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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

Friday 03 August 2018 . . .

  • NZ contractors not able to lead hospital build
  • Contractors ignore the law despite risk of jail
  • Apple becomes first public company worth $1 trillion

Thursday 02 August 2018 . . .

  • Bad day for construction as interiors building firm Maven liquidated
  • Australian firm buys forest land
  • Fog disrupts Auckland Airport flights this morning
  • Construction company collapse blamed on 'perfect storm' in industry

Wednesday 01 August 2018 . . .

  • Kiwifruit industry: New Zealand labour 'just not there'
  • Ebert Construction in receivership: major apartment site locked down
  • Fiji village calls for compo from Chinese company
  • Primary teachers and principals vote to extend strike to full day strike
  • Supplier of aluminium composite panels pulls out of CodeMark

Tuesday 31 July 2018 . . .

  • Clearer labelling around sugar in foods being considered by regulators
  • Insurance scare for drones and e-bike owners
  • Sistema rejects E tū union's 'sweatshop' claim
  • Expressway 'the making' of Cambridge
  • NZOG planning three new exploration wells
  • Sri Lankan visa scam revealed, but no review of past applications

Monday 30 July 2018 . . .

  • Truck towing connections: Auto-brakes fail on loose trailer
  • New projects show Invercargill's future is bright
  • Land across Nelson and Marlborough open for mining prospect offers
  • Paying below living wage 'just exploiting people' - union
  • Sistema CEO hiding from workers

Friday 27 July 2018 . . .

  • Takeover terminates trans-Tasman media titan
  • Nestle confirms loss of 55 South Auckland factory jobs
  • Global learning initiative Boma launches in New Zealand
  • Eden Park’s concert costs questioned
  • Honey industry like 'wild west', minister says

Thursday 26 July 2018 . . .

  • No sign of NZ building costs easing
  • Out of Australia: Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media have announced plans to merge.
  • Channel Three owner MediaWorks raises possibility it might have to pull out of television
  • Spark launches rival to Builderscrack to help people find tradies

Wednesday 25 July 2018 . . .

  • Household labour force survey estimated working-age population: June 2018 quarter
  • Fuel lifts imports to new June high
  • Virgin Australia offers NZ farmers medium-rare chance to feed its passengers
  • Green Protein 'the new sexy investment'
  • Kiwifruit growers lash out at Govt's inaction over vine-killing disease PSA
  • Bella Vista: Council compo offer for botched Tauranga development 'heartbreaking' - residents
  • Immigration NZ plans to rise cost of work visa to stem $43m deficit

Tuesday 24 July 2018 . . .

  • FIRST Union calls The Warehouse restructuring 'worst in decades'
  • Commissoner appointed to address Unitec's financial problems
  • Lack of labourers could force Auckland construction firms to seek offshore workers
  • Prefab construction company Matrix Homes collapse leaves 30 workers out of work

Monday 23 July 2018 . . .

  • Govt urged to scrap self-imposed spending cap
  • Brendon Hartley equals best ever finish in Hockenheim Formula 1 race
  • UK's interest in NZ trade deal sparks call for better visa access

Friday 20 July 2018  . . .

  • NZ Post defends conditions for contract courier drivers
  • NZ scientists plan to use DNA to change look and nutrition of fruit
  • Singapore becomes third nation to ratify CPTPP
  • Sugar labelling consultation open
  • NZ likely to miss smokefree target - report

Wednesday 18 July 2018 . . .

  • Trump-Putin summit: US president reverses remarks on Russian meddling
  • Wairoa set to tap into 'hops, hemp, horticulture' production
  • McCartney soars to record heights
  • Bank profits under pressure as asset quality declines

Tuesday 17 July 2018 . . .

  • NZ Plastics new look industry design awards entries open
  • It’s a busy night sky this July, so make sure you look up
  • Lance O'Sullivan takes on NZ's poor housing
  • ACC staff to strike as nurses go back to negotiating table
  • New discovery shows Antarctica won't be immune from plastics
  • Donald Trump's Russia comments slammed by Republican senators
  • NZ among krill harvesters to agree to stop fishing in parts of Antarctic
  • Courier drivers leaving guns outside homes

Monday 16 July 2018  . . .

  • KiwiRail Board announces search for new Chief Executive
  • Speed limit changes around the Waterview Tunnel
  • Wu Xi: There will be no winners in trade war
  • $7 million cycleway link start eventually linking Dunedin City with Port Chalmers
  • Tolaga Bay flooding damage may take two years to fix
  • Kāpiti Expressway may need further work done
  • Donald Trump: European Union is a foe on trade

Friday 13 July 2018 . . .

  • Ex-Hawkins firms owe subcontractors $41m: liquidators
  • Thousands of new state homes planned in Mangere, near Auckland Airport
  • Shocking levels of meth revealed in NZ's wastewater
  • Jobs cuts under Nestle plan to exit lolly-making in NZ
  • Oceana delivers 14% lift in gold production
  • Minister wouldn't have signed off on Taranaki seabed mining permit
  • 'It's murky': Questions over use of Provincial Growth Fund
  • Carbon neutral goal reliant on electric cars - Gov

Thursday 12 July 2018 . . .

