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Harcourts MarketWatch August 2013
Friday, 9 August 2013, 4:22 pm | Harcourts
The statistics from New Zealand’s largest real estate group Harcourts show, at current levels of sales, the country only has enough property on the market to last for 4.2 months. This is significantly down on the same time last year when there ... More >>
New salmon farms get the go ahead
Friday, 9 August 2013, 4:14 pm | NZ King Salmon Co Limited
New Zealand King Salmon got the go ahead yesterday for four new salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds, when two appeals to the High Court were completely dismissed. More >>
$4.067M Distributed in July 2013 Donations
Friday, 9 August 2013, 4:12 pm | Pub Charity
Martin Cheer, CEO of PUB CHARITY announced today “KidsCan Charitable Trust and Diabetes NZ both contribute to the economic, social and cultural growth of New Zealand communities in their own way, and each have been awarded a significant donation this ... More >>
Landcorp 2013 profit probably higher than forecast
Friday, 9 August 2013, 3:49 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 9 (BusinessDesk) – Landcorp Farming, New Zealand’s biggest farmer, says earnings may be a smidgen higher than first budgeted after initially thinking it may only breakeven this year when drought hit milk production and livestock price. More >>
Young Kiwis show highest jump in heading homewards
Friday, 9 August 2013, 3:46 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 9 (BusinessDesk) - Young New Zealanders are leading the homeward charge, with the largest influx of returning kiwis coming from Australia as its economy weakens. More >>
NZFACT Rebrands as the New Zealand Screen Association
Friday, 9 August 2013, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Screen Association
Today, the New Zealand Federation Against Copyright Theft (NZFACT) has announced the change of its name to the New Zealand Screen Association. More >>
Unisys and Intel Join Forces
Friday, 9 August 2013, 3:28 pm | Unisys
Aiming at multi-billion-dollar market, Unisys and Intel are combining secure partitioning and processor technologies in an innovative mission-critical platform designed to reduce server sprawl and power the data centre of tomorrow More >>
Winner of ICT Woman of the Year announced
Friday, 9 August 2013, 3:13 pm | The Creative Collective
Queensland business woman Yvette Adams was honoured last night at the prestigious national 2013 iAwards held in Melbourne when she was announced as the National ICT Woman of the Year. More >>
Double-header for Electricians in Hamilton: Challenge & Expo
Friday, 9 August 2013, 3:01 pm | Electrical Contractors Association of NZ
Top apprentices will contest national competition finals alongside latest electrical trade innovations. Hamilton’s Claudelands Event Centre will be the venue for the 4th annual ECANZ & etco ElectroTECH Expo for electricians from Waikato and CNI region ... More >>
Inventive NZers finalists in international James Dyson Award
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:55 pm | Joe Public Relations
A quad bike that doesn’t roll, a lightweight and breathable cast for fractured bones, and a design-your-own desk chair, have been announced finalists in the New Zealand leg of the 2013 James Dyson Award. More >>
Ports of Auckland welcomes two new services
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:52 pm | Ports of Auckland
September 2013 will see two new services call at Ports of Auckland - MSC’s Capricorn Service, which currently calls at a number of New Zealand ports and Kiwi International Express (KIX), a new vessel sharing arrangement between ANL, APL and Hanjin Shipping. More >>
New Zealand’s First Pregnancy Specific Insect Repellent
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:43 pm | Skin Technology
Scientists have long known that some people are more prone to bug bites than others. Pregnant women are particularly susceptible to mosquito bites as they have higher body heat and exhale 21% more carbon dioxide. More >>
Jenny Morrison appointed Independent Chair of NZUAG
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:37 pm | NZ Utilities Advisory Group
The New Zealand Utilities Advisory Group (NZUAG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenny Morrison as its Independent Chair. “We are delighted to have someone of Jenny’s calibre and experience chairing the NZUAG Board,” Board spokesman David ... More >>
ARANZ Geo in finals of 2013 NZ International Business Awards
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:31 pm | ARANZ Geo Limited
ARANZ Geo Limited has been selected as a finalist in the 2013 New Zealand International Business Awards following impressive revenue and market growth over the past three years. More >>
Chatham Islands fisherman convicted
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:10 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Chatham Islands fisherman Stephen George Page and the company of which he is sole director, Flinders Fisheries Company Ltd, have been convicted of operating the fishing vessel Equinox without an appropriate current maritime document. More >>
