Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Get ready to fly high in The Islands of Tahiti as a new private seaplane company launches this month. After years spent in maritime transportation in the region, the Degage family has launched the commercial Tahiti Air Charter – also becoming the first French seaplane airline in 50 years.

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 player in film production, accounting for gross revenue of $631 million in 2017.

“In 2017, Wellington’s film production revenue was more than half (55 percent) of New Zealand’s total, while Auckland’s share rose to 43 percent,” Ms O’Leary said. “In 2017, Wellington-based production and post-production companies contributed to the making of Ghost in the Shell, Thor: Ragnarok, Blade Runner 2049, Justice League, and War for the Planet of the Apes, while Mortal Engines was shot in Wellington.”

Continue here to read the full StatsNZ report  |  April 10, 2018   |||

Apr 10 - Singapore Airlines will again increase the number of flights it provides to and from Christchurch over the peak summer season in 2018/2019.

The trustees of New Zealand’s Hi-Tech Trust are seeking new members to join the Board of Trustees as a result of the trust’s policy of regularly refreshing its Board.

SAS, Cisco and the University of Technology Sydney have teamed up on an Internet of Things (IoT) centric project.

Apr 10 - After judging more than 180 of the country’s finest food products, 25 New Zealand food producers have been named as Gold Medal winners in the 2018 Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards.

Parliamentarians from UK and the Pacific gather to share knowledge at the New Zealand Parliament  MPs and parliamentary staff from the Houses of Parliament United Kingdom and a range of Pacific parliaments meet in Wellington, New Zealand this week.

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 10 - As Russia’s currency and capital markets dipped on delayed response to Friday’s US sanctions against a handful of Kremlin-friendly billionaires, one vital metal used across the globe in aircraft manufacturing and the auto industries is soaring today.