Press Release – New Zealand First Party

New Zealand First Leader Rt Hon Winston Peters is calling for a log price to be set to end the regional devastation that is occurring as sawmills close. Read more »

Press Release – Fertiliser Association of New Zealand

The results of an extensive survey of cadmium levels in agricultural soils were presented at the recent Fertilizer & Lime Research Centre annual workshop by Aaron Stafford of Ballance Agri-Nutrients, Dr Jo-Anne Cavanagh of Landcare Research and Dr Ants … Read more »

Press Release – KordaMentha

Brendon Gibson and Michael Stiassny of financial advisory firm KordaMentha have today been appointed as receivers to Southern Cross Forest Products Ltd. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Prime Minister John Key will travel to China, Hong Kong and The Netherlands as part of a visit focusing on trade and economic opportunities and to attend the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on 24-25 March. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand First Party

The discovery of asbestos in Chinese-built KiwiRail locomotives has again exposed the folly of the Governments short-sightedness in its deliberate policy of running down the railway system. Read more »

Press Release – Dunedin City Council

Dunedins Wall Street complex will be redeveloped to accommodate an expansion of the Fisher & Paykel design centre. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 28 (BusinessDesk) – Wellington Drive Technologies, which makes energy efficient refrigeration motors, narrowed its annual loss in 2013 in the second year of its turnaround plan, while having its accounts tagged by auditor PwC over its cashflow … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 28 (BusinessDesk) – Cavalier Corp., the listed carpet-maker, more than doubled first-half profit as it clamped down on costs, though it cut its forecast annual earnings as it restructures its carpet tile unit and contends with a strong currency … Read more »

Press Release – Nike

Nike is excited to announce the release of the new All Whites Home Kit, ahead of their first game for 2014 against Japan on March 5th. The new kit combines the best in performance innovation with New Zealand-inspired design details, and represents … Read more »

Press Release – ecopoint

Ecopoint, the New Zealand owned, Wellington based company that specialises in LED lighting solutions, has announced that it has been awarded the top supplier award from one of its Chinese customers, HAILI. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 28 (BusinessDesk) Mercer Group, the stainless steel fabricator, expects annual earnings to decline this year as it invests in more staff in anticipation of future earnings growth. The shares dropped 4.8 percent. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 27 (BusinessDesk) – Commercial iwi heavyweights Tainui Group Holdings and Ngai Tahu Capital have teamed up with private investor Pioneer Capital to buy dairy technology manufacturer Waikato Milking Systems for an undisclosed sum. Read more »

Press Release – Goodnature

In wonderful news for birdlife, NZ developed automatic rat traps have totally eliminated predator rat populations during large-scale Department of Conservation (DOC) trials in native New Zealand bush. Read more »

Press Release – NZ Manufacturers and Exporters Association

The recent report New Zealand Manufacturing Sector: Its Dynamics and Competitiveness completed by Castalia has some good analysis and reiterates the importance of manufacturing to the New Zealand economy, say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters … Read more »

Press Release – Cadbury

Cadbury opened its first chocolate caf today as part of Dunedins Cadbury World. The idea behind the opening is to bring the magic back into the caf experience and let patrons use Cadbury products to design their own creations. Read more »

Press Release – Waikato Milking Systems

Majority shareholder UPC Capital and Managing Director John Anderson have unconditionally sold Waikato Milking Systems NZ Ltd to Tainui Group Holdings (TGH), Ngi Tahu Capital and Pioneer Capital with settlement on 31 March 2014. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 27 (BusinessDesk) – Delegats Group, the winemaker which last year bought Australias Barossa Valley Estate, said first-half profit fell 7.6 percent as sales drop in the UK and Europe and costs rose. Read more »

Press Release – BusinessNZ

A new report being launched on 26 February reveals common traits of New Zealands most successful manufacturers, how important the manufacturing sector is to our economy and how it measures up internationally. Read more »

Press Release – The Dog and Lemon Guide

The government announcement that Electronic Stability Control will become compulsory on new vehicles, is too little, too late, says the car review website dogandlemon.com Read more »

Press Release – Honda NZ

After 12 years as Managing Director and a total of 34 years in senior roles within Honda in NZ, Graeme Seymour has announced his decision to retire at the end of March 2014. Read more »