Retiring Silver Ferns Farm chairman reflects
Retiring Silver Ferns Farm chairman reflects
"One very interesting ride" is how Rob Hewett describes his lengthy tenure on the board of Silver Fern Farms.
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New president of Embalmers Association following family path
New president of Embalmers Association following family path
Dunedin's Jodie Hope will lead the first all-female executive team in the history of the New Zealand Embalmers Association.
Hospital once-in-a-lifetime project
Hospital once-in-a-lifetime project
Being involved with the Dunedin hospital rebuild project is deeply personal for Aotea Electric Southern general manager Warren Taylor.
Dairy business owes $36.5m
Dairy business owes $36.5m
A large-scale dairy farming enterprise — which includes two farms in North Otago — owes the Bank of New Zealand about $36.5 million, a recent High Court judgement says.
Outdoor gear brand raises over $160K
Outdoor gear brand raises over $160K
More than $160,000 has been raised by Otago-based outdoor gear brand Kea Outdoors in its first week of an equity crowdfunding campaign on crowdfunding platform PledgeMe.
Scholarship to build on programme’s success
Scholarship to build on programme’s success
Heidi Renata reckons her late father would be proud of a new scholarship which bears his name — "giving kids the chance to be something and do something".
Demand drop a worry for businesses, survey shows
Demand drop a worry for businesses, survey shows
Deteriorating demand - rather than inflation, regulation or labour shortages - has emerged for the first time as the biggest challenge facing businesses, a Forsyth Barr survey shows.
Luxury hotel's creditors owed millions
Creditors of 'beyond five-star' luxury hotel owed millions
A BDO Christchurch receivers’ report on the companies behind a luxury hotel described as "beyond five-star" shows creditors are owed more than $30 million.
Hotel’s creditors owed millions
Hotel’s creditors owed millions
The companies behind a luxury Queenstown hotel described as "beyond five-star" owe creditors more than $30 million after making significant trading losses since opening.
Bridge to investment widening
Bridge to investment widening
The angels are aligning.
Retirement seminars to prompt, aid planning
Retirement seminars to prompt, aid planning
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Representing NZ businesses in Asia
Representing NZ businesses in Asia
Sarah Ottrey has done a lot of interesting things in her career but being part of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s business delegation to South East Asia rates "up in the top few".
More redundancies on way: director
More redundancies on way: director
Forsyth Barr managing director Neil Paviour-Smith suspects more businesses are likely to call for redundancies in the second half of the year.
Cutting back on plastic bottles
Cutting back on plastic bottles
It's the equivalent of about 1.7 million flat whites.
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Calling it quits 45 years on
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Calling it quits 45 years on
A familiar face in Oamaru’s legal community for four and a-half decades, David Salter is retiring but has no intention of leaving the district he has grown to love.
B+LNZ chief executive heading to Ospri
B+LNZ chief executive heading to Ospri
Beef and Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor is stepping down to take the helm at Ospri.
Fears over forestry development
Fears over forestry development
A large-scale forestry development in the heart of West Otago hill country is causing ripples among the isolated community.
Forestry conversions are putting land at risk, farmer says
Forestry conversions are putting land at risk, farmer says
"We just hate to see our land for future generations put at such risk."
Capital raise from farmers ‘almost a little unfair’
Capital raise from farmers ‘almost a little unfair’
Alliance Group has announced a capital raise from cash-strapped farmer shareholders — a move described by a farming leader as "almost a little unfair".
Public excluded from show this year
Public excluded from show this year
It's a no-show for the public at one of Canterbury’s biggest events this year with the postponement of the New Zealand Agricultural Show.