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

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

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

Apr 11, -  Speirs Group, the fresh food processing business founded by the Speirs family, sold the 40 percent stake in Rosa Foods it has owned for the past decade at a "modest premium" to its $714,000 carrying value, saying there were limited ongoing synergy benefit Continue here to the full release  |  ||  April 11, 2018   |||    

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

Apr 10 - New Zealand film production revenue increased 15 percent to $1.1 billion in 2017, Stats NZ said today. Auckland’s film sector led this growth in 2017; however, Wellington still remains the main player in film production. “New Zealand’s largest city is becoming a filming destination,” business performance manager Laura O’Leary said. “Auckland’s film production revenue was estimated at $489 million in 2017 – increasing 37 percent from 2016. The number of businesses involved in the screen industry in Auckland grew 9 percent in 2017.” While Wellington’s film production revenue decreased slightly from 2016, it is still the main…

A Kiwi company taking the stress out of moving is about to make a move of its own by launching its new platform, dubbed the “Trivago for moving,” across the ditch.

Apr 09 - New Zealand businesses remained pessimistic about the country's economic fortunes in the March quarter as negative sentiment following the change in government continued into the new year and as profitability remains weak

Apr 10 -  Another shakeup has hit Holden. The brand’s chief marketer, Mark Harland, suddenly left the company on Monday after just 16 months on the job.

Apr 10 -  The expansion into Australia has seen the NZ company appoint a Sydney-based service agent, with more staff to follow

Apr 10 -  Fonterra is teaming up with non-profit group TupuToa on a new internship programme for Māori and Pasifika graduates.