheating battery prompts Fire Service callout to Rocket Lab's Auckland warehouse
• NZTA issues safety alerts after cracks found in towbars
• Seized phosphate rock no longer headed for New Zealand

• Steel & Tube is open to opportunities that might shake out from Fletcher Building's strategic review as it beds in change at its own business to strengthen its balance sheet and improve earnings
• Port of Tauranga eyes spare land after strong interim profit
• New Hyundai Santa Fe unveiled
• Port of Tauranga's Cairns says export growth in 1H suggests 'economy in not too bad a shape'
• Government creates 700 regional jobs in first stage of regions plan
• Helen Clark announced as Patron of Jane Goodall Institute New Zealand
• Shane Jones doles out millions of dollars to Northland, Hawke's Bay, and rail regeneration
• Port of Tauranga eyes spare land after strong interim profit
• Demand leaves NZ livestock numbers low
• Steel & Tube interim chief executive Mark Malpass has been appointed to the top permanently, a day before the steel products maker reports first-half earnings
• NZME posts $20.9m profit: Herald paywall in offing
• Kristine Bartlett named New Zealander of the Year
• Gisborne rail action group hang hopes on Shane Jones' fund

• More New Zealanders working, and working smarter
• Kiwirail shortfall the result of its own short-sightedness - RMTU
• Tradies outnumber profs for visas for first time - figures
• Stuff to sell or close 28 community and rural newspapers
• CPTPP gains downgraded after US withdrawal

• Details of new TPP trade agreement revealed by Trade Minister David Parke: Live Stream
• CPTPP progress appreciated
• Scott Technology has agreed to buy European industrial automation specialist Alvey Group for 12.1 million euro, speeding up its expansion drive and access to international markets
• Fairfax Media Group will close or sell 35 percent of its New Zealand print titles as the Australian group pursues a digital strategy for the kiwi unit, no rebranded Stuff
• Callaghan clams up on Powerhouse, as other investors distance themselves
• Fletcher pulls out of Auckland rail project?
• Final sign-off for Regional Development Fund
• Auckland Uni opens new innovation and entrepreneurship hub
• Extra funding to bring the Napier-Wairoa railway line back into full-time service appears imminent, given signals yesterday from KiwiRail chief executive Peter Reidy and the announcement on Friday of the first projects to get support from the government's
• Fonterra and the A2 Milk Company form comprehensive strategic relationship
• Magritek, company founded by Sir Paul Callaghan, planning to transfer jobs to Germany

• Workers gutted as ABCorp confirms trans-Tasman move
• Fonterra likely to hike milk payment to NZ farmers as prices improve, OMF says
• Joshua vs Parker VIP Supporters Tour
• Super Retail Group buys Macpac as first-half profit slips 3 per cent to $72 million
• Higher fuel prices push up producer prices - StatsNZ
• Hundreds of pieces of plastic found in Raglan waters
• Steven Joyce has confirmed he is in the mix to be the next National Party leader.
• Nutritional formula plant will 'put Gore on the map'

• Freightways' Troughear says new medical waste unit got $1M of sales in first 4 months
• Z chases cheaper processing in new refinery procurement deal with Mobil
• Trades have always had a bad rap but those in the industry say it is a proven career path.
• Capitalisation of SI listed companies tops $22b
• Some negativity in manufacturing
• New tanker MT Kokako shipping fuel from Marsden Pt Oil Refinery to New Zealand ports