Bob Dylan will play at least two New Zealand shows this year.  One of the most successful and longest lasting voices in pop music, Bob Dylan has announced he will play a show in Auckland and Christchurch this year.

That's a huge increase from the Productivity Commission's estimate of between 2 to 5 percent. The carbon footprint of New Zealand's buildings currently takes into account operational emissions like heating and lighting.

But the author of the Thinkstep report, Jeff Vickers, said their approach only took into account what was produced, not what was consumed.

"If you factor in the whole life cycle so taking account of production of the building products, also the operational energy and end of life, you get to a number that's 20 percent of New Zealand's total.

"It changes the game on how significant the built environment really is," he said.

The Government has been talking about getting freight off the country’s roads and onto alternative sea freight and particularly rail freight.  Rail freight has its place and already its biggest customer is the road freight transport industry, but it also has its limitations.

A new forestry service was launched in Rotorua on Friday, honouring a coalition commitment between New Zealand First and Labour to support regional development.  Forestry Minister Shane Jones said the launch of Te Uru Rakau was the first step in re-establishing a forestry service in New Zealand.

"This Government has been clear about its commitment to New Zealand’s forestry sector and the One Billion Trees planting programme.

There are New Zealand fashion labels who try their level best to keep the manufacturing local.  WritesAnuja Nadkarni for Stuff's BusinessDay.  They are completely legitimate in all aspects but how long willthis manufacturing resource be available

Food giant Heinz Wattie's is looking to cut more than 40 jobs in Hawke's Bay as part of an international push for efficiency and savings, but says it expects all redundancies to be voluntary.  Just two months after the company, which is part of global food company Kraft Heinz, received permission to buy the food and instant coffee business of fellow food company Cerebos Gregg's, it confirmed to Hawke's Bay Today that it had identified potential staff redundancies.

LGNZ President Dave Cull welcomes Minister of Local Government Hon Nanaia Mahuta’s announcement today that there will be a Productivity Commission inquiry into local government funding.

Orange-H Group, the McConnell entity set up to run down the residual Hawkins assets after the sale to Downer Group, has been tipped into receivership by its shareholder and creditor just 10 days after being ordered to pay $13.4 million over a leaky school

New Zealand's manufacturing activity accelerated in April, bouncing back from a lull in the first three months of the year, as a pick up in building intentions stoked production among building materials companies

While the business community’s response to a worker shortage in the Bay of Plenty is well known, workers who’re dealing with these issues every day have not yet had their say.