Business
Z Energy sales slide on margin push, earnings up
3 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
Z Energy's second full year of operation since its sale to local investors by Shell has produced a 13.1 percent lift in operating earnings, although sales have fallen as the transport... more
Briscoe lifts 1Q sales 5.9%, offsetting thinner margins
3 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
Briscoe lifts 1Q sales 5.9%, offsetting thinner margins
on competition, late winter startBy Paul
McBethMay 3 (BusinessDesk) - Briscoe Group, the homeware
and sports goods chain controlled... more
NZX signals end to unconventional dividend policy in 2014
3 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
May 3 (BusinessDesk) – NZX has signalled an end to its unconventional dividend policy, which has tied the stock market operator to stepped increases of not less than 1 cent a... more
NZ dollar climbs against euro after ECB cuts rates to 0.5%
3 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
NZ dollar climbs against euro after ECB leaves door open
for negative interest ratesMay 3 (BusinessDesk) –
The New Zealand dollar rose against the euro after the
European Central Bank cut... more
Ex-Fonterra chair van der Heyden to lead Auckland Airport
3 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
May 3 (BusinessDesk) - Former Fonterra Cooperative Group chairman Henry van der Heyden will head up the board of national gateway Auckland International Airport after the annual... more
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall ahead of MRP sale close
2 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall ahead of MRP sale close;
Skellerup drops on guidanceMay 2 (BusinessDesk) –
New Zealand shares fell ahead of the close of the
MightyRiverPower offer as... more
NZ dollar gains vs. Aust after soft Chinese output figures
2 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
NZ dollar gains vs. Aust after soft Chinese
manufacturing figuresBy Paul McBethMay 2
(BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar gained against its
trans-Tasman counterpart in local trading... more
Talk to us on power, Parker tells business lobby
2 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
Talk to us on power, Parker tells business
lobbyBy Pattrick SmellieMay 2 (BusinessDesk) -
Business lobbyists who are calling on the Labour and Green
parties to drop their plans for... more
Hubbard's Aorangi investors can expect their money back
2 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
Hubbard's Aorangi investors can expect their money back
in full By Paul McBethMay 2 (BusinessDesk) - The
statutory managers for the late Allan Hubbard's frozen
Aorangi Securities have cut... more
NZ commodity prices post record 12.6% surge in April
2 May 2013 Business News
Article - BusinessDesk
NZ commodity prices post record 12.6% surge in April,
led by dairy productsMay 2 (BusinessDesk) - New
Zealand commodity prices surged last month by the most since
the ANZ Commodity Price... more
News
Chinese meat blockade a 'technical issue'
20 May 2013 News
New Zealand meat exports held up on Chinese wharves by a bureaucratic blockade may have been delayed partly due to Chinese efforts at... more
Funding For Post Disaster Building Management
20 May 2013 Canterbury Earthquake
New Zealand Government
Hon Maurice WilliamsonMinister for Building and Construction20 May 2013 Media Statement
Funding For Post... more
Business
NZ stops issuing beef, lamb export certificates to China
20 May 2013 Business News
Article - Businesswire
May 20 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand has stopped issuing export certificates for beef and lamb... more
SkyCity agrees to buy Queenstown’s Wharf Casino for $5M
20 May 2013 Business News
Article - Businesswire
SkyCity agrees to buy Queenstown’s Wharf Casino from Lasseters for $5 mln
May 20 (BusinessDesk) -... more
Living
Traditional Maori Instrumentalist Featured In Documentary
20 May 2013 Entertainment
Victoria University of Wellington
Traditional Maori instrumentalist Dr Richard Nunns is the subject of a new documentary feature ... more
Heavy Metal Ninjas Join Decortica And New Way Home
17 May 2013 Entertainment
Noise PR
Heavy Metal Ninjas Join Decortica And New Way Home
on North Island Tour
Decortica and New Way Home are... more
Property
Capital gains targeted in govt's Auckland homes plan
20 May 2013 Property
Article - BusinessDesk
Capital gains from property targeted in government’s plan to fast-track consents
By Paul... more
Clear message sent to property developers
19 May 2013 Property
Property developers who "sit and wait" for land values to increase have been sent a clear signal that the Government will act to bring... more
Migration
Budget 2013: Student loan defaulters could be stopped at border
16 May 2013 Migration
Steven Joyce says only overseas-based residents who deliberately default on their student loan repayments will be arrested at the... more
NZ dream lures top Brits
13 May 2013 Migration
Long queues of skilled Britons wanting to work here show recent plunge in migrant numbers is about to be reversed.
Thousands of... more
Travel
Top 5: Travelling support for the All Blacks
16 May 2013 Travel & Tourism
As the All Blacks eye their touring calendar, Dylan Cleaver lists the five best places to watch the team abroad
1: Millennium Stadium,... more
Steady trading enjoyed by Dunedin hoteliers
15 May 2013 NZ Tourism
Tourism Industry Association
Dunedin hotels enjoyed a year of steady trading in 2012 with domestic leisure, event and... more
Sport
White: Brumbies still on track for playoffs
20 May 2013 Rugby
The Brumbies remain in control of their own Super Rugby destiny despite Saturday's 28-22 loss to arch rivals the Waratahs, according... more
Cricket -'One hour of madness'
20 May 2013 Cricket
Misery emerged from promise at Lord's on Sunday as New Zealand were bowled out for 68 when in quest of 239 to win the first Test... more
Columns
Going home
19 May 2013 Column
By Sandy Abbot
Momentous day today, it’s worth a note.
Friday 17th of May 2013.
Sounds non-descript, a day like many other... more
Gordon Campbell on the 2013 Budget
17 May 2013 Column
Gordon Campbell on the 2013 Budget
by Gordon Campbell
The Budget lockup retains a symbolic value these days, but little... more
Kiwi Success
Teen draws 400,000 internet fans
3 May 2013 People
Tauranga teen Kristina Webb knew her artwork was getting popular, but she had no idea of the extent of that popularity until she saw... more
NZ architecture's dynamic duo
26 Apr 2013 People
When you've walked off with New Zealand's most prestigious award for domestic architecture four times in a decade, you have to be... more
Recruitment
Half of NZ workers eyeing new jobs - survey
20 May 2013 Recruitment
More than half of the workers in an employment survey are planning to look for a new job in the next year.
According to a survey from... more
Borrows congratulates Student Job Search on 30 years
15 May 2013 Recruitment
New Zealand Government
Hon Chester BorrowsAssociate Minister for Social Development
Associate Social Development... more
