A former Dunedin lawyer who did not turn up yesterday for the start of her five-day trial has been found guilty on all 46 charges of tax evasion involving more than $180,000.
Briscoe Group has delivered a 10% boost to its half-year profit and dividend after keeping a tight rein on stock inventory.
Turners car auctioneers and insurers has launched a surprise bid for a stake of up to 20% in Motor Trade Finance, but is ruling out a takeover play.
Briscoes' hostile takeover bid for sports and leisure retailer Kathmandu appears almost dead in the water, with just 10% acceptances and only three days until the offer lapses.
Dunedin cancer diagnostic company Pacific Edge has had mixed fortunes on various finance sector lists in recent days, dropping out of the NZX top 50 but being included in a ''hot emerging companies '' list.
Softening demand for sheepmeat in China and Europe should be prompting New Zealand to prioritise getting premium chilled lamb cuts in China, and to also look further afield to new Middle Eastern markets.
Fonterra has stuck to earlier forecasts of milk production volumes being down 2%-3% this dairy season, but numerous factors affecting farmers are yet to come into play.
House sales around Otago and the Central Otago/Lakes regions have spiked in August, up respectively 52% and 17% on a year ago, possibly thanks to outside investor interest.
Stark choices lie ahead for 1500 creditors of Solid Energy owed more than $400million, in a key vote next week on opting for either a fire-sale liquidation or a controlled, two-and-a-half-year sell-down of the coal miner's assets.
Dunedin cancer diagnostic company Pacific Edge's roller coaster share price has come full circle after 23 months and the shares traded again around 46c yesterday.
The oil tankers Kakariki and Torea - regular visitors to Otago Harbour - are to be replaced by new South Korean ships over the next 21 months.
The Government has boosted investment in the oil and gas sector around New Zealand, including the southern Great South Basin, awarding almost $10 million awarded to GNS Science, spread over a new four-year programme.
A turnaround in fortunes of camper van renter Tourism Holdings has seen it pitch its message to Australian fund managers, a signal it wants to boost institutional investment.
For only the second time in its 28-year history, the popular Monarch Wildlife Cruises Otago Harbour tour business has been sold.
Is Solid Energy's imminent breakup and the loss of hundreds of mining jobs during the past two years reflecting a crisis in New Zealand's mining sector?
New Zealand's building activity has topped its highest level in a decade, underpinned by a 5% increase in commercial and infrastructure work, largely in Canterbury and Wellington.
Southland and the adjacent offshore Great South Basin are the new focus of oil and gas exploration, as Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges signals the opening up of those areas.
Briscoes' hostile takeover bid for sport and leisure retailer Kathmandu remains unchanged, Briscoes saying yesterday it sees no reason to increase its implied $1.80 per share offer.
The mining sector's two most influential regulators - WorkSafe NZ and permitting agency New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals - still have plenty of work ahead in their respective roles.
Exploration in the minerals sector should get a much needed boost from the collation of government funded geological data, just as was done for the oil and gas sector, Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges says.
