Is it 1999 all over again? New Zealand is starting to feel similar to when the government last changed nine years ago. Several of the faces are the same and the same problems are emerging, not least the state of the economy and tax cuts.
Trade figures released yesterday indicate New Zealand's economic growth has stalled.
Warnings for the wider Dunedin business community began to emerge soon after Fisher and Paykel announced it was closing its Mosgiel factory.
The planned sale of the Vector Wellington electricity network to Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings for $785 million looks set to follow the political debate seen around Auckland International Airport's plans.
Dunedin-based sharebroker Forsyth Barr's Ken Lister is taking an optimistic view of the current economic conditions, picking that now is a good time for investors to look at undervalued shares.
Running an economic development unit has cost the Dunedin City Council about $30 million in the past 20 years.
The future of Dunedin depends on the ability of the city to harness the significant brain power that already exists in the private and public sector, Dunedin North MP Pete Hodgson says.
The reality is that markets around the world are linked, and the Asia-Pacific region is therefore not spared the effects of the credit crunch . . . Steven Giannoulis
The announced closures last week of Fisher and Paykel Appliances and Tamahine Knitwear brought back into play the theme of economic development for Dunedin. Business Editor Dene Mackenzie investigates.
Air New Zealand was expected to manage its way confidently through the challenging environment of higher fuel prices, Forsyth Barr broker Ken Lister said yesterday.
Green co-leader Dr Russel Norman is not backing away from the party's campaign to clean up New Zealand waterways that it says have been polluted by intensive dairy development.
An ugly run of data in the past month suggests the economy is set for a serious crunch this year, Westpac chief economist Brendan O'Donovan says.
In one day, nearly 500 Dunedin people learnt they will lose their jobs - the time has come again for city and business leaders to join forces and find a way to protect the businesses that remain.
Dunedin and the wider Otago region has dug deep in the past to overcome adversity caused by the closure of manufacturing plants and head offices. Business Editor Dene MacKenzie looks to the future after the news of two more manufacturing plants closure.
The Government and the Dunedin City Council will combine their efforts to help find new jobs and financial support for workers who lost their jobs yesterday.
The Dunedin City Council admits it is probably impossible to find a large-scale manufacturer to come to Dunedin and replace Fisher and Paykel Appliances.
Dunedin-based Tamahine Knitwear will close on June 4 after nearly 40 years of operation, leaving 50 workers without jobs.
The financial crisis the United States is experiencing has put the New Zealand economy under its toughest test for a long time, ASB Bank chief economist Nick Tuffley says.
Rising food prices look set to have a wide effect throughout the community as households reassess spending priorities - with predictions of worse to come.
The Government and the Institute of Chartered Accountants have joined to offer some limited help to Blue Chip investors.
