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MIDDAY UPDATE: Crown support for Solid Energy short-term
Monday, 8 July 2013, 12:15 pm | BusinessDesk
July 8 (BusinessDesk) – Any government support for ailing coal miner Solid Energy will be a short-term thing, and if used, would be set up to ensure the Crown got its money back. More >>
Burling and Tuke victorious at 49er European Champs
Monday, 8 July 2013, 11:38 am | Yachting New Zealand
Alex Maloney and Molly Meech also secured a podium finish taking bronze in the 49erFX European Championship, with a further two top nine results for New Zealand including 5th for Natalia Kosinska at the RS:X European Championships and 9th for Marcus Hansen ... More >>
BUSINESS BREAKDOWN: Meridian pre-sale roadshow kicks off
Monday, 8 July 2013, 9:25 am | BusinessDesk
July 8 (BusinessDesk) – Meridian Energy executives are heading into a round of briefings with institutional investors this week in what the NZ Herald reports is a “pre-sale roadshow” for the partial privatisation of the largest state-owned ... More >>
Liam Macdonald Youngest Ever Southland Sports Car Club Champ
Friday, 5 July 2013, 1:26 pm | Southland Sports Car Club
Fifteen-year-old Liam MacDonald of Invercargill became the youngest ever Southland Sports Car Club Champion at the clubs 2012/2013 prizegiving at Teretonga Park recently. More >>
Hokianga Named to Lead New Zealand at the Student World Cup
Friday, 5 July 2013, 1:10 pm | NZ Universities and Tertiary Students Rubgy League
Wellington Institute of Technology student Denzil Hokianga, has been named to lead the New Zealand Universities and Tertiary Students side as it prepares to compete in the eighth Student Rugby League World Cup, starting tomorrow morning, in Bradford, ... More >>
Gilmour Positive After Testing Daybreaker Event
Friday, 5 July 2013, 12:45 pm | Emma Gilmour
While the special stage wins she had targeted did not come, Emma Gilmour is more positive than ever about the potential of her new Suzuki Swift Maxi rally car having completed six stages of last weekend’s Daybreaker Rally in the Manawatu. More >>
Snakes and ladders at the 2013 49er and FX Europeans
Friday, 5 July 2013, 12:22 pm | Yachting New Zealand
New Zealand sailors are in 2nd, 3rd and 9th overall as the 2013 SAP 49er European Championships hit the midway mark and the standings continue to change dramatically day to day as nearly all crews struggled for consistency in light winds on day three ... More >>
BUSINESS BREAKDOWN: Ponzi pilot heads to court
Friday, 5 July 2013, 9:19 am | BusinessDesk
July 5 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s own version of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme trial kicks off in the Wellington District Court this morning, as former financial adviser David Ross faces charges alleging “fictitious transactions” involving ... More >>
Road Safety Message In This Year’s Tour of Southland
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 3:59 pm | Joint Press Release
This year’s Tour of Southland cycle race will carry and important road safety message, with this week’s announcement of a new partnership between event hosts Cycling Southland and Road Safety Southland. More >>
NZL Sailing Team takes the lead at 49er Euros
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 3:14 pm | Yachting New Zealand
What a difference a day can make – at the end of day two New Zealand now leads the 2013 SAP 49er European Championships with a further two kiwi crews placed in the top five across the Men’s and Women’s racing. More >>
From the Farm: Selling Aussie dollars
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 2:31 pm | BusinessDesk
July 4 (BusinessDesk) - In New Zealand dollar terms, local primary producers got the highest prices in two years in June, based on the ANZ Commodity Price Index. More >>
European Champs underway for kiwi skiff and board sailors
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 12:40 pm | Yachting New Zealand
New Zealand’s top Olympic skiff sailors and windsurfers are racing in their respective European Championship Regattas with competition getting underway in Arhus, Denmark and Brest, France overnight. More >>
David Tua VS Alexander Ustinov
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 12:33 pm | Duco Events
See history made: you can’t afford to miss the most substantial, credible heavyweight boxing event ever staged on New Zealand soil. In just two months’ time David Tua takes on world number 7 ranked Russian behemoth Alexander Ustinov in a true David ... More >>
TVNZ Begins America’s Cup Coverage
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 12:25 pm | TVNZ
Fans can watch online – with all of the races streamed in full at tvnz.co.nz/americascup - the fantastic new one-stop-shop for all the latest news and video on Team New Zealand and the America’s Cup. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Xero tops $2 bln as shares rise 3.9%
