Simon Hartley

Former New Zealand's former chief executive Rob Fyfe has been appointed an independent adviser to oversee the processes of Pike River Recovery Agency, by Minister Responsible for Pike River Re...

Four southern farming and rural organisations have secured more than $1 million in project funding in the Ministry for Primary Industries’ latest $7.15 million sustainable farming fund grants.

The Otago-Southland service sector is finishing the year on a high, registering its strongest month in expansion for the past two years and well above the national average.

The former Big Sky dairy farm in Maniototo, owned by the multibillion-dollar Harvard University endowment fund, is being sold.

South Port is to legally defend a claim by the Invercargill City Council that three parcels of land valued at $1.27million were given to South Port ''in error'' in the late 1980s.

Eighteen roads in Otago and Southland deemed dangerous are to get a share of $22.5 million  this summer to upgrade and improve their safety.

Manufacturing in Otago and Southland has posted a month-on-month dip but still tops the country and remains firmly in expansion mode.

Offshore acquisitions largely underpinned a 45% rise in Restaurant Brand’s overall sales for its third-quarter trading,  by $53.9million to $173.3million.

Monaco-based Ofer Global has received consent from the Overseas Investment Office for its partial takeover of exploration company New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG).

Otago's housing sector appears to be finishing the year with a more than 30% bounce to month-on-month sales, albeit with flat prices.

Specialist manuka honey exporter New Zealand Honey Specialties - trading as the New Zealand Honey Company - has been placed in voluntary receivership by its shareholders.

Monaco-based Ofer Global’s partial takeover offer for New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG) has passed the minimum 50% acceptances required, boosted by gaining the 17% shareholding of former takeover...

Tourism continues to thrive in the South and South Island guest nights for October were up 8.4% while the North Island rose 2.5%, and Auckland was the only region to book a decline.

Overall manufacturing sales for the quarter to September were "soft", weighed down by a fall in dairy and meat sales volumes.

Skyline Enterprises is looking at options to expand its international luge and gondola attractions to Wales in the UK and establish a third luge in South Korea, in Seoul.

Most of Otago has maintained double-digit increases in average house values compared with a year ago, and the Queenstown Lakes region has topped the country with a $1.1 million average.

Monaco-based Ofer Global's bid for a controlling stake in explorer New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG) is gaining further traction and it has again extended the offer period, until January 8, although...

Fish & Game is praising fishing company Sanford for voluntarily withdrawing from trawling close in around Banks Peninsula to avoid catching salmon, after it legally netted almost 400 last week.