  • NZTE Export News July 2018
  • Miners given access to Māui dolphin sanctuary
  • Electricity demand outlook positive
  • A 'bewildering array of claims' about biodegradable plastics

Wednesday 11 July 2018  . . .

  • New home insulation scheme under way
  • New Defence purchase deserves close scrutiny'
  • Appreciate your allies, you don’t have many,' Tusk tells Trump
  • Twyford opens chequebook for regions

Tuesday 10 July 2018 . . .

  • Health company BePure maintains its Hawke's Bay home
  • Gareth Morgan on TOP, RIP
  • Nurses to strike on Thursday after votong to reject revised pay offer
  • Phil Twyford announces 'flagship' state housing development
  • Sharemarket thriving, despite woes besetting businesses
  • Boris Johnson tells UK Prime Minister Theresa May she is suffocating Brexit 'dream'

Monday 09 July 2018 . . .

  • Offshore ban causes onshore pain
  • Spark faces charges for allegedly over-billing customers
  • Pacific Fuel Haul renews supply partnership with Z Energy
  • Simon Bridges: Govt's 'untargeted' spending makes no sense
  • Logan Wallace named Young Farmer of the Year
  • Wellington's smart motorway cost extra $25m due to technology expansion

Friday 06 July 2018 . . .

  • Analysis: Quake-prone buildings force tough decisions
  • Scott Pruitt quits as head of US environment agency
  • 'Significant' rise in jobs for Southland

Thursday 05 July 2018 . . .

  • Mike Hosking: Phil Twyford's KiwiBuild dream is already falling apart
  • Alleged oil drum dumpers face $600,000 fine
  • Spreading the word about Asia
  • Liquidation attempt; debt settled
  • Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters bites over fake meat burger
  • Ministry recommended pest weeds in oversight for Billion Tree plan

Wednesday 04 July 2018 . . .

  • Blue lights to be used in NZ street lamps
  • Biggest drop in dairy prices in 18 months
  • First stage of new Nelson Airport terminal to open in October
  • England Win!!
  • Housing Minister reveals KiwiBuild eligibility criteria
  • Pacific nations ready for fight with sugar giants
  • Kaikōura earthquake research details scientific rarity
  • Who will be able to afford a KiwiBuild home?

Tuesday 3 July 2018 . . .

  • Housing Minister Phil Twyford to reveal KiwiBuild eligibility rules tomorrow
  • Winston Peters responds to being called New Zealand's version of Donald Trump
  • 'Bag rage': Aussies lash out at supermarkets after single-use plastic bag ban
  • Apprentices vie for regional title
  • Winston Peters refuses to rule out Government funding of regional airports after Kāpiti gets new service
  • Middlemore set for 'untested' and 'risky' reconstruction
  • Vehicle scrappage programme suggested to ease burden of record fuel prices
  • Spreading the word about Asia
  • Old navy ship changes tack to protect ocean from warships leaking oil

Monday 02 July 2018 . . .

  • Foreign investors buy $2.1 billion of NZ assets in first five months of the year
  • Fonterra has 96 processing plants on 30 manufacturing sites in New Zealand.
  • First Kiwi to kayak the Tasman nearing NZ
  • You can refuel in Hamilton, Dargaville & Whangārei - but not Auckland; Truck drivers told to avoid ...
  • Time to reignite GE debate in New Zealand, says Sir Peter Gluckman
  • Transmission Gully motorway looks likely to be user-pays after Labour shifts gears on tolling
  • Hard road foretold for Fletcher’s Aust plans
  • NZ's foreign minister announces next steps in 'Pacific reset' aid strategy
  • Industry boom: Over 120 hotels proposed for NZ
  • Pressure to end the production of single-use plastic
  • Student loan cap lifted to 10 years for long courses

Friday 29 June 2018 . . .

  • Business frustrated with Auckland road project delays in face of fuel tax
  • Fog delays, cancels flights at Auckland Airport
  • Kiwifruit growers could get huge payout from government
  • Multinationals told: Pay more tax on NZ income
  • Phil Twyford told off by Speaker for 'unacceptable' abuse of process

Thursday 28 June 2018 . . .

  • Taxpayer victory: IRD to waive late fees for GST
  • Fake news from Twyford on fuel tax
  • 0820: Flight delays after security breach at Auckland Airport
  • Skill shortage drives growth in apprenticeships
  • Old thinking for modern world please explain say the EMA of the government

Wednesday 27 June 2018  . . .

  • Govt backtracks on plan to force apprentices on construction firms wanting migrant labour
  • Air NZ ordered to pay A$15 mln for role in fixing cargo prices, security fees
  • Businesses say fuel tax for off-road usage 'completely wrong'
  • Rocket Lab delays attempt to make it 'two out of two'
  • Mad Butcher back in family ownership
  • New law targets multinational tax avoidance

 

Tuesday 26 June 2018 . . .

  • Peters on strike action: 'They know we'll listen'
  • Oil industry claims before ban, interest in exploring in NZ was the highest in years

 

Monday 25 June 2018  . . .