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 12:18 pm | BusinessDesk
July 4 (BusinessDesk) – Cloud-based accounting software maker Xero has become a $2 billion company after its share price climbed 3.9 percent today to a new high of $17.40. More >>
Kawasaki takes No 1 and No 2 Titles in NZDRA National Series
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 12:21 pm | Black Thunder Racing NZ
Press Release – July 3rd 2013 Kawasaki takes No 1 and No 2 Titles in NZDRA National Series for Modified Bike. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Dairy prices rise at Fonterra auction
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 12:13 pm | BusinessDesk
July 3 (BusinessDesk) – Dairy prices at Fonterra Cooperative Group’s latest online auction crept up for a second time, a day after figures showed local prices were falling on the international market. More >>
CRC Speedshow pays tribute to Kiwi motorcycling legends
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 11:53 am | CRC Speedshow
Kiwi motorcycle racers Burt Munro, John Britten, Graeme Crosby and Ivan Mauger are among a line-up of 17 New Zealand Legends of Speed being highlighted at CRC Speedshow this month. More >>
BUSINESS BREAKDOWN: Fed chiefs talk the talk
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 9:26 am | BusinessDesk
July 3 (BusinessDesk) – Stocks on Wall Street and government bonds from Wellington to Washington have fallen since Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on June 19 that the central bank may wind back its US$85 billion-a-month of bond buying this ... More >>
Campbell ticks all boxes at Daybreaker
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:39 pm | Campbell Rally Sport
Phil Campbell has ticked all the boxes at the Daybreaker Rally on Saturday, taking maximum points in both the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and Total Rally Xtreme challenge. More >>
Kiwis locked out again in Lochearnhead
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:24 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
The New Zealand shearing team of Rowland Smith and Tony Coster has failed to break a Lochearnhead Shears jinx by being beaten by Scotland in the first of eight test matches on the 2013 Elders Primary Wool UK Tour. More >>
Pre-final Tangle Ends Bray's Weekend In Genk
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 2:17 pm | KartSport New Zealand
A tangle while challenging for second place in his Pre-Final ended Kiwi Daniel Bray's weekend at the second round of the 2013 CIK-FIA European Kart Championships for KZ and KZ2 at Genk in Belgium on Sunday. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Tower trumpets new boss
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 12:15 pm | BusinessDesk
July 2 (BusinessDesk) – Tower has named David Hancock as its new chief executive to replace long-standing leader, Rob Flannagan. More >>
BUSINESS BREAKDOWN: We don’t know how lucky we are
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 9:13 am | BusinessDesk
July 2 (BusinessDesk) – Fresh from a swing through the US, Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf is back in the country and more convinced than ever that New Zealand is at a historic moment in its economic development. More >>
Burling and Tuke Back In the 49er For 2013 European Champs
Monday, 1 July 2013, 3:17 pm | Yachting New Zealand
The 2013 49er European Championships will get underway in Arhus, Denmark in less than 48 hours time marking a return to the Olympic campaign trail for New Zealand’s Olympic Silver medallists Peter Burling and Blair Tuke. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Meridian’s windfarm sale sets up big dividend
Monday, 1 July 2013, 12:09 pm | BusinessDesk
July 1 (BusinessDesk) – Meridian Energy is set to pay a big return to the government, in what’s shaping up to be the last year under full Crown ownership, after selling its stake in a A$1 billion Australian wind farm. More >>
Halliday’s Challenging Endurance Weekend In France
Monday, 1 July 2013, 12:07 pm | Matthew Halliday Racing
American based New Zealand racing driver Matt Halliday has completed a challenging weekend in the third round of the Blancpain Endurance Series held at France’s Paul Ricard circuit earlier this morning (NZ Time). More >>
Räikkönen Extends World Record
Monday, 1 July 2013, 12:00 pm | Lotus Australia and New Zealand
Kimi Räikkönen extened his world record for consecutive Grand Prix points placings to 25 by taking fifth position in an eventful British Grand Prix at Silverstone at the weekend (30 June 2013). More >>
Evans endures electronics failures
Monday, 1 July 2013, 11:48 am | Mitch Evans Motorsport
An electronics failure prevented Mitch Evans from winning in the GP2 Feature race at Silverstone on Saturday, and he endured more electrical system issues at the start of the Sunday Sprint race at the British Grand Prix round at Silverstone on Sunday. More >>
Business Breakdown: A Year of Two Halves?
