Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Dec. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Australian telco Telstra will join Southern Cross Cable Network's SX NEXT project as an anchor customer and take a quarter stake in the trans-Pacific underwater link operator.
more» New Zealand horticultural investment company, Hortinvest Limited has released a $15.5 million cherry orchard project at Central Otago to savvy investors seeking a slice of the premium cherry pie. The 80-hectare Lindis River project near Cromwell ...
more»Dec. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Napier Port reported another record profit this year as the amount of cargo handled also hit a record.
more»Dec. 18 (BusinessDesk) - National grid operator Transpower has been referred to the electricity industry’s Rulings Panel for its handling of a major power outage in the lower South Island last year.
more»Dec. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Five of New Zealand's credit unions are to merge and create the country's largest single union of member-owned, low-cost lenders as the sector struggles with the cost of new banking software and a recent credit rating downgrade.
more»The government has abandoned its vexed search for a Chief Technology Officer in favour of "a small group of people" to assist it in mapping policy to guide New Zealand's digital technology environment.
more»Dec. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Business confidence finally saw a lift in December, after tanking towards the end of last year on political uncertainty when the new Labour-led government took office.
more»The newly-appointed Trade for All Advisory Board had its first meeting in Wellington on 12 December. It has been set up to provide an independent report to the Government with practical, implementable recommendations on how to make trade policy work for ...
more»DHL Express New Zealand is predicting a 35% - 40% increase in parcel deliveries this festive season, over 7% higher than the same period in 2017.
more»City Rail Link (CRL) is aware that RCR Infrastructure NZ has been placed into voluntary administration. This has no impact on the work that is currently being undertaken as part of the Interim Project Alliance Agreement to deliver the design for the project’s ...
more»Residential aged care and the tourism and hospitality sectors are at the front of the queue in offering to develop the local workforce in exchange for easier access to temporary migrant workers.
more»The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) and Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira (Ora Toa Health) will meet tomorrow (Wednesday) in a last-gasp effort to resolve industrial action and prevent a full-day strike on Christmas Eve. Tomorrow will also ...
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