  • Phil Twyford wants house factories for Kiwibuild
  • Chemical spill at Norske Skog mill in Kawerau
  • Cabinet delayed as tributes flow for Koro Wētere
  • Gull predicts uncertainty for businesses thanks to fuel tax legislation
  • oOh!media Acquires Here, There & Everywhere-Owned Adshel For $570M
  • Housing Minister Phil Twyford looks overseas for KiwiBuild prefab house builders
  • Defence Minister Ron Mark one step closer to replacing old military planes
  • Fletcher Building lays off 90 staff, most in Auckland, to save $30m a year
  • Rocket Lab launch from Māhia in Hawke's Bay scrubbed

Friday 22 June 2018 . . .

  • A changed landscape for Fonnterra
  • Gentrack acquires Evolve Analytics
  • Birth of PM's baby makes international headlines

Thursday 21 June 2018 . . .

  • Heavy losses force Fletcher Building back to basics
  • First-quarter trade deficit of $3 billion
  • Trade negotiations with EU begin today
  • Trump to end family separation policy after backlash
  • Should NZ ditch public holidays? David Seymour thinks so.

 

Wednesday 20 June 2018   . . .

  • Organic farm ordered to pay $45k for exploiting workers
  • Suspended towbar certifier 'bit bitter' at NZTA

 

Tuesday 19 June 2018 . . .

  • NZ sheep farmers enjoying stellar lamb season with prices reaching lofty heights, AgriHQ says
  • Fletcher Building Aust overhaul likely in FBU 5-year plan
  • Wellington woman shocked at '300 percent' insurance hike
  • Retailers pull ionisation smoke alarms after tests

 

Monday 18 June 2018 . . .

  • Bunnings NZ owes employees $11 million for incorrect holiday payments
  • Penalty for Kiwi firm that exported plane parts to North Korea 'a slap on the wrist'
  • NZ sharemarket on top of the world - and beating the Aussies
  • Drive for success in NZ apple and pear Industry

 

Friday 15 June 2018   .. .

  • NZ manufacturing activity slows in May, as employment index slumps
  • Government proposes an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) for international visitors
  • Health Minister David Clark tried to gag public servants, according to National MP
  • Largest vessel due for delivery
  • Kāpiti council to fund Air Chathams Auckland to Paraparaumu route

 

Thursday 14 June 2018  . . .

  • Regulator says Fonterra's asset beta for calculating milk price 'not practically feasible'
  • 'Buffalo' makes maiden visit to Dunedin
  • Jones' attack on Fonterra about ego and publicity - National
  • Plastics going straight to landfill as China waste ban bites
  • Shane Jones lambasts Fonterra at Fieldays

 

Wednesday 13 June 2018  . . .

  • Battle to protect mānuka honey to cost $5.5m
  • Wellington City Council identifies 113 buildings cladding similar to Grenfell Tower
  • 'Buffalo' makes maiden visit to Dunedin
  • Oceana aims to expand mine at Waihi
  • Supreme joinery award dovetails with three others
  • 'No doubt' of legal action over aluminium cladding - lawyer
  • Trump says he will halt Korea war games

 

Tuesday 12 June 2018 . . .

  • Trump and Kim make history with a handshake - view here
  • Five new heads for government departments in reshuffle
  • Alan Reay has won the right to see legal advice recommending disciplinary action against him be dropped
  • The new cars you'll see at National Fieldays 2018 - and one you won't
  • Skyscraper steel from China still under review - council
  • One-off costs hurt Tegelne-off costs hurt Tegel
  • Bike product gearing up for global market
  • US: North Korea talks moving 'more quickly than expected'

Monday 11 June 2018 . . .

  • Parker says world must stand up for ruled-based trade system
  • Not enough inspectors for construction boom
  • Waikato software company leaves global footprint in international market
  • Government ditches repeal of three strikes law
  • NZ Master Joiner Awards
  • Questions raised over where New Zealand bottled water is coming from
  • The era of artificial intelligence in New Zealand
  • NZX up as conditions align for investors
  • War of words erupts between US and G7 allies
  • Many skippers accused of avoiding fisheries observers

Friday 8 June 2018 . . .

  • Fletcher distances itself from problems with 'dangerous' Taranaki stadium
  • What NZ company Pacific Aerospace really knew about its North Korean plane
  • Wholesale trade has flat March quarter
  • Stand alone ministry 'will help fix crisis', says Twyford
  • New Housing and Urban Development Ministry
  • Northland rises up the economic ranks

Thursday 7 June 2018 . . .

  • Docs reveal Huntly steel failure despite NZTA denials
  • Environment Court rejects Todd Property's $1.4b 1000-house project at Okura
  • Hiring dragged down by sentiment, doubt: economist
  • New factory being set up for peanuts
  • Coalition deal puts a stop to $100m Parliament buildings plan
  • No biosecurity concern over 55,000 seized cuttings - industry

Wednesday 6 June 2018 . . .

  • Restored train line replaces 5500 logging trucks on the road
  • Tougher rules needed to stop logging debris - environmentalist
  • A concoction of milk, oil, a sirloin and more
  • Packaging restrictions for smokeless tobacco make no sense
  • Families stranded, forestry blamed after logging tidal wave
  • China top trading partner at $26.8 billion in year to March
  • Bolger working group could take NZ back to 70s, National warns

Tuesday 5 June 2018 . . .