Monday, 1 July 2013, 9:29 am | BusinessDesk
July 1 (BusinessDesk) – The first half of 2013 will be remembered for a rampant sharemarket, a rampant New Zealand dollar, an even more rampant Auckland housing market, as well as the first public float of a state-owned asset since 1999. More >>
MONEY TALKS: Reading the Reserve Bank tea leaves
Friday, 28 June 2013, 5:13 pm | BusinessDesk
June 28 (BusinessDesk) – In the next couple of months, the Reserve Bank will hit the brakes on home lending for would-be borrowers with piddly deposits. More >>
Kiwis to Do Battle In Tests In Aussie
Friday, 28 June 2013, 2:23 pm | Diana Dobson
New Zealand jumping selectors are hoping for a little out-of-season joy when senior and young rider teams take on the Aussies in official tests later this year. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: 2degrees turns operational profit in 2012
Friday, 28 June 2013, 12:06 pm | BusinessDesk
June 28 (BusinessDesk) – Mobile phone operator Two Degrees has turned its first operational profit just three years after launching as a rival to incumbents Telecom and Vodafone. More >>
Paddon third in qualifying at ERC Ypres Rally
Friday, 28 June 2013, 11:41 am | Hayden Paddon Rallysport Global Ltd
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have set the third quickest time on the 4.88km qualifying stage for the ERC Ypres Rally. Paddon said he happy with that as he’s still building confidence with the car and also made some small mistakes on final run. More >>
Win hot laps with Foggy and much more at CRC Speedshow
Friday, 28 June 2013, 11:32 am | CRC Speedshow
The chance to win high speed hot laps with popular V8 SuperTourer driver Angus Fogg is just one of dozens of great prize packages on offer for automotive and motorsport fans at this year’s CRC Speedshow. More >>
Emirates Team NZ to file protest with the America's Cup Jury
Friday, 28 June 2013, 10:29 am | Emirates Team New Zealand
Emirates Team New Zealand confirms its intention to file a protest with the America’s Cup Jury seeking a ruling that the regatta director has exceeded his jurisdiction in seeking to unilaterally introduce changes to the AC 72 Class Rule. More >>
From the Farm: Confidence returns
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 7:25 pm | BusinessDesk
What a difference two months make. In the latest ANZ Business Outlook, for June, a net 39.6 percent of firms in the agricultural sector expect general business conditions to improve in the year ahead. And a net 23.4 percent expect profits to rise. More >>
Cunningham aims for rookie points at Daybreaker
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 12:39 pm | RCK Contractors Rally Team
Clint Cunningham has his eyes on the prize for this weekend’s Daybreaker rally in the Manawatu, the third round of both the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship and Rally Xtreme series. More >>
Plenty to fight for at Daybreaker for Campbell
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 12:34 pm | Campbell Rally Sport
Tauranga’s Phil Campbell has plenty to play for at this weekend’s Daybreaker rally in the Manawatu, which is the third round of both the Rally Xtreme challenge and Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: RBNZ favours LVR restrictions for housing
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 12:17 pm | BusinessDesk
June 27 (BusinessDesk) – The Reserve Bank is backing restrictions on low equity home loans to battle the country’s heating property market, saying they offer the “greatest potential” to curb demand. More >>
Toughest offroad race announces major commercial partnership
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 4:22 pm | 2013 ENZED Taupo 1000
Organisers of the 2013 Taupo 1000 have confirmed they have signed a main sponsor for the race in September, and the race will be known as the ENZED Taupo 1000. More >>
Paddon targets podium on debut in Belgium
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:04 pm | Hayden Paddon Rallysport Global Ltd
Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are targeting a podium finish for their first European Rally Championship event on the narrow, twisty tarmac roads of Belgium’s Rally Ypres this weekend, but New Zealand’s international rallying duo know they’ve ... More >>
New Zealand Rally Championship returns to the Manawatu
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:02 pm | NZ Rally Championship
A once iconic part of the New Zealand Rally Championship returns to the six round calendar with the country’s best rally drivers tackling this weekend’s Manawatu based GoPro Daybreaker Rally roads, Saturday 29 June. More >>
Vitali Klitschko talks David Tua
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 1:26 pm | Matheson Sports Media
David Tua’s heavyweight comeback has piqued the interest of arguably the greatest fighter of this generation – WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. More >>
Gilmour Targets Stage Wins At Daybreaker Rally
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 1:11 pm | Emma Gilmour
Emma Gilmour heads for this weekend’s third round of the New Zealand National Rally Championship intent on scoring special stage wins in her new Suzuki Swift Maxi rally car. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: NZ Post to cut 120 jobs as mail volume slides
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 12:17 pm | BusinessDesk
June 26 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand Post, the state-owned postal service, will reduce its processing centres to three from six, shedding a net 120 jobs, and has warned it may have to take more steps to cope with a slide in mail volumes that’s ... More >>
Champion Kiwi Karter to Race In Australia This Weekend
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 11:35 am | Caleb Cross
New Zealand's top Junior Restricted 100cc Yamaha class karter, Caleb Cross from Rangiora, will make his Australian debut this coming weekend at the annual Queensland state titles meeting in Bundaberg in northern Queensland. More >>
One Down and One to Go
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 3:18 pm | Bikesport NZ
It’s one down and one to go for Nelson teenager Ethan Bruce. The 17-year-old led a Yamaha 1-2 to the top of the podium when the Tracktion Cross-country Series wrapped up near Cheviot at the weekend, Bruce (Yamaha YZ250) More >>
Kiwi shearers set for tough UK tour
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 1:24 pm | Shearing Sports New Zealand
New Zealand shearers Rowland Smith and Tony Coster face an uphill battle to score a rare Lochearnhead Shears test win over Scotland as the 2013 Elders Primary UK tour starts this weekend. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Rural Equities moves some supply to Synlait
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 12:26 pm | BusinessDesk
June 25 (BusinessDesk) – Rural Equities, the Hawkes Bay-based farming group controlled by the Cushing family, has switched about a third of its milk supply to Rakaia-based Synlait Milk, cashing up about half its shares in Fonterra Cooperative Group. More >>
Bozzone Wins On 2014 World Champs Course
Monday, 24 June 2013, 2:37 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Terenzo Bozzone (Auckland) continued his good recent form with another win on the 70.3 IRONMAN circuit, proving too strong at the Mont Tremblant event in Quebec, Canada this morning. More >>
Hewitt Victorious At French Grand Prix – Kiwi Round Up
Monday, 24 June 2013, 2:17 pm | Triathlon New Zealand
Andrea Hewitt led the way for Kiwi triathletes over the weekend, with victory at the latest French Grand Prix race as the best in the world prepare for the next round of the ITU World Triathlon Series in Kitzbuhel, Austria. More >>
Record Racing in Wellington
Monday, 24 June 2013, 12:32 pm | NZ Marathon Championship 2013
With record entries, a record breaking winner and near perfect weather the Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon confirmed its place among New Zealand’s favourite marathon events. More >>
Woolhouse Keeps His Cool to Claim D1NZ Drift Title Number 2
Monday, 24 June 2013, 12:18 pm | Cody's D1NZ National Drifting Championship
The pressure came from every quarter, but Whangarei driver Daniel 'Fanga Dan' Woolhouse (Castrol Edge Holden Commodore V8) kept his cool to claim his second Kiwi Drift King title at the final round of this season's Cody's D1NZ National Drifting Championship ... More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Synlait Milk, investors look to raise $120M
Monday, 24 June 2013, 12:17 pm | BusinessDesk
June 24 (BusinessDesk) – Rakaia-based Synlait Milk and its investors will raise as much as $120 million as it prepares to list next month in the latest initial public offer. More >>
MONEY TALKS: Reputation - hard to win, easy to lose
Friday, 21 June 2013, 6:15 pm | BusinessDesk
June 21 (BusinessDesk) – A couple of things in the world of the markets have got me thinking about ‘The Crucible’, an old Arthur Miller play I studied in high school. More >>
Australian Supercross action to air on free-to-air in 2013
Friday, 21 June 2013, 2:30 pm | Joint Press Release
International Entertainment Group (IEG), promoters of the Australian Supercross Championship, are excited to announce that the 2013 series will receive 12 hours of free to air coverage on SPEED WEEK, SBS. More >>
MIDDAY UPDATE: Kiwi dollar tumbles as end to QE in view
Friday, 21 June 2013, 12:09 pm | BusinessDesk
June 21 (BusinessDesk) – The New Zealand dollar sank to a 12-month low as investors try to figure out the impact of the US Federal Reserve slowing down its money printing programme as the world’s biggest economy improves. More >>
New Investor Strengthens Lotus F1 Team
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:47 pm | Lotus
The Lotus F1 Team has new part-owners as of today (18 June 2013), with Infinity Racing Partners Limited (Infinity Racing) acquiring a 35% minority stake in the team. Infinity Racing joins Genii Capital, who retain a controlling stake in the team, with Gerard ... More >>
Record Running in Wellington this Weekend
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 2:28 pm | Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon
More than 5000 runners and walkers from 13 countries and all ends of New Zealand will line up at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium on Sunday for the 28th Armstrong Motor Group Marathon Event. More >>
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