Simon Hartley

Quite where the future ownership of would-be Middlemarch diatomite miner Plaman Resources lies appears uncertain.

Workshops started yesterday for seven finalists in the Startup Dunedin's Challenger Series 2019, all vying to be in the top three to win $65,000 in business services.

Five months after the New Zealand Whisky Company raised almost $700,000 through crowd-funder PledgeMe, some investors are asking what has been achieved.

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has joined the growing opposition to a controversial mining project proposed for a geologically important site near Middlemarch.

Full operations using Port Otago's relatively new backhoe dredge Takutai and its two barges TR Healy and Hapuka should begin soon.

Mortgage interest rates have edged downwards since the Reserve Bank cut the interest-driving official cash rate (OCR) to a record low 1.5% on Wednesday, its first move in two and a-half years.

A former Dunedin start-up company has been placed in liquidation, despite telling the High Court at Dunedin it had paid its debts.

The Deloitte South Island Index of companies is back in the black with overall company market capitalisation up 13.7%, or $3.23 billion, for the quarter to March.

The Reserve Bank has cut the already record low interest-driving official cash rate (OCR) a further 25 basis points to 1.5%, and raised the likelihood of more to come.

Cadbury's withdrawal from Dunedin last year has hit its bottom line, with revenue slumping more than $80 million and before-tax profit more than halved to $31.1 million.

Cadbury's withdrawal from Dunedin last year has hit its bottom line, with revenue slumping more than $80 million and before tax profit more than halved to $31.1 million.

Oceana Gold has registered ''extreme disappointment'' an application to create a tailings dam from two farms near its Waihi mine has been declined and it may seek a judicial review on the matter.

Some economists are now picking a move in the interest-driving official cash rate as early as this week, when the Reserve Bank reviews its monetary policy statement tomorrow.

Accounting, tax and business advisory firm Deloitte's industry insight into New Zealand's 13 ports and freight sector predicts global trade activity is still in growth mode, but easing. Simon...

Greenpeace is calling for an outright revocation of all existing oil and gas exploration permits, in light of recent permit extensions off the coasts of Dunedin, Oamaru and Invercargill.

Strong growth and increasing market share gains in key regions have a2 Milk on track to continue its momentum during third-quarter trading, Forsyth Barr broker Damian Foster said.

Production costs crept up for Oceana Gold, with storms and torrential rain in the US spoiling its first-quarter result.

For the third consecutive month, Dunedin led quarterly house price gains in main centres around the country, with an increase of 4.9%. Other southern regions are also putting in a strong showing.

An extension is being sought by New Zealand Oil & Gas for another deepwater oil and gas exploration prospect in the Great South Basin.