Article – Businesswire

Dec. 31 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares rose in the final trading session for 2009, rounding out an annual gain of about 18%. Warehouse Group paced gains in retailers. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 30 (BusinessWire) – Removing existing tax incentives for landlords emerges as a costly option for renters that would raise house prices and reduce the supply of housing stock, according to a simple model for assessing housing policy changes, … Read more »

Press Release – Kaizen

“Lean Guru” Masaaki Imai to visit New Zealand in March 2010 Founder of KAIZEN Institute to share LEAN management insights at three major centres Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 31 (BusinessWire) – Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, said its joint venture with Royal FrieslandCampina will acquire the Dutch milk products group’s pharmaceutical lactose business for about $106 million. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 30 (BusinessWire) – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless specified. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 31 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar climbed back over 72 U.S. cents amid rumours the carry trade is shifting out of the greenback and back into the yen. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Business Roundtable

New Zealand Business Roundtable chairman Rob McLeod today congratulated former Business Roundtable chairman Sir Douglas Myers on being made Knight Companion of the Order of New Zealand for services to business and the community. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 31 (BusinessWire) – Stocks drifted lower in both Europe and the U.S. in very thin trading, with commodities prices sliding in response to gains by the U.S. dollar. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 30 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares fell in thin summer holiday trading and after BioVittoria became the third initial public offering to falter, underpinning lacklustre demand for equities. Warehouse Group paced falling retailers. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

By Jonathan Underhill Dec. 30 (BusinessWire) – BioVittoria, which became New Zealand’s third initial public offering in two months to falter, has the support of its banks while in breach of a lending covenant, said chief executive David Thorrold Read more »

Press Release – Retirement Commission

To kick off 2010 a number of leading New Zealanders are joining forces with Sorted to help you make and stick to New Year’s resolutions to get your money sorted. Read more »

Press Release – Rodney District Council

Rodney District Mayor Penny Webster is urging the NZ Transport Agency to prioritise the planned bypass of State Highway 1 west of Warkworth. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

by Jonathan Underhill Dec. 30 (BusinessWire) – BioVittoria, the company seeking to commercialise a sweetener extracted from a Chinese fruit, has become the latest IPO hopeful to falter after its fund raising fell well short of its $20 million target. … Read more »

Opinion – New Zealand Labour Party

Some worrying developments are occurring across the Tasman as Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy presses ahead with his plan to censor the internet after Government-commissioned trials found filtering a blacklist of banned sites was accurate … Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 30 (BusinessWire) – The following stocks may be active on the New Zealand exchange after developments since the close of trading yesterday. All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless specified. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 30 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar gained as some fund managers preparing for month-end flowed into the trans-Tasman currencies to square up their position heading into January. Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 29 (BusinessWire) – Stocks edged higher in Europe led by miners, while they were mixed on Wall Street in thin trading. Read more »

Press Release – Moveable Feasts

Demand hots up for Stu’s Smokin’ Barbeque A New Zealand-designed and manufactured hot and cold smoking barbeque, is taking off with Kiwi barbeque enthusiasts. Stu Weatherhead, director of Moveable Feasts, one of Christchurch’s leading location … Read more »

Press Release – Emirates Airlines

Emirates will serve Jeddah in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia four times weekly with the A380 super-jumbo from February 1, 2010. Jeddah will be the eighth destination to be added to the growing list of gateways served by the A380 – Sydney, Auckland, … Read more »

Article – Businesswire

Dec. 29 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand shares rose in subdued trading, as many local investors took a Christmas-New Year holiday. Telecom Corp. and NZX Ltd. led the advance. Read more »