  • Government set to introduce single-use plastic bag ban
  • Dr Woods: The oil & gas ban was a political decision
  • $9000 Women in Tech scholarships announced
  • NZ invention may save space explorers millions of dollars
  • Steve Hansen gives classic analysis of new tackling law
  • Goldrush for conservation land mining
  • One year on: inside Team NZ’s America’s Cup defence
  • Air NZ to lease two planes, replacing ones with engine problems

Friday 1 June 2018  . . .

  • Cheaper Tauranga flights and more of them - Air New Zealand
  • Mondelez NZ reports loss after restructuring
  • Scott buys automated vehicle supplier
  • Aluminium prices triple NZAS profits
  • Two years on, another building standards review
  • US raises steel and aluminium tariffs on key allies

Thursday 31 May 2018  . . .

  • Auckland's fuel tax a reality after council vote
  • NZ's recycling system fundamentally broken - report
  • Battle may loom over rare minerals

 

Wednesday 30 May 2018  . . .

  • Overhaul of water system in the pipeline
  • NZ's water infrastructure is broken but Cabinet yet to decide how to fix it
  • Govt commits $11.7m to make Taranaki first predator-free region
  • Jetstar raises domestic fares by 5 per cent
  • National sides with Labour over bovis
  • The Bulletin: More fishy business at sea exposed
  • New dredge due mid next month for Port Otago
  • Middlemore failed to pursue millions in leaky building claim
  • Could we be looking at cheaper petrol soon?

 

Tuesday 29 May 2018  . . .

  • Fastway to roll out leading edge technology
  • Robotics could be answer to worldwide labour shortages in cropping industry
  • Co-operative Bank customers in line for $2m in rebates
  • ‘If they take my cows…I’ll be out of farming’

Monday 28 May 2018 . . .

  • NZ running legend Dick Quax dies
  • Snoring to success
  • Toxic foam: Discrepancy in Defence Force reports
  • M Bovis decision: D-Day for dairy and beef farmers
  • Complaints in Cook Islands about NZ building firm

Friday 25 May 2018  . . .

  • Northland needs 74 more forestry workers, 500 nationally
  • Five underrated small New Zealand towns
  • Engineer warns of lack of action over aluminium cladding
  • Director of controversial Len Lye art gallery suddenly quits
  • New Zealand's most trusted brands announced
  • Trump cancels Kim summit amid North Korea 'hostility'
  • Transport Minister stripped of CAA role after phone call on plane

 

Thursday 24 May 2018  . . .

  • Going clear: Face Your Waste :)
  • Rocket Lab to launch satellite that 'could have tracked MH370'
  • Wairarapa rates increases may 'force people from their homes'
  • Labour and National go head to head over KiwiBuild

 

Wednesday 23 May 2018  . . .

  • Why more employers are bringing skilled migrants to NZ
  • NZ to begin free trade talks with EU next month
  • Mark Zuckerberg apologises to EU lawmakers over data leak
  • Marks and Spencer to close 100 stores

 

Tuesday 22 May 2018  . . .

  • Steel & Tube in trading halt pending earnings guidance
  • Choose the provisional tax option that's right for your business
  • Net migration falling as non-NZers head home
  • Employers told to pay minimum wage or risk prosecution

 

Monday 21 May 2018  . . .

  • lastic stockpiles growing after China shuts out our rubbish
  • Kiwi dollar good news for exporters
  • The PM attending the opening of Techweek - a hologram
  • Organic producers call for national standard
  • Trade war on hold as US and China halt imposing tariffs
  • Auckland Council stalled release of reports

 

Friday 18 May 2018  . . .

  • NZ-made vodka taking off
  • Watch: Does the 2018 Budget measure up? Commentators have their say

 

Thursday 17 May 2018  .  .  . 

  • Taxpayes Union Budget Summary
  • Budget Live Feed here
  • NZTE looks to move beyond Excel
  • Fletcher renegotiates with US lenders; working on capital-raising
  • What to expect from the 2018 Budget - our experts weigh in
  • Budget 2018: Stronger budget surplus forecast

 

Wednesday 16 May 2018 . . .

  • Thousand tonnes of dead fish poses problem for King Salmon
  • Prospect of NZDF selling Devonport Naval Base excites Auckland property industry
  • Hong Kong’s biggest training provider signs NZ agreement
  • Winston Peters' job description when he takes hold of the prime ministerial reins

 

Monday 14 May 2018 . . .

  • World being investigated by Commerce Commission over NZ-made claims
  • Bob Dylan announces two New Zealand shows
  • NZ trade to suffer if govt complies with US demands: Ambassador
  • Cheesemakers have a reason to smile
  • Southern manufacturing enjoying uptick
  • Housing Minister apologises for 'confusion' on price of KiwiBuild homes

 

Friday 11 May 2018 . . .

  • M Bovis has 'turned neighbour against neighbour'
  • Online platform for selling wool to launch this month

Thursday 10 May 2018 . . .

  • There are fog restrictions at Auckland Airport:  Live UpdateBritomart has only limited services: Live Update
  • Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75 percent
  • Commuter chaos in Auckland: derailment & fog causes flight delays
  • The struggle to be Made in NZ

 

Wednesday 09 May 2018  . . .

