Simon Hartley

A fortnight-long strike at Lyttelton Port has not yet prompted any increase in export or import volumes at Port Otago, but that may change in the weeks ahead.

Lamb prices have set a March record, having hit more than $7 a kilo during the past fortnight.

Forest & Bird is appealing a High Court decision which recently found the Crown Minerals Act overrides the Reserves Act, which could allow a West Coast coal mine project to proceed.

Guest nights reached record levels in January at almost 5 million, after boosts to both hotel and holiday park accommodation.

ODT senior business reporter Simon Hartley asks if cracks are appearing in the southern housing market. Quotable Value spokeswoman AndreaRush believes there is no regional downturn.

New Zealand inked the controversial 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans Pacific Partnership in Chile yesterday, to widespread business acclaim.

The Warehouse has posted a 16% decline in first-half profit, and released new guidance its expects full-year profit to decline on last year by 22% to 25%.

A unique $1 million "knuckle-boom" crane imported to New Zealand is expected to have plenty of use in Central Otago's booming construction sector.

Speacialist manuka honey exporter New Zealand Honey Specialties - trading as the New Zealand Honey Company - has been bought out of receivership, for an undisclosed sum.

A zoning decision is due out in late April which will determine what building density can be applied to 9.5ha of land above Queenstown, being sold by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.

Building work put in place for the quarter to December rose 1.4%, underpinned by non-residential work, and much of that in Christchurch.

Under-fire Fletcher Building has secured a crucial waiver from one of its United States lenders, and has until the end of the month to finalise new funding terms.

Dunedin-founded clothing brand Silkbody has been sold to Wellington interests, and will relocate to the capital under new ownership next month.

Footpowder maker Gran’s Remedy has been a household name in New Zealand for decades, and now the private Dunedin-founded company has been sold to listed Ebos Group.

A record $15.7million first-half profit for King Salmon has been soured by a second-half profit warning, as sea temperatures well above average are expected to adversely affect salmon survival rates.

A six-week maintenance shutdown of Refining New Zealand's Marsden Point plant in Whangarei has triggered a broker downgrade, given the unknowns of capital expenditure involved.