Harlequin Public House Brings History Full Circle
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:50 pm | Harlequin Public House
On the 1890s site of the Junction Hotel in central Christchurch, a new public house has made its home. On Wednesday 14 August, Harlequin Public House on the corner of Salisbury and Montreal Streets, will open its doors to the public, and a special ... More >>
Police reach diversity milestone
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Police
Constables entering New Zealand Police in the last year have been the most diverse ever. Out of 240 recruits graduating from the Royal New Zealand Police College during the 2012-2013 financial year, 30.8 percent were women, up from 27.3 percent in 2010-2011. More >>
Raygun blasts through error tracking market
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:42 pm | Mindscape
Error tracking service Raygun.io, from software development tools company Mindscape has grown with speed since its launch early this year, due in part to the frequent release of supported language and platform providers. More >>
Satellite Media sells Rip It Up
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:30 pm | Satellite Media
Satellite Media today announces that it has sold its iconic music title Rip It Up, to Grant Hislop of Hark Entertainment. Whilst Rip It Up has been an important part of the Satellite portfolio for the past 12 years, the focus moving forward is on ... More >>
Last chance to recycle TVs
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:15 pm | RCN e-Cycle
TV TakeBack is almost over for the South Island. Tuesday 20 August is the last day for subsidised TV recycling. People need to get in quick if they want to recycle their unwanted TVs at the subsidised price of $5. More >>
Rural Equities’ Cushing to meet Tandou after building stake
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:10 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 9 (BusinessDesk) - Rural Equities will meet with the bosses of Tandou in the coming weeks after the local farming group controlled by the Cushing family built a 17.7 percent stake in the ASX-listed agribusiness. More >>
Food so good it should be illegal
Friday, 9 August 2013, 1:01 pm | V.I.K. Rogue Trader Food Truck
The V.I.K. Rogue Trader Food Truck will soon be offering good honest tucker from some of Manawatu’s best locations. The Village Inn Kitchen’s second birthday celebrations will see the launch of Palmy’s very own food truck in Hokowhitu next ... More >>
Govt to discuss terms of MPI probe into Fonterra on Monday
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:59 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 9 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand government ministers will discuss the terms of a Ministry for Primary Industries inquiry into the Fonterra Cooperative Group food scare on Monday after officials work through the weekend to nut out the details. More >>
Readers deeply engaged with newspaper brands
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:59 pm | News Works NZ
News consumers have a deep brand connection with their newspapers demonstrated by the high rate of home delivery in New Zealand and the increasing popularity of digital newspaper brands. More >>
Tennis Players Use New App to Improve Performance
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:55 pm | Spark Motion
The Spark Motion app is used to evaluate and correct inefficiencies in a truly authentic environment and remotely via the HIPAA compliant cloud. Coaches, trainers and athletes are able to record video with their iPad and then instantly analyze the data. More >>
Renaissance Brewing wins at the 2013 Brewers Guild Awards
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:47 pm | Renaissance Brewing
Marlborough based craft brewers, Renaissance Brewing, are celebrating a huge win at the 2013 New Zealand Brewers Guild Awards after they won two trophies and picked up the supreme award for Champion New Zealand Brewery. More >>
Fuel lifts card spending in July
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:45 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Motorists spent more on fuel with their debit and credit cards in July 2013, Statistics New Zealand said today. Spending on fuel (up $39 million, or 5.3 percent) boosted the value of total retail transactions, which increased 0.4 percent in July 2013, ... More >>
Maori business corporations in it for the long haul
Friday, 9 August 2013, 12:24 pm | University of Canterbury
Indigenous post-settlement entities in New Zealand have taken the form of a western corporation as a consequence of historically conditional economic and legal ideology in New Zealand, a UC postgraduate student says. More >>
Phased WoF changes provide certainty to industry
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:51 am | Motor Trade Association
Government’s announcement that changes to Warrant of Fitness (WoF) inspection frequency being phased in over a six month period starting early in 2014, will bring welcome certainty to the automotive industry, says Motor Trade Association (MTA). More >>
