Simon Hartley

A United States man's bid to break the round-the-world helicopter flight record will be tracked and assisted by Dunedin-based GPS company TracPlus

The residential housing downturn is accelerating, with sales down more than 40% across the country

Options for the future of Carisbrook will be canvassed by the Carisbrook Stadium Trust and South Dunedin community next year

Junior Otago gold exploration company Ophir Gold is targeting a compliance listing on the New Zealand stock exchange's alternative NZAX board next month

Retailer Briscoes' stock was pummelled by investors yesterday after it announced the likelihood of an up to 50% fall in after-tax profit

The first sections of a $20 million subdivision of up to 155 lots at Abbotsford are going on the open market this Sunday.

The Dunedin City Council's $34 million Wall St shopping development in George St is likely to be fully tenanted on opening in March next year

Wage claims are likely to become a major issue for 2008 despite the economic downturn, according to unions and economists who are predicting wage growth beyond 4%.

Scott Technology has confirmed two multimillion-dollar orders to Brazil and Australia for its appliance line and robotic meat processing machines.

Glass Earth Gold is scheduled to begin a $200,000 test drilling programme of up to four holes at the historic Serpentine diggings north of Lake Onslow on Rough Ridge in about a fortnight.

The strength of the New Zealand dollar is keeping motorists immune from $2-per-litre prices but Government policies and legislation next year could add additional costs of 20c per litre.

No relief is in sight for hard-hit mortgage holders, with the Reserve Bank holding its interest-driving official cash rate at the highest level in the developed world.  The rate remains at 8.25%, and short-term inflation fears seem likely to keep it there for a while.

Meat company PPCS is neither confirming nor denying speculation that venison processing at the Burnside works in Dunedin may be closed and relocated to its Finegand site - with the potential loss of 100 jobs.