Industries
One dead at workplace
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A person has died as a result of what is believed to have been a workplace accident south of Timaru.
Trading halt in APN, Precinct
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Shares on hold in media company APN and Precinct Properties for unrelated reasons.
Reforms won't fix housing shortage
![NOT MEETING NEEDS: Auckland would need another 22,000 houses in addition to the 50,000 target.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/2/2/r/o/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145m4q.png/1426726122354.jpg)
Developers, not home buyers, will benefit from changes, Government is warned.
Chinese 'threat' to tuna fishery
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Growth in the Chinese longline fleet is threatening Pacific tuna stocks, says James Movick.
Council muscles in on events
![NOTHING TO CELEBRATE: The events sector is concerned Auckland Council is also their competition.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/k/2/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145jul.png/1426724100509.jpg)
Unhappy Auckland events businesses say ratepayer funds are helping undermine them.
200 forestry jobs 'at risk'
![TROUBLE AT MILL? A top forestry contractor appears to be having financial problems.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/z/s/z/l/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145l2p.png/1426722587872.jpg)
Top forest contractor seems to be in financial difficulty as former exec of parent company confirms equipment has been repossessed.
GDP growth hits 7-year high
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Annual economic growth of 3.3 per cent the highest since before the global financial crisis.
Fliway share offer price set
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The offer price for specialty freight firm Fliway, the first company to float on the NZ stock exchange this year, has been set.
Sweet summer helps shatter records
![Sizzling: Wellingtonians enjoyed the sun, surf and sand at Oriental Bay.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/x/y/v/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145gwp.png/1422213443804.jpg)
Windy Wellington looks set to be a holiday destination after a record-breaking summer for tourism.
Timaru's shipping news
![Discussing extra work at Timaru's port are, from left, Timaru Container Terminal manager John Bromley, Pacifica chief executive Steve Chapman, Pacifica commercial manager Roy Stuart, and Timaru Container Terminal consultant Graeme Marshall.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/h/9/g/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145h8w.png/1426704327016.jpg)
The arrival of another shipping link at the Port of Timaru will see it take more work from Lyttelton.
Westpac sued over swaps
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Westpac is being sued for $3.2 million by a family-owned motel group which claims the bank mis-sold it complex swaps loans that helped tip it into receivership.
RB loan limit set to stay: S&P
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Surge in house prices means Reserve Bank is likely to keep loan restrictions for longer.
Foreign firms push out NZ deficit
![SHENYANG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 25: (CHINA OUT) Share holders stay at a security trading floor on February 25, 2015 in Shenyang, Liaoning province of China. Declining stock market appeared at the begining of the Year of Goat on Wednesday in Shenyang. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/d/w/z/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145bti.png/1426639582363.jpg)
Foreign-owned firms taking bigger profits offshore made NZ's current account deficit worse.
AirAsia plans return to NZ
![RETURN FLIGHT: AirAsia X could be flying to Auckland within a year.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/c/n/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145cmv.png/1426634273406.jpg)
Airfares to Asia could fall sharply with low-cost airline AirAsia X planning a return to NZ.
Waiheke to get new supermarket
![ARTIST'S IMPRESSION: The new Belgium St store will be 2 ? times the size of the current Ostend Rd store.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/b/f/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.145bck.png/1426628481486.jpg)
New jobs will come with Waiheke Island's new, improved Countdown supermarket.
Withers to take helm at TVNZ
![WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 10: Chair of Mighty River Power, Joan Withers, talks during the listing of Mighty River Power at NZX on May 10, 2013 in Wellington, New Zealand. Mighty River Power is one of several state owned enterprises being partially sold by the Government to raise capital. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/9/p/b/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1458vy.png/1426584596905.jpg)
If more television viewers were like TVNZ's newly-appointed chairwoman Joan Withers, the state-owned broadcaster would be going great guns.
Strong building sector to keep economy growing
![Building another nine million homes presents a big opportunity for construction, but will prove a tough feat unless infrastructure investment rises, taxation is reformed and red tape is cut, the country's housing industry warned.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/2/w/8/n/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1458wf.png/1426584245043.jpg)
The economy is expected to keep growing solidly in the next two years, supported by a strong home building sector, according to latest consensus forecasts.
Building costs expected to climb further
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Christchurch's construction costs, already the highest in the country, are expected to climb 6 per cent annually until at least the end of 2016.
Cricket sees hotel rates soar
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Hoteliers are rubbing their hands as city throws its doors open for this weekend's CWC quarterfinal.
'Digital-centric' approach at Fairfax
![MODERN NEWSROOM PRACTICES: Executive Editor Sinead Boucher says Fairfax Media's latest changes will put 'audiences at the heart of what we do'.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/8/a/r/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1458ag.png/1426576792482.jpg)
Most senior editors jobs at Fairfax Media are changing and some may disappear under sweeping plans announced today.
From sun city to solar capital
![BRIGHT FUTURE: Andrew Booth, founder and chief executive of solar company solarcity, has announced the company is expanding its Nelson headquarters.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/4/5/4/l/0/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1454iw.png/1426546233690.jpg)
New Zealand solar panel company solarcity is expanding its Nelson office, bringing new jobs and sun-fuelled opportunities to the region.
Joan Withers appointed TVNZ chairwoman
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Professional director Joan Withers has been appointed chairwoman of state-owned broadcaster TVNZ.
Slide creditors eyeing court
![BILLS OWING: Monster Slide chief executive Jamie Templeton, director of Trill Productions Ltd, has promised the company will pay businesses and workers it owes in Christchurch.](/web/20150319111704im_/http://www.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/3/y/k/7/1/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1450zg.png/1426526273757.jpg)
Two parties are weighing up legal action against a controversial water slide operator.
$1m tax fraud admitted
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A New Plymouth man has pleaded guilty to 58 tax fraud charges, allegedly involving more than $1 million.
India chases Kiwi expertise
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Canterbury firms like HamiltonJet could make further trade inroads into India as the subcontinent reaches out for manufacturing and agribusiness expertise.
Baby formula tests negative for 1080
No pants thanks, we're working
Air NZ bumps airpoints partner
West Coast dairy farmer wins big
Newmarket surveillance "creepy"
'Bracket creep' costs earners: ACT
IAG 'dumping' rebuild customers
Bus stop 'final nail in the coffin'