Core retail spending sags in July
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:40 am | BusinessDesk
NZ retail spending on credit, debit cards rises 0.4 percent in July, core retailing weak More >>
Rio Tinto abandons sale of Tiwai Point and other smelters
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:33 am | BusinessDesk
Aug 9 (BusinessDesk) - Global metals giant Rio Tinto has told shareholders it has given up trying to sell four Australasian aluminium smelters and associated assets, including the Tiwai Point smelter. More >>
Finalists named in Auckland North business awards
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:14 am | Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development
Eighteen local businesses are in award contention in this year’s Westpac Auckland North Business Awards, after finalists were announced last night. More >>
ARANZ Geo makes finals of NZ International Business Awards
Friday, 9 August 2013, 11:12 am | ARANZ
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, 9 August 2013 – ARANZ Geo Limited has been selected as a finalist in the 2013 New Zealand International Business Awards following impressive revenue and market growth over the past three years. The developer of Leapfrog® ... More >>
Vital rights offer – reminder of closing date
Friday, 9 August 2013, 10:43 am | Vital Healthcare Property Trust
On 4 July 2013, Vital Healthcare Property Trust (‘Vital’) issued a simplified disclosure prospectus (‘Prospectus’) detailing a 1:10 pro rata renounceable offer of new units to existing unitholders (the ‘Offer’). More >>
Rural Broadband and mobile coverage arrives at Nightcaps
Friday, 9 August 2013, 10:35 am | Vodafone
Mobile coverage and broadband options just got better for residents and visitors to the Southland area of Nightcaps, as Vodafone lights up its newly built cell site under the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI). More >>
Capacity chief executive to resign at year end
Friday, 9 August 2013, 10:25 am | Capacity Infrastructure Services
David Hill, chief executive of the council-owned organisation water management company Capacity Infrastructure Services, today announced his resignation from the company. More >>
Rural Equities, Cushings build 17.6% stake in Tandou
Friday, 9 August 2013, 10:02 am | BusinessDesk
Aug 9 (BusinessDesk) - Rural Equities and interests associated with the Cushing family have built up a 17.7 percent stake in ASX-listed agribusiness Tandou. More >>
Statement: PropertyIQ’s application to acquire Terralink
Friday, 9 August 2013, 9:50 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from PropertyIQ seeking clearance to acquire the business and assets of Terralink. More >>
Argosy directors seek 31% hike in fee pool to expand board
Friday, 9 August 2013, 9:38 am | BusinessDesk
Aug 9 (BusinessDesk) - Argosy Property will seek a 31 percent hike in the pool for directors’ fees at this month’s annual meeting as the company seeks to expand its board by two directors. More >>
NZ dollar rises as investors unwind bets on Fed tapering
Friday, 9 August 2013, 9:16 am | BusinessDesk
Aug 9 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar rose to its highest in almost two weeks as investors unwound bets the greenback would advance amid uncertainty about when the Federal Reserve will begin tapering monetary stimulus. More >>
Finalists named in 2013 NZ International Business Awards
Friday, 9 August 2013, 9:16 am | New Zealand International Business Awards
A revolutionary diabetes detection system and a digital DJ software platform are among the unique range of solutions produced by the 29 finalists in this year’s 2013 New Zealand International Business Awards. More >>
Monthly Economic Indicators July 2013
Friday, 9 August 2013, 9:11 am | New Zealand Treasury
Activity indicators are signalling only moderate GDP growth in the June quarter and it may be even weaker depending on the impact of the drought. This will likely be reflected in the negative contribution from net trade to GDP growth, although a partial ... More >>
Kiwi Web App Paves the Way For Everyday Democracy
Friday, 9 August 2013, 8:52 am | Loomio
Loomio, a much anticipated online collaborative decision-making platform built by a Wellington-based social enterprise startup, is launching internationally today. More >>
Fonterra Board to conduct formal independent review
Friday, 9 August 2013, 8:46 am | Fonterra
Fonterra Chairman John Wilson today announced an independent review of the Co-operative’s performance at the time of, and following, the manufacture of the affected whey protein concentrate. More >>
While you were sleeping: China, Germany deliver
Friday, 9 August 2013, 7:48 am | BusinessDesk
Aug 9 (BusinessDesk) – Wall Street rose, stemming a three-day slide, as the latest exports data from China and Germany surpassed expectations, bolstering optimism about the economic recovery. More >>
Rachel Smalley Joins Newstalk ZB
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 7:03 pm | NewstalkZB
