Dorchester Finance is providing supplementary information to investors ahead of a vote on a capital reconstruction plan at the request of the Securities Commission.
The New Zealand dollar continued to retreat from its five-week high overnight, dragged down by a weakening euro.
A man who allegedly attacked a two-year-old girl on Auckland's North Shore in March has reappeared in court.
Rural property markets remain depressed, according to the latest sales figures from real estate agents.
Police are looking to reunite several stolen war medals with their rightful owners.
Manawatu exploded in the third quarter to register just their second National Basketball League win of the season tonight.
On Memorial Day, when most traders had the day off and businesses were closed, thousands of tireless worker bees were buzzing on Wall Street.
Global manufacturers struggling with life-or-death pressures to control costs are finding that the legions of low-wage Chinese workers they rely on have limits.
Israeli warships attacked at least one of the six ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid for blockaded Gaza, killing at least two and wounding an unknown number of people on board, an Arabic satellite service and a Turkish TV network reported.
Gaming machine societies Lion and Perry Foundations have decided not to contest an Internal Affairs Department decision which bans them from granting pokie funds to four northern harness racing clubs, the department said today.
A new $7.6 million programme to promote oil and gas exploration around New Zealand has been announced by the Government.
Racing is in the doldrums, but the New Zealand Racing Board is embarking on a transformation with a strategy that says it plans to be the best wagering organisation in the world, with the highest population rate of participation, by 2015.
The receivers of the Central North Island Forestry Partnership are battling with the Inland Revenue Department to get back $127.5 million of good and services tax they claim was paid by mistake.
Applications for a visa aimed at luring young skilled workers to New Zealand filled within 30 minutes, Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman said today.
Police are examining a Feilding house as they search for Wanganui woman Marice McGregor.
A drunk and cannabis-affected driver sped at up to 180kmh, ignoring pleas from passengers to stop driving before crashing near Gisborne and killing two of them, and seriously injuring another two.
Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery will miss the Champions League final after being banned for three games by UEFA, but the German club says it will appeal.
Reinstating tax incentives for research and development should be considered to help innovation, a Ministry of Economic Development report on intellectual property says.
A month after his arrest for allegedly biting off part of a doctor's ear at a Christchurch medical centre, Samasoni Maka remains in mental health care and is yet to make his first court appearance.
National MPs jeered at Labour in Parliament today when Gerry Brownlee revealed the party was surveying its supporters to find out what sort of image it should present.
