Service sector to the fore
Service sector to the fore
Otago-Southland is well ahead of its regional rivals in service sector activity, with indications the summer season will be good for businesses associated with tourism.
Dene Mackenzie
Internet costs concern southern businesses
Internet costs concern southern businesses
More than a third of small to medium-sized (SME) business operators around the country are unhappy with both access to the internet and the cost of their connection with Otago-Southland businesses the most disgruntled.
Rates biggest contributor to inflation
Rates biggest contributor to inflation
The annual increase in local authority rates is expected to make the largest single contribution to the rise in inflation in the three months ended September.
Wider shareholder pool
Wider shareholder pool
Auckland International Airport has potentially increased its pool of shareholders by establishing an American depository receipt programme.
TWI to be calculated using 17 currencies, up from 5
TWI to be calculated using 17 currencies, up from 5
The Reserve Bank is to introduce a broader currency basket to better reflect the changes in New Zealand's trading patterns.
Greenback set to rise: BNZ
Greenback set to rise: BNZ
The ongoing market panic about global growth may end up pushing back the Federal Reserve interest rate rises.
Another rocky week expected
Another rocky week expected
Investors should expect another rocky ride this week as fears about Ebola, the poor performance of Germany's economy and concerns about the end of the Federal Reserve's financial easing programme grip markets.
SCF witness omission puzzles
SCF witness omission puzzles
The decision not to call former secretary of the Treasury, John Whitehead, as a witness in the South Canterbury Finance trial, which concluded this week, has many observers scratching their heads.
SkyCity optimistic over growth, plans
SkyCity optimistic over growth, plans
SkyCity Entertainment Group has made a good start to the new financial year with figures released yesterday showing momentum gained in the second half of 2014 had continued.
Women well represented in award final
Women well represented in award final
Three women have been named as finalists in the future business leader category in the Westpac Otago Chamber of Commerce business awards, something that thrills chamber president Ali Copeman.
Z Energy poised to reap benefit from recovery in NZ Refining's margins
Z Energy poised to reap benefit from recovery in NZ Refining's margins
Z Energy is set to feel the benefit from the recovery of New Zealand Refining's margins with the company expected to try to hold up margins as long as possible, Forsyth Barr broker Andrew Rooney says.
Modest growth in job advertising
Modest growth in job advertising
The level of job advertising in New Zealand was consistent with ongoing modest employment growth and unemployment edging below 5.5% by the end of the year, ANZ senior economist Sharon Zollner said yesterday.
MP back at school
MP back at school
Labour leadership contender Grant Robertson received a pleasant surprise when he turned up yesterday at Dunedin's King's High School, where he was head boy in 1989.
Regions lead in skilled vacancies rise
Regions lead in skilled vacancies rise
Skilled vacancies increased in all regions in the year ended September, with the largest annual increase in Otago-Southland, data released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment shows.
Warning on more US falls
Warning on more US falls
United States stocks rose following positive earnings results after three days of brutal losses that sent the main benchmarks to their lowest levels in months, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said.
Electricity prices outstrip inflation
Electricity prices outstrip inflation
Power price rises continue to outstrip inflation due to large increases in monopoly transmission and lines charges, the Electricity Authority says.
Curran alleges 'dirty' politics
Curran alleges 'dirty' politics
The weeping sores of Labour Party divisions following a devastating election defeat are not confined to the Wellington Beltway. Political editor DeneMackenzie finds Dunedin South MP Clare Curran is...
National powering on
National powering on
Prime Minister John Key will be in a hurry to deliver on some immediate policy gains after he led National to a landslide win in the election on Saturday.
Parker poised to return Labour to 'fundamental values'
Parker poised to return Labour to 'fundamental values'
Labour Party deputy leader David Parker is poised to play a pivotal role in the rebirth of a new Labour movement, based on what the party emerged from 98 years ago.
Collins saga may be far from over
Collins saga may be far from over
The resignation of Judith Collins as a cabinet minister on Saturday should pave the way for Prime Minister John Key to get National's election campaign back on track.