Simon Hartley

Expansion has been an overriding theme since Dunedin engineers Dirk Tuinman and Steve Hurring started METALworks Otago in a home garage less than two years ago.

The annual trade balance has widened from $3.6billion to $3.8billion, with the balance for May smaller than expected because of a spike in oil imports.

Repeated cuts in the cost of fuel in recent weeks - to the lowest levels since September last year - has the AA perplexed.

Port Otago's $650,000 split hopper barge Hapuka had its first day at work yesterday, taking spoil from upper-harbour dredging for dumping at sea.

Smiths City posted a 55% decline in after-tax profit for its year to April.

The Otago Bridge Club is negotiating with Port Otago subsidiary Chalmers Properties to buy its Otaki St clubrooms land, which could include unsecured loans from its members.

Dunedin engineering specialist Scott Technology will increase the size of its Kaikorai Valley operation after buying precision engineering company DC Ross, which is in receivership.

The services sector in Otago and Southland has clawed its way back into expansion for May, with construction and retail making up for a decline in tourism services.

A decision on the controversial seabed mining application by Trans Tasman Resources has been extended several weeks by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA).

Unions Etu and the PSA are launching a second pay claim - potentially worth up to $40 million - this time covering mental health support workers throughout the country.

University of Otago spin-off company Photonic Innovations is well on its way to raising $1million in new capital, having just secured a New Zealand-wide distribution deal - with important...

Manufacturing in Otago and Southland