Press Release – Southern Cross

Highly experienced director and actuary Keith Taylor has been elected to the Board of the not-for-profit Southern Cross Medical Care Society, New Zealand’s largest health insurer with around 840,000 members. Read more »

Opinion – Alistair Woodward

Recent weeks have been tragic for the families and friends of five cyclists killed on the nation’s roads. We mourn the deaths, and note with sadness the serious injuries that others have suffered. These events send a signal, a powerful and unmistakable … Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

A national campaign to promote the switch to digital television was launched today by Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman. The Going Digital campaign provides a website, www.goingdigital.co.nz and a free-phone helpline, 0800 838 800, so people … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Sluggish trans-Tasman economies to weigh on Abano Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) – Abano Healthcare expects first-half underlying net earnings will be between $2.6 million and $2.9 million but its second-half results will be well down on that. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s residential property sector stayed the doldrums last month as the lacklustre pace of the economic recovery continued to put pressure on new building permits. Read more »

Press Release – Tower

Default KiwiSaver provider TOWER Investments has announced a number of new investment manager appointments, as a strong statement of the future growth prospects for TOWER and KiwiSaver. Read more »

Press Release – Cite Limited

No matter where you work, if you feel comfortable, you’re more motivated and therefore more productive. It’s the philosophy behind Vitra’s citizen office theme and other developing trends in commercial interior design where physical activity is … Read more »

Press Release – Stress Management

Stress is naturally occurring in all of our lives and unfortunately cannot be eliminated altogether. However contrary to popular belief stress is not always an entirely negative thing. Stress generally is what gets us motivated and kicks us into action. So a … Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Search Engine Optimisation Challenge

New Zealand’s top Google search engine specialists created almost half a million Google entries as they battled for supremacy in the NZ SEO challenge competition. One emerged victorious. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Minister of Trade Tim Groser has welcomed the ruling of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Appellate Body, which has found in New Zealand’s favour in the Australia – Apples case. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) – Shares in Wellington Drive Technologies Ltd., the manufacturer of highly efficient brushless electric motors for the commercial refrigeration and ventilation markets, fell 60% to 3 cents after it said it was looking to raise $8.4 … Read more »

Press Release – IG Markets

In the US overnight, the major indices all rallied hard from their session lows to finish modestly weaker as fears about sovereign debt contagion across the Eurozone continued to rattle investor sentiment, despite the weekend bailout of Ireland. Yields … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) – Australia’s federal trade and agriculture Ministers say the country has no choice but to accept they have lost the long-running bid to ban imports of New Zealand apples. Read more »

Press Release – Save Newgrange

Save Newgrange welcomes the shelving of the N2 Slane bypass, and is calling for the An Bord Pleanala planning process to be canceled. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) – Irongate Property Ltd., one of the units of the St Laurence group that escaped receivership, posted a first-half loss, which it attributed to the cost of property sales, revaluations and loan provisions. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

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

Press Release – Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission today released its decision to amend the determination setting out the default price-quality path (DPP) applying to electricity distribution businesses (EDBs) for the period 2010-2015. The DPP comprises a price path that places an upper … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar is heading for its first monthly decline since August as investors’ nerves over the European sovereign debt crisis shifts its focus to Portugal. Read more »

Press Release – Emirates Airlines

The southern Iraqi city will be Emirates’110th international destination and the sixth new destination added in the 2010-2011 financial year. The service will operate four times a week – each Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday – subject to Government … Read more »

Press Release – NZ Herald

nzherald.co.nz was relaunched last night with a revamped homepage and improved navigation menu. The changes give readers easier access to opinion pieces and forums for debate, as well as the depth of content throughout the site. Read more »