  • Both traffic lanes of new Queenstown Kawarau Falls Bridge open tomorrow 10 May
  • Don't charge all electricity users for EV chargers, Commerce Commission warns networks
  • Sir Stephen Tindall: NZ primed to lead charge into clean-energy future
  • New engineering hub proposed for Dunedin
  • Trump announces US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
  • Filipinos 'chasing a false dream' in NZ after broadcast

 

Tuesday 08 May 2018  . . .

  • NZ operating surplus swelled by higher-than-expected tax revenue in first 9 months
  • Qantas and Air China seek code-share to New Zealand
  • Seasonal kiwifruit labour shortage declared for Bay of Plenty

 

Monday 07 May 2018  . . .

  • Run-off crackdown would hurt regions - National
  • Transmission Gully too big for local workforce - immigration lawyer
  • Countdown chooses 10 supermarkets to go plastic bag free, rest to follow
  • Christchurch-based CityCare lays off up to 100 staff nationwide
  • Hundreds more trucks off road due to faults
  • Tanker smuggling migrants 'never would have made it to NZ'

 

Friday 04 May 2018  . . .

  • Kiwi cereal maker Smartfoods signs $4.5 million sourcing deal with Alibaba Group
  • NZ commodity prices rise in April on gains in dairy, aluminiumh
  • Jaguar to bring 441kW Project 8 super sedan to NZ
  • New Zealand’s hilarious campaign to get itself back on the map
  • NZ could make millions solving disputes
  • Insight: Brexit won't bond New Zealand and UK
  • NZ's China Construction Bank makes profits soar
  • Petrol industry 'broken' - Energy Minister

 

Thursday 03 May 2018  . . .

  • NZTE Export News For May18
  • Govt to reconsider risk and liability for faulty building work
  • 'It's also unclear how real the exemptions are' - Trade Minister
  • Main supplier of fuel to shut down Marsden refinery next week
  • Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces extra duties for Winston Peters and Shane Jones
  • World’s first non-alcoholic spirits brand Seedlip launches in NZ
  • NZ businessman hits back at UK MP's Russian claims
  • New Zealand 'awash' with imported meth

 

Wednesday 02 May 2018  . . .

  • SkyCity may get $40M for convention centre delays
  • Ex-Hawkins business ordered to pay $13.4M to fix leaky school
  • Decmil NZ wins $24.3M contract to revamp Waiheke schools
  • Construction company to pay millions for leaky school buildings
  • NZ jobless rate drops to lowest level since 2008, wage growth remains anaemic
  • Banks under scrutiny, told to prove they have clean hands
  • Bill English joins board of Australia retail giant

 

Tuesday 01 May 2018 . . .

  • CropLogic slashes headcount, plans move to Aust after MD quits
  • Company allowed to sell steel mesh after certificate forgery
  • EMEX opens 0900 today ASB Showgrounds Auckland through to Thursday

Monday 30 April 2018  . . .

  • Regional fuel tax vote a victory for progress – Twyford
  • Biosecurity New Zealand launched
  • Behind the pricing: Internal email lifts veil on BP's petrol prices
  • Regional fuel tax: Decision expected today
  • NZ wine exports to US grow as global prices rise

Friday 27 April 2018 . . .

  • Construction industry threatened by a 'ticking timebomb'
  • Northland road advocates 'gutted' at Auckland road spend
  • EX-CIA chief Mike Pompeo confirmed as US secretary of state

 

Thursday 26 April 2018 . . .

  • MP, Battle of Crete veteran Haddon Donald dies, age 101
  • Philippines-based Bounty Fresh mounts $437.8M takeover bid for Tegel
  • 'Jumping through hoops' pushing up building costs
  • NZ labour productivity remains poor, ASB says

Tuesday 24 April 2018 . . .

  • Welfare overhaul: Jacinda Ardern indicates big changes are coming
  • New Zealand's path to a sustainable future
  • Towbar ban 'could be devastating'

 

Monday 23 April 2018 . . .

  • Inside the world of E-Bikes
  • Tiwai Points melter future looks brighter
  • Another 50 years of oil exploration possible - Minister
  • Excitement over Commonwealth-wide free trade agreement

 

Friday 20 April 2018 . . .

  • 96th Poppy Day raising funds to help veterans
  • CHOGM: Ardern to toast leaders at Buckingham
  • The Daphne Project: DIA to meet with Auckland firm
  • Time names Ardern among world's most influential people

 

Thursday 19 April 2018  . . .

  • Air New Zealand's Dreamliner disruption: list of cancelled flights grows
  • Marsden Pt Oil Refinery's $85m shutdown brings jobs and economic benefits
  • Air NZ delays could cause 'significant disruption'
  • Changes in store for R&D funding
  • Trade and travel go hand in hand - so why has no Government minister visited Beijing?
  • Daphne Project: New Zealand still a haven for some?

Wednesday 18 April 2018   . . .

  • Kiwi companies in best and worst of ethical fashion report
  • International motocross fame at stake
  • Barbara Bush, former first lady, dead at age 92
  • Merkel on Ardern: 'You can be proud of your PM'
  • Merkel, Ardern discuss threats to world order
  • PM checking if Russian hacking hit NZ

 

Tuesday 17 April 2018 . . .

