Chapman Tripp is pleased to announce the appointment of Tracey Epps as Trade Law Consultant. Tracey starts at the firm's Wellington office on 31 October 2016. Tracey is one of New Zealand's leading international trade lawyers, with over 16 years' experience as an academic, advisor and negotiator; including seven years as a senior advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) Trade Law Unit. Tracey was Lead Legal Counsel for New Zealand in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, and chaired the Legal and Institutional Working Group in those negotiations from 2013. In addition to her work on the TPP and…

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Companies making substantial investments in the "Internet of Things" (IoT) will be able to protect their return on those investments through an innovative new breed of "IoT-enabled" insurance products, relayr, the industry leader in IoT platforms, said today. Relayr announced it is partnering with HSB, part of Munich Re, to craft customized insurance products to provide financial confidence for relayr's customers making IoT investments. HSB has 150 years of experience insuring the equipment and technology used by businesses; its work with relayr represents the insurance industry's first industrial IoT-specific set of offerings. Relayr co-founder Josef Brunner said the collaboration…

Auckland – New Zealand’s hospital and healthcare industry is on the verge of a digital breakthrough, New Zealand Health Information and Technology (NZHIT) chief executive Scott Arrol says. Hospitals, clinicians, specialists and private health providers are advancing rapidly into the digital world which is beginning to change the way patients are being treated, Arrol says. He was speaking today at the NZHIT annual meeting in Auckland today. “We have a fast growing, a strong and innovative health technology industry enabling the delivery of quality health and social services that also provides the platform for international growth. NZHIT is the peak…

KPMG has analysed trends in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from 2013 to 2015, based on Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approvals for the past three years. The latest analysis shows that New Zealand’s strongly-growing economy is providing an attractive environment for FDI. Key findings on the analysis include: The United States and Canada were New Zealand’s most significant source of FDI over the last three years, based on gross consideration data provided by the OIO; followed closely by the Australia, China and Singapore. Singapore accounted for 20% of FDI in 2015, measured by gross consideration, making Singapore the largest source of…

Pacific Aerospace will build the five-seat piston-single E-350 Expedition utility aircraft at its Hamilton, New Zealand factory after acquiring the rights to the design from Canada’s Found Aircraft. The first NZ-built E-350 – which is powered by a 325hp (242kW) Lycoming IO-580 and has a stated range of 750nm with a full load of passengers and bags – is expected to roll out in the middle of 2017. “The addition of the E-350, including the floatplane and amphibian option, really opens new doors for us in regards to overseas relationships and sales opportunities,” Pacific Aerospace general manager of global markets…

Judges for the 2016 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards have announced the finalists for the EECA Business Energy Management Award. The five finalists are: Capital and Coast District Health Board, ChargeNet NZ, Fonterra Edendale Site, Fulton Hogan (Bay of Plenty region) and NZ Bus. The EECA Business Energy Management Award is a special award, open only to finalists in the Renewables and Mega Efficiency categories of the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards. The finalists have to demonstrate significant energy efficiency through excellent energy management. They must have a record of achievement in reducing energy consumption and costs. CEO of the…

Guinness World Record holder navigates for son, 73-year old ex-Formula 1 McLaren team manager, Alastair Caldwell in Oct/Nov rally (PR NewsChannel) / October 31, 2016 / FLAGSTAFF, New Zealand Dorothy Caldwell, who lives in Flagstaff, New Zealand, and is the Guinness World Record holder as the world’s oldest active rally navigator, is to take to the roads again in the New Zealand Haka Classic Rally, a 5,354 kilometer classic car competition on the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The rally starts in Auckland on October 30th and heads to Wanaka before coming back to Auckland again, ending on…

Sandvik has just launched five new additional alloys to its Sanicro™ nickel based welding wire and covered electrodes program. This corrosion-resistant news is just one of the happenings on the Sandvik stand (N3708) at Fabtech 2016. Meet the Sandvik materials experts behind the growing LinkedIn group ‘Welding and Materials’ to discuss your corrosion challenges and more. Designed for use in the most demanding environments, these newly introduced welding nickel alloys significantly increase and complete the advanced welding materials portfolio available from Sandvik. The new, nickel based grades include: welding wire Sanicro 55 (ERNiCrMo-14); covered electrodes, Sanicro 53 (ENiCrCoMo-1), Sanicro 54…

The top carpentry apprentices from across New Zealand will go head to head this Friday 4 November, competing for the title of Registered Master Builders Carters 2016 Apprentice of the Year. Ten apprentices have earnt their place in the national competition after competing against their peers to win their respective regional competitions. To take out the national competition, the industry’s future leaders will have to impress the judging panel over a two day event, undergoing a 45 minute interview along with a practical component. Each competitor will be faced with the task of building a children’s playhouse, with the finished…

BusinessWorldOnline, October 31, 2016 - EXPORTERS to New Zealand (NZ) are not maximizing that country’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the ASEAN region, in force since 2010, a trade official said. Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi, Assistant Director of the Export Marketing Bureau under the Department of Trade and Industry, said more can be done for the goods and services being exported to New Zealand. “I think what they also need to appreciate is we have an existing agreement,” she told BusinessWorld on the sidelines of a business forum on Oct. 25. She was referring to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade…

KANSAS CITY, Kan., Oct. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Harcros Chemicals Inc. and Cathay Industries Australasia have announced an agreement that will bring Harcros-manufactured products to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands with Cathay Industries acting as its exclusive representative. This strategic partnership's primary focus will be the introduction of specialty surfactants and chemicals for the construction, household & institutional, ink & coatings industries to the South Pacific market. It will also allow Harcros' growing profile of international customers better ease-of-access to Harcros-manufactured products and provide Cathay's customers access to new product lines. This partnership with Cathay, based in Sydney,…