The Radio Network’s Newstalk ZB has signed TV3 senior broadcast journalist Rachel Smalley to host a new breakfast programme called Early Edition, which will air between 5-6am, leading into the top-rating Mike Hosking Breakfast . Early Edition will provide ... More >>
Furniture award finalists on show at the Home Ideas Centre
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 7:00 pm | Competenz
Judging for the 2013 Forest and Wood Industry National Training Awards takes place next week. This will determine which of the 55 entrants will become finalists in the 12 categories and go on to the Awards dinner at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre ... More >>
New Zealand Hotel Receptionist of the Year
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 6:54 pm | AICR
The International Association for Deputy Managers and Front Office Managers of Luxury Hotels (AICR) are facilitating five regional competitions throughout New Zealand, searching for New Zealand’s best Hotel Receptionist More >>
Greenshell New Zealand wins Supreme Award
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 6:40 pm | Released via Bullet PR Ltd
Greenshell New Zealand wins Supreme Award at 2013 American Chamber of Commerce DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards More >>
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares fall; Chorus, MRP, Tower drop
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:56 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 8 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares fell amid concern Chorus still faces regulatory uncertainty, while MightyRiverPower and Contact Energy dropped after a new deal was signed with the Bluff smelter allowing the plant to buy less power. ... More >>
RESEND: Turners and Growers almost triples 1H profit
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:38 pm | BusinessDesk
RESEND: Turners and Growers almost triples 1H profit, says annual earnings profit will beat 2012 More >>
Turners & Growers more than doubles 1H profit
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:31 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug. 8 (BusinessDesk) - Turners & Growers, the fruit marketer controlled by Germany’s BayWa, more than doubled first-half profit as its export business reaped bigger sales from North America. More >>
Rural Contractors welcome new workplace safety reforms
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:20 pm | Rural Contractors NZ
Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ) says it welcomes the government's newly announced workplace health and safety reforms. More >>
Vodafone’s RBI rollout ploughs ahead of targets
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:17 pm | Vodafone
As the second year of construction ends, Vodafone is celebrating its commitment to rural connectivity by over achieving on each of its delivery targets under the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), meaning that well over 110,000 rural households ... More >>
NZ dollar dips vs. Australian dollar after China trade data
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 5:06 pm | BusinessDesk
Aug 8 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar declined against its trans-Tasman counterpart after Chinese trade figures beat expectations, stoking optimism Australia’s biggest trading partner won’t slow any further. More >>
Fonterra update on SKY channel 950
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:57 pm | Fonterra
Fonterra Chairman John Wilson, Chief Executive Theo Spierings and Chairman of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Ian Brown are updating farmers on the quality issue relating to whey protein concentrate. More >>
Air New Zealand’s “Romance Class” takes off in China
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:56 pm | Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand has unveiled a brand new online safety video to tie in with its romance-themed marketing campaign in China. More >>
Franchising Sentiment Remains Elevated
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:37 pm | Franchize Consultants
Franchisor sentiment very positive, and remain elevated, this quarter across a range of important franchise sector growth drivers. • Franchisors sentiment toward general business conditions is high and comparable to other general business confidence surveys ... More >>
Positive growth trend continues in July
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:33 pm | Paymark
The mild July weather may have contributed to strong spending through the Paymark network, according to figures released today by the nation’s leading payments provider. More >>
OHSIG welcomes Working Safely Blueprint
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 4:30 pm | Occupational Health and Safety Industry Group
The Occupational Health and Safety Industry Group (OHSIG) welcome the government’s response to the Taskforce recommendations. ‘Working Safer’ is the type of bold response that was called for by the Taskforce in the early days of its work programme. More >>
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