  • Fewer manufacturing jobs expected as industry gets more specialised
  • Fletcher Building in trading halt as it tries to raise $750m selling shares
  • Nasa planet-hunter set for launch
  • Ardern hails trade 'vision', France's Macron to visit NZ
  • Davis on oil and gas exploration ban: 'We're stepping up'
  • 'It's an insult': Fans slam TVNZ over Games as RWC looms

 

Monday 16 April 2018  . . .

  • Fonterra changes controversial invoicing policy, speeding payments to suppliers
  • Good, productive people key to staffing success
  • Bringing US back into CPTPP might be too hard - Australia Trade Minister
  • New trades campus to help Auckland's construction workforce vacancies
  • $800m in urgent work needed on roads: Twyford
  • Speedway champion Ivan Mauger dies
  • High Court to consider project to mine ironsands
  • PM's Europe trip: What's on the agenda?
  • PM and Parker pursue trade aims
  • 'No question there will be jobs gone' over drilling ban - Simon Bridges
  • Northcote by-election candidates announced

 

Saturday 14 April 2018 . . .

  • US launches missile strikes in Syria
  • Kiwi killed in horrific UK workplace accident

Friday 13 April 2018  . . .

  • Economic slowdown looming as Government reshuffles projects - Infometrics
  • Fletcher shares spike 11 per cent on takeover talk
  • Kaimai road tunnel sought by trucking industry
  • Both risks and benefits for New Zealand if US rejoins CPTPP trade agreement, says trade expert
  • CHOGM great chance for PM to be gone
  • Trump flips on trade pact, weighs rejoining Pacific-Rim deal
  • New company to administer $11m West Coast coal and gold minerals research
  • Engineers, architects meet to work on diversity
  • Govt tells oil industry: 'The world is changing'
  • NZ-EU trade deal negotiations tipped for May

 

Thursday 12 April 2018 . . .

  • A knock for the regions, but exploration end won't curb NZ oil demand
  • Taranaki community 'let down' by oil exploration ban
  • South Canterbury business members told to be innovative
  • Lyttelton Port issued with further strike notice
  • Consultation opens on Block Offer 2018
  • Air Chathams may fly to Norfolk direct from Auckland
  • Govt shuts down offshore oil exploration permits

 

Wednesday 11 April 2018 . . .

  • CTV families asking govt to reconsider legal action
  • Toxic foam: Council questions type of testing
  • NZTE Export News April18
  • Paddon keeps it local with supporting partners
  • Zuckerberg: Facebook is in 'arms race' with Russia
  • Library closures prompt fears University of Auckland will burn books
  • Five mine staff sought
  • Auckland wakes as wind's devastation revealed

 

Tuesday 10 April 2018 . . .

  • Company at centre of Porotī water dispute sells to Crown
  • BNZ plan to replace 50 jobs with part-timers bad for workers and customers: First Union
  • Kiwi winning bidder for Jericho Station 'chuffed' but not anti foreign investment
  • Samoa to begin building new Vaisigano Bridge next month
  • Technology can be better utilised - $34 billion opportunity for Kiwi firms, survey finds
  • Ford Ranger Raptor to be available in New Zealand
  • TracPlus chief says nomination for tech award `incredibly validating'
  • No objection to Daiken buying Dongwha MDF factory
  • New Zealand firefighting foam investigation: a timeline
  • PM hints of further public underfunding revelations

Monday 09 April 2018 . . .

  • Fletcher price slide sparks fears of index and investor exit
  • Iconic truck event Show and Shine brings visitors to Tararua
  • My Food Bag founders step down from CEO role, remain as directors
  • ANZ commodity price index continues to rise
  • Simon Bridges: From Labour Governments when it comes to taxes

 

Friday 06 April 2018 . . .

  • Aviation regulator targeted by industry group​
  • US-China trade spat looks set to rearrange perishables supply chains

Thursday 05 April 2018 . . .

  • New Dunedin Hospital site to be announced later this month
  • Workers fail to get their fair share of economic pie
  • Luxury car partnership an ‘eco’ boost for farmers
  • Converga Group appoints Adam Taylor as Head of NZ
  • Luxury carriage fitouts for Dunedin's Hillside Workshops
  • RNZ bosses Paul Thompson and Richard Griffin to correct record over Hirschfeld meeting
  • Shane Jones lashes out at 'anti-Kiwi companies' shunning Northland
  • Facebook: 87 million users possibly affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal
  • Immigration NZ using data system to predict likely troublemakers

Wednesday 04 April 2018   . . .

  • Govt recalls 50,000 cars because of airbag fault
  • Workers perform special haka to mark retirement of Whakatu's Patton Engineering boss
  • Growing trade tension to keep hurting NZ dollar
  • Labour's new strategy - bury bad news in more bad news
  • Dairy prices fall for fourth consecutive time
  • Leaked report urges suspension of aluminium panels on high-rises

Tuesday 03 April 2018 . . .

  • New $4.5m container depot in Napier a 'win-win', says owner Mana Ahuriri Trust
  • New Customs law good news for everyone
  • China hits back at US with tariffs
  • Banned Australian cricketers set to appeal

 

Friday 30 March 2018  . . .

