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NZ property values keep climbing in April
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 12:53 pm | Businesswire
May 9 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand property values continued to rise in April to be 4 percent above their peak of late 2007, as Auckland again recorded strong gains, according to state valuer Quotable Value. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: NZ jobless rate falls to 3-year low 6.2%
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 12:30 pm | Businesswire
May 9 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s jobless rate fell to a three-year low as growing employment opportunities in Canterbury fuelled growth. More >>
Google stacks on jobs at NZ service centre as ad sales grow
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 11:32 am | Businesswire
May 8 (BusinessDesk) – Google New Zealand, the local service hub of the world’s biggest search engine company, stacked on workers last year to keep pace with an online advertising market that’s growing at the expense of newspapers and television. More >>
Fonterra’s milk collection down 0.5% as season nears end
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 11:15 am | Businesswire
May 8 (BusinessDesk) – The impact of drought in February, March and April on dairy farms was greater than Fonterra Cooperative Group anticipated, with milk collection down 0.5 percent in the first 11 months of the season. More >>
Shell NZ taps Chinese investor for deep ocean oil search
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 10:10 am | Businesswire
May 8 (BusinessDesk) - Shell New Zealand has announced it will start preliminary exploration for oil and gas in deep ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, in a 50/50 joint venture with the Chinese state-owned oil company. More >>
RBA cuts key rate to 2.75%, narrowing gap with NZ
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 5:17 pm | Businesswire
May 7 (BusinessDesk) - The Reserve Bank of Australia cut its key interest rate to within 25 basis points of New Zealand’s benchmark, sending the kiwi higher against the Australian dollar, as inflation tracks lower than the central bank expected and ... More >>
Asset sale referendum misses threshold amid bogus sign-ups
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 3:11 pm | Businesswire
May 7 (BusinessDesk) – A petition for a referendum on state asset sales has failed to garner enough signatures after double entries were weeded out and Labour has vowed to try to fill the gap over the next two months. More >>
Reprieve for Talent2 as education payroll stays with Novopay
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 2:07 pm | Businesswire
May 7 (BusinessDesk) - Australian payroll provider Talent2 will keep its $105 million 10 year contract to to provide New Zealand's public education payroll service after the government decided switching to the old provider, Datacom, simply exchanged one ... More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Warehouse flags fatter pay cheque for staff
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 12:10 pm | Businesswire
May 7 (BusinessDesk) – Warehouse Group has signalled plans to improve its workforce with pay incentives for upskilling and long-service as it looks to change negative opinions about working in retail. More >>
NZ labour costs rise 0.4% in 1Q, filled jobs rise
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 11:44 am | Businesswire
NZ labour costs rise 0.4% in 1Q, filled jobs rise, pointing to employment growth More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Govt operating deficit smaller than forecast
Monday, 6 May 2013, 12:15 pm | Businesswire
May 6 (BusinessDesk) – The government’s operating deficit was still smaller than the half-year forecast as personal income tax tracked ahead of expectations, and in spite of ballooning costs to repair the damage caused by the Canterbury earthquakes. More >>
NZ dollar holds at week-high after US jobs stoke optimism
Monday, 6 May 2013, 8:39 am | Businesswire
May 6 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar held at a week-high against the greenback after figures showed the US added more jobs in April and in previous months, helping lift stocks on Wall Street, commodity prices and growth-linked currencies such as ... More >>
Kim Dotcom wins court challenge that police action unlawful
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 6:20 pm | Businesswire
June 28 (BusinessDesk) - Kim Dotcom, founder of the Megaupload website being pursued by US authorities for multiple copyright breaches, has won a challenge to the legality of police searches in New Zealand. More >>
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; NZ Refining, Fletcher gain
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 5:55 pm | Businesswire
June 28 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares rose, led by beat-up stocks including NZ Refining and Fletcher Building. Guinness Peat Group fell after a legal setback. More >>
NZ dollar rises as traders ponder outcome of EU summit
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 5:28 pm | Businesswire
June 28 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand rose against the greenback as traders pondered the possible outcomes from the two-day meeting of European leaders in Brussels which will attempt to address the region's debt crisis. More >>
From The Farm: TAF vote beautifully choreographed
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 8:17 am | Businesswire
Fonterra’s Trading Among Shareholders vote, which was run from Hamilton with video-links to satellite meetings across the country, was a fine display of technology bringing people together. It was technically faultless as far as I could see. More >>
NZ dollar gains as better US data helps lift equities
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 8:11 am | Businesswire
June 28 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar rose as signs of strength in the US economy lifted equities and demand for growth assets including the kiwi. The local currency rose against the euro on concern this week’s summit of the region’s ... More >>
Infratil signals further dividend increases
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 6:46 am | Businesswire
June 28 (BusinessDesk) - Infratil is signalling further rises in dividends in an annual report that also has a final message from founder Lloyd Morrison who died in February 2012. More >>
Tainui Group Holdings pays 10th anniversary record dividend
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 11:13 pm | Businesswire
Tainui Group Holdings, the commercial wing of the main Waikato iwi Tainui, has declared a record dividend for its tribal shareholders at the end of its 10th year of operations. More >>
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; NZ Oil & Gas up on Kupe
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 5:54 pm | Businesswire
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise; NZ Oil & Gas up on Kupe, Fletcher drops on Boral More >>
