Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

The Court of Appeal has upheld the rejection of plans to create a dominant newspaper publisher through the merger of Stuff and NZME read on . . .

The BusinessNZ Planning Forecast for the September 2018 quarter shows continued growth but with some easing expected.

New Zealand Oil & Gas and its partners have started drilling the Kohatukai-1 exploration well south-east of New Plymouth

The Overseas Investment Office has approved a bid by Bounty Holdings New Zealand to buy Tegel Group Holdings, and the offer has been declared unconditional

Action Manufacturing has received Overseas Investment Office approval to lease land near Hamilton to expand its campervan manufacturing business.

The Green Party welcome the introduction of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill, which will legislate to officially stop new offshore oil and gas exploration permits.

Megan Woods will this week introduce legislation to implement the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration against the advice of MBIE, which says it will cost the Government $7.9 billion in lost revenue reports Newsroom's Thomas Coughlan.

The legislation gives effect to the decision taken by Woods in April to ban future offshore exploration "block offers".

Under the proposed legislation the Government will stop granting any new offshore exploration permits. It does not affect holders of existing offshore permits, but any future block offers will be limited to onshore exploration.

Woods’ decision was controversial and the revelation that it was made without widespread industry consultation was widely criticised as further damaging Labour’s relationship with the business community.

National Party leader Simon Bridges called the ban a "wrecking ball" for regional New Zealand.

Regional Development Minister Shane Jones allocated nearly $20 million in funding from the Provincial Growth Fund to Taranaki, but Bridges labelled the funding a "compensation package" which could not make up for the loss of high-paying oil and gas jobs. Rod Oram, writing for Newsroom Pro, cast doubt on some of the oil and gas industries claims about lost revenue and jobs.  read on . . . .

Victoria University of Wellington’s Council has confirmed its earlier draft decision to change the University’s name to ‘University of Wellington’.

Parliamentary Business Order Paper & Questions Order Paper For Tuesday 25 September 2018

In light of the recent shocking Australian strawberry tampering event, the New Zealand produce industry is taking every action possible to reassure customers their safety systems are robust.