[imageDunedin-based Pacific Edge has secured a major domestic breakthrough in an agreement which could access the country's four largest health boards for its diagnostic bladder cancer test - making it available to 50% of New Zealand's adult population.
Otago and Queenstown property values lag just behind the national average, but unsurprisingly, remain well down on shortage-hit Auckland and building demand-driven Christchurch.
The first of eight temporary piles for sea-clarity monitoring equipment have been driven into Dunedin's harbour bed.
Start-up Otago electricity retailer Payless Energy is on the cusp of signing up its 200th customer, having extended services beyond Dunedin into Central Otago during December.
The housing sector remains firmly a seller's market, despite a 5% boost to January listings of 9267 new properties and near-record asking prices.
West Coast coal mine developer Bathurst Resources has bought a 51ha cranberry farm in the Buller district as a propagation nursery for replacement native trees and plants.
Housing construction, lending and affordability appear set to become a polarising election issue this year, following a slew of data released last week which fuelled heated debate.
Homeware and sports goods retailer Briscoes Group remains the ''flagship'' of the listed retail sector, booking increased sales of almost 7% for the past financial year, boosting its profit by 9%.
The Canterbury rebuild boosted consents for new dwellings during 2013 by 26% and residential and commercial spending was up 20%, to more than $12 billion, during the year.
Nelson fish oil manufacturer Sea Dragon almost doubled its targeted $2.5 million capital-raising from a shareholder share-purchase plan, accepting $4.1 million from the oversubscriptions.
The MyFarm dairy share trading platform has registered its first sale, a parcel of shares in the Gold Creek dairy farm near Gore changing hands for $53,000.
The liquidation of collapsed boutique Queenstown insurance company Western Pacific - dragging into its third year - has liquidators targeting larger claims to try to speed up the process.
Divisions between management and some shareholders in failed diatomite fertiliser manufacturing company Featherston Resources were made apparent in a Supreme Court of New South Wales judgement last week.
Exporters' belt-tightening continues as the New Zealand dollar has hit an eight-year high against its counterpart in Australia, the country's second-largest trading partner.
A legal claim for redundancy payments could possibly be taken on behalf of workers at Silver Fern Farms' lamb processing plant at Silverstream near Mosgiel, whose season's work never began last year.
Otago diatomite miner and manufacturer Featherston Resources has been thrown a lifeline from administration, but its new financial backing means most historical shareholders will be left out of pocket in their $15 million investment.
The purchase of Dunedin-founded Pacifica Shipping is ''progressing'' and could be concluded by the end of the month.
The rapid growth of retailers' online sales has become increasingly important and online spending was up 15% during 2013, to $3.7 billion.
Cost savings across Oceana Gold's operations, including about 150 recent redundancies, appear set to flow through its balance sheet.
Oceana Gold's share price remains volatile as it re-enters a partial forward hedging programme covering some gold production during the next two years.