  • Have your say on the Land Transport Management (Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment Bill
  • UK-based Kiwis expected to return to New Zealand as Brexit nears, recruiter says
  • Striking water cooler workers threaten further action

 

 

Thursday 29 March 2018 . . .

  • Fuel tax possible around the country - National Party
  • Qantas boss reveals 'out there' cargo class options for super long haul flights
  • Otago Port manager resigns
  • Plans to mine under Martha pit
  • Govt considers slapping travel bans on some Russians

 

 

Wednesday 28 March 2018 . . .

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  • Should All Black tests be live and free-to-air in New Zealand?
  • Businesses from the Pacific aiming for international exposure
  • Tararua's long-term plan no boring, sleep-inducing document
  • First Ever Digital Directory for Kiwi Women Launched
  • NZ Post postal rate changes in response to letter decline
  • Sky unlikely to be the place to watch the next Rugby World Cup
  • Oil, gas tender process on hold
  • Apple growers welcome free trade agreement
  • Absolutely astonishing' Zuckerberg sending subordinates
  • Ball-tampering players sent home, coach to keep job

Tuesday 27 March 2018 . . .

  • Havelock North High School delivers NZ-first for business skills
  • Wool stained yellow by hot summer weather
  • Spy poisoning: Russian diplomats expelled across US and Europe
  • Nats out for blood over Marcroft-Mitchell dust-up

 

Monday 26 March 2018  . . .

  • Barrier Airlines: serving a community profit is more than dollars & cents
  • Dr Lance O'Sullivan understood  what Obama had to say
  • Spark switches on long-range network across New Zealand
  • Air NZ to close its Hamilton engineering base in May
  • NZ log exports top 1M cubic metres in January, second-highest level ever for the month
  • First convoys bypass the SH1 washout north of Kaitaia
  • Imports rise despite fall in cars: StatsNZ
  • NZ posts trade surplus in February as car imports fall to 5-year low
  • UK-based tech refurbisher lays groundwork for NZ channel arrival
  • Sky TV chief Fellet to retire within 12 months after 17 years at the helm
  • Ball tampering: Australia captain fined, suspended
  • Aussie ball tampering: This just takes the pavlova

 

Friday 23 March 2018 .  .  .

  • Kane Williamson overtakes Martin Crowe's record
  • Government introduces regional fuel tax legislation
  • Lyttelton Port offers Striking Union Members what they say they want
  • New website aims to makes it easier for seasonal workers and employers
  • RadioNZ Midday News for 23 March 2018
  • Te Kuiti-based company wins Cawthron Institute Innovation Award
  • Trade Minister David Parker reacts to Trump's China tariffs
  • China vows to defend its interests against US trade sanctions
  • Lifejacket design earns scholarship
  • Cadbury's Dunedin factory turns out final sweets today
  • Trump accuses China of stealing trade secrets, imposes $69 billion in tariffs
  • Trump actions tariffs on China: 'Could be $60bn'

 

Thursday 22 March 2018  .  .  . 

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  • Donald Trump to announce tariff plans against China
  • Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75 percent
  • Facebook investigations gain another follower
  • Milton man is NZ's top excavator driver
  • From beds to floods, inventor does the trick
  • Port Otago half-year profit up 69%
  • Major fibre cable cut in Sydney affected New Zealand
  • Cheap Chinese, Malaysian steel not dumped - Ministry

 

Wednesday 21 March 2018  . . .

  • Solid milk price some comfort to farmers given tough six months for Fonterra business
  • No smoking: New Zealand employers within their rights to turn away smokers
  • Annual net migration dips below 69,000
  • Two Melbourne Cup18 Tours just released
  • Shane Jones takes aim at Air New Zealand board, CEO Christopher Luxon
  • Pacific businesses from the region showcase products to NZ
  • Kathmandu buys Oboz Footwear; half-year profit up
  • PM's oil and gas comments cause anxiety in Taranaki

 

 

Tuesday 20 March 2018 . . .

Kiwi businessman Chris Liddell appointed as US President Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff

  • NZ's first insider trading trial begins in Auckland
  • Shane Jones, Air New Zealand trade barbs over regional flight decline
  • Census on track for 70 percent online
  • Govt issues warning to smelters over toxic waste
  • Woods fast-tracks agreed EQC legislative changes, leaving thornier questions to inquiry
  • Ateco: 2018 RAM 1500 set for mid-year NZ launch
  • Bridges tells PM to be 'honest' about oil and gas plans
  • Pineapple Lumps last off the line before Cadbury closure

Monday 19 March 2018 . . .

Shell announces sale of New Zealand business

  • Primary sector exports set to have a successful year
  • Water bottling company gets green light for loading shed
  • Horse of the Year Show as Briar Burnett-Grant powered to Olympic Cup victory in Hastings today.
  • New organisation to inform discussions on role of alcohol
  • Holden 'brand challenge'
  • Putin on track for commanding win as Russians head to polls
  • Bottled water: WHO launches plastic health review

 

 

Friday 16 March 2018 . . .

