Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Remember Wayne Mowat?  You would have heard his friendly flowing voice on RadioNZ where he won many a media award, pretty much second to none in these stakes.  Wayne started his career with RadioNZ in Dunedin way  back in the mid-60's. 

Wayne is now making every effort to retire with his wife in Hawke's Bay but this is proving to be one of the biggest challenges in his life!  Not helped by his committment to being part of the team that will bring Baby Boomer Times with Wayne Mowat to the podcasting airways being inroduced by this pilot episode.

Enjoy

During the Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong, BG Door International introduced their new company, Ecotop Ripening Australia. Together with local partners from Melbourne, they can now supply the Australian and New Zealand markets with modern ripening chamber technologies.

The theme of this year’s Fresh Produce Safety Conference, hosted by the Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia & New Zealand in Sydney last week was ‘Food Safety: It’s Your Responsibility’.

Auckland's cargo chaos is affecting other ports around the country as they cope with their own congestion problems. Port of Auckland and freight companies have advised clients of delays and congestion.

Trucking operator TIL Logistics is acquiring Specialised Lifting and Transport Group to increase its capacity to move large loads and better compete with Australian rivals . . . read on . . .>

Ports of Auckland reported a 27 percent lift in net profit, boosted by some one-off gains and a full year of revenue from its Nexus Logistics and Conlinxx units . . . read on . . .>

04 Oct: 11:13 | Visitors and feedback on the Reserve Bank’s Financial Strength Dashboard have exceeded expectations, and the Bank is committed to enhancing the tool to further enrich disclosures.

03 Oct: 14:47 | The Government has announced their final Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit policy, following consultation with the public and businesses. The Government has listened to some of the concerns of manufacturers and made some positive improvements to the policy.

03 Oct: 13:14 | Investors may get a chance to buy $181 million of shares in New Zealand’s fourth-largest container port.

Invented in Christchurch, the MARS spectral x-ray scanner will revolutionise medical imaging globally, and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as cancer and heart disease, because it provides far greater detail of the body’s chemical components.