18:00 February 14th, 2012
Article – Businesswire
Feb. 14 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand home sales climbed by more than a quarter in January from the same month last year as the market gradually recovers momentum after an extended lull. Read more »
16:08 February 14th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 14 (BusinessDesk) – AMP Capital Investors (New Zealand), which manages $12 billion worth of assets, has increased bets on global growth, saying share valuations look attractive even in the face of Europe’s debt crisis. Read more »
15:29 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – AMP Capital
Following two years of reasonably health returns, 2011 was a challenging year for equity markets but a strong December quarter recovered some of the earlier losses Bevan Graham, Chief Economist for AMP Capital in New Zealand, said at the company’s … Read more »
12:27 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – Ministry of Economic Development
Visitors to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup spent around $390 million, according to the International Visitors Survey released by the Ministry of Economic Development today. Read more »
12:15 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – QV Valuations
Nationwide residential property values continued to gradually increase according to the latest QV monthly index. Values have risen 1.1% over the past three months and are now 2.7% above the same time last year, and 3.3% below the previous market … Read more »
12:06 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – Rabobank
Heightened macroeconomic and geopolitical risks are likely to exert a strong influence on global agricultural markets in 2012 resulting in considerable uncertainty in the New Zealand food and agribusiness sector, according to a new report released by Rabobank. Read more »
11:46 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – Statistics New Zealand
Food prices showed no overall change in January 2012, but were up 1.0 percent on a year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said today. In January, higher prices for fruit and vegetables (up 3.6 percent) were offset by lower prices for meat, poultry, … Read more »
11:31 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – SEEK
SEEK attracted almost 2.7 million website visits from jobseekers in January alone, a record high for New Zealand’s largest jobs board and an increase of 6% on the same time last year[1]. Read more »
11:16 February 14th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 14 (BusinessDesk) – An increase in the price of fruit and vegetables was the most significant element of the New Zealand food prices index that showed no overall change in January, after consecutive rises in November and December. Read more »
10:15 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – ASB Bank
Investors shrug off Europe worries and dig in for the long haul • ASB Investor Confidence Index steady amid Eurozone woes and low interest rates • Investors continue to show faith in Term Deposits • Bank Savings Accounts trend down while gradual … Read more »
10:00 February 14th, 2012
Press Release – UMR Research Ltd
Every UMR omnibus has included a standard mood question – asking New Zealanders whether they feel things in New Zealand are generally heading in the right direction or if they are off on the wrong track. Read more »
8:39 February 14th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 14 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar rose after the Greek Parliament approved a series of budget cuts, increasing investor optimism and boosting their demand for risk-sensitive assets. Read more »
18:49 February 13th, 2012
Press Release – Direct FX
Last week improved sentiment, which has been the theme of 2012, continued for the most part. Globally the economic data continued its positive momentum. The foreign exchange market however, did not fully mirror the wider market sentiment, as the … Read more »
18:11 February 13th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – West Coast coking coal miner Bathurst Resources expects it will be September at the earliest that the Environment Court will hear the appeal by environmental groups opposing resource consents granted for its Escarpment open … Read more »
18:05 February 13th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares fell, led by Steel & Tube Holdings, which posted a profit drop last week and is one of the first companies to report in earnings season. Freightways ended the day lower after posting earnings that met … Read more »
17:55 February 13th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – The government is talking seriously to the global search engine giant Google about providing software services to cut the cost and improve the efficiency of public services, Prime Minister John Key says. Read more »
15:47 February 13th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Allan Bollard may give an upbeat view of the economy this week in a speech to a Trans-Tasman Business Circle luncheon titled, “Could We Be Better off than We Think?” Read more »
15:05 February 13th, 2012
Article – BusinessDesk
Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – Oil explorers say the timing of the Exclusive Economic Zone bill currently going through Parliament carries a serious risk to their plans to sink new oil wells in 2012 and 2013, and they warn resource consent hearings will … Read more »
14:54 February 13th, 2012
Press Release – Lake Wanaka Tourism
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (13 February 2012) – December 2011 visitor number figures released by Statistics New Zealand have shown a significant growth in the Lake Wanaka region with an increase of 20,000 guest nights over December 2010. This growth was … Read more »
14:42 February 13th, 2012
Press Release – Rabobank
Please find attached Rabobank’s latest Agribusiness Review for Australia and New Zealand . Prepared by the bank’s Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory division (FAR), the report provides monthly commentary on New Zealand and Australian … Read more »
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