Florida International University bridge collapse

  • Russian response to nerve attack 'cynical, sarcastic' - Ardern
  • Shell to sell remaining NZ assets to OMV for US$578 million
  • Engineering New Zealand Elects New President
  • Truck-trailer owners still need to respond to NZTA alert
  • Strike action to resume at Lyttelton
  • NZ dollar falls as Kudlow talks up greenback, commodity prices slide

 

Thursday 15 March 2018 .  .  .

Stephen Hawking: Tributes pour in for 'inspirational' physicist

  • Zespri shares halted While voting on constitutional changes
  • Sale boosts Abano result
  • Demand from military customers for Bison
  • $52m wharf opens on Chatham Island
  • Britain's NZ High Commissioner speaks on Russia tensions

 

Wednesday 14 March 2018 .  .  .

  • Govt launches Innovation Partnership programme to lure international innovators
  • Former biscuit factory loses logo years after the ovens were switched off
  • Trilogy set to go private as shareholders back Citic's $211 mln takeover, regulatory hurdle remains
  • Flying taxis to be trialled in New Zealand
  • Team NZ reluctantly agrees to new plan
  • The Tertiary Education Commission to close it's Dunedin branch
  • Warehouses to go automated and up
  • Lyttelton strike not affecting Port Otago
  • Trump fires top diplomat Rex Tillerson

Tuesday 13 March 2018 . . .

  • Why women are leaving retail for trade work in Queenstown
  • Massive demand for 2029 NZ govt bonds: $5B bid for $2B on offer
  • Zespri shares halted for vote on constitutional changes
  • Battle for tea-time electricity looms as electric cars gain popularity
  • Sun shines down as Horse of the Year kicks off
  • Are rate payer increases compatible with suggested city council name change?
  • Mist Systems builds out A/NZ channel presence amid $46M funding round
  • Tensions between traditional and extended company reporting laid bare in new report
  • Meat and poultry lead 0.5 percent monthly fall: StatsNZ
  • RBNZ's Spencer calls for permanent macro-prudential framework
  • Lawrence Yule named National Party's horticulture spokesman
  • PM uncertain Kiwi in the White House will help NZ
  • Primary exporters head for tariff-free trading with new deal
  • Unsung Dunedin a city of winners and hidden riches
  • More foreign winemakers travelling to Marlborough to learn their trade

Monday 12 March 2018 . . .

  • Architect looking to create an Airbnb for prefab granny flats
  • First it was peak cow, is NZ facing peak milk factory now?
  • Barry Soper: Donald Trump's trade war will make America grate again
  • 'You need a builder not a crusher in housing' - govt
  • Bridges reveals new caucus line-up, Collins moves up
  • Expat Kiwi Chris Liddell expected to be front runner for Donald Trump's economic adviser
  • Robertson seeks investment community help for new ideas on funding infrastructure

Friday 09 March . . .

  • Phil O'Reilly: NZ's economy needs to be ready for a trade war
  • Knuckle-boom crane reaches almost 50m
  • New TPP deal signed by NZ in Chile

Thursday 08 March 2018 . . .

  • Commerce Minister and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi rejected New Zealand Steel's second application to get duties imposed on imported Chinese steel products, saying they have minimal government subsidies and aren't being dumped on the local market
  • Deal close at Lyttleton Port, union says
  • Toolkit launched to support gender equity in the workplace
  • Lyttleton Port workers accuse owners of illegal lockout
  • Large scrap metal fire continues to burn

 

Wednesday 07 March 2018  . . .

  • Adams to take fight to the Government
  • High stakes in New Zealand's food reputation
  • Global trading system in danger, warns Mike Moore
  • NZTE expport Neews March 2018
  • Local authority statistics: December 2017 quarter
  • Wholesale trade up across all industries
  • Non-residential building volume picks up
  • NZ construction woes just beginning - UK expert
  • Seventy firefighters battle blaze in pile of shredded car parts

 

Tuesday 06 March 2018 . . .

  • Lifting the lid on lobbying in politics
  • Christchurch businesses benefit from attending Lantern forum
  • National MP Steven Joyce is to retire from Parliament
  • Wellington bus upgrades to roll out from April
  • Patience running out with RCEP Asian trade talks
  • Today marks 100 days until the 2018 World Cup begins in Russia.
  • Must respond to lab meat threat

 

Monday 05 March 2018  . . . 

  • Sir Michael Cullen details scope of tax review
  • Senior Fonterra GM jumps ship to become ambassador to Korea
  • Tapping into Auckland's potential - trade is the fastest route to prosperity
  • Caltex launches accelerator to Spark disruption and growth
  • Departure cards could be gone by Xmas - Stats NZ
  • Trump trade war: China vows retaliation if tariffs bite

 

Friday 02 March 2018 . . .

  • Boom town: Tauranga top city in NZ for GDP growth
  • Hawke's Bay's A1 Homes franchise collapses, liquidators contacting customers left with unfinished houses
  • Neil Diamond's New Zealand Mission Concert Street Flags available
  • Regional labour markets still top
  • Building insider says gridlock has doubled cost of deliveries
  • Sky slashes prices - but what next?
  • Sea container hygiene to ease biosecurity interventions

 

Thursday 01 March 2018  .  . 

  • 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

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