Power outages cost businesses
Power outages cost businesses
A Dunedin restaurant owner is fed up after being forced to turn away customers during a spate of power cuts which have cost his and neighbouring businesses tens of thousands of dollars.
Jacob McSweeny
Dunedin median value $600,000-plus
Dunedin median value $600,000-plus
Dunedin house prices have for the first time breached a median price of $600,000 as the Real Estate Institute declares national house price growth unsustainable and something must be done to address supply problems.
City Forests ramping up supply
City Forests ramping up supply
Touch wood. It's something City Forests chief executive Grant Dodson does often, but in this case he's speaking figuratively.
Property sales hit demand hot spot
Property sales hit demand hot spot
Real estate companies say they are seeing more houses being sold at auction in Otago.
Scott explains partnering, responds on diversity
Scott explains partnering, responds on diversity
Shareholders have quizzed the leadership of Dunedin’s Scott Technology about its commitment to diversity and moving manufacturing to China given the unstable relationship between that country and Australia.
Tradies face long waits for supplies
Tradies face long waits for supplies
Builders and other tradies are having to wait a month more than usual, or in some cases longer, for supplies and appliances, which is seizing up projects they are trying to complete.
More asking for loans to be waived
More asking for loans to be waived
The number of people asking to have loan payments waived because they have been made redundant is increasing and a Dunedin finance company says it expects that to continue throughout next year.
Accrediting for exports turned down
Accrediting for exports turned down
The Otago Chamber of Commerce has failed to get accreditation from the national body of chambers and may not be able to offer export accreditation to its members.
Ticket Rocket lacking cash to pay creditors
Ticket Rocket lacking cash to pay creditors
Liquidators say early indications of affairs at Ticket Rocket show there will be no money to pay unsecured creditors.
'They’re not hiring Kiwis': Locals keen to pick fruit ignored, rejected
'They’re not hiring Kiwis': Locals keen to pick fruit ignored, rejected
Locals say they are having applications for fruit picking jobs ignored or rejected, despite moves to allow more immigrant workers into the country.
Black Friday becoming more like Boxing Day
Black Friday becoming more like Boxing Day
Glen Maher knows all too well what it means for a retailer to underestimate Black Friday.
Businesses feel effect of no cruise ships
Businesses feel effect of no cruise ships
The absence of a cruise ship season in Dunedin this year, as well as other forms of international tourism, is causing a drop in revenue of up to 80% for some local businesses.
Businesses told to get 5G thinking hats on
Businesses told to get 5G thinking hats on
The 5G mobile network is here in Dunedin and businesses should now start thinking of new ways to use it, a leading figure at Spark says.
Trades shortage looks certain
Trades shortage looks certain
Carpenters, plasterers, landscape gardeners and scaffolders are among some of the trades expected to face the biggest demand for workers in Otago’s construction industry over the next decade.
Unconditional offer almost essential for home buyers
Unconditional offer almost essential for home buyers
If you want to buy a house in Dunedin, you have to put in an unconditional offer or you are likely get nowhere, a leading real estate agent has suggested.
Focus on worker housing in Otago
Focus on worker housing in Otago
A former psychiatric hospital is being suggested as a solution to an accommodation conundrum for as many as 1000 new workers needed in Otago’s construction industry each year over the next 10 years.
10,000 workers needed in Otago over decade: study
10,000 workers needed in Otago over decade: study
Otago’s construction industry could need about 10,000 workers over the next 10 years.
Outage comes at bad time for cafe
Outage comes at bad time for cafe
The owner of a popular cafe in Outram says she will have to turn customers away during a peak time of day and lose three-quarters of her revenue due to a planned Aurora Energy outage.
Queenstown company finds niche in risk management
Queenstown company finds niche in risk management
From organising filming to co-ordinating a Covid-19 bubble for 500 film crew in the US, Julian Grimmond talks about one of the success stories happening in Queenstown this year.
Aurora spending millions too much: commission
Aurora spending millions too much: commission
Aurora Energy does not need to spend as much as it wants on staffing and a range of other areas to the tune of $86 million, the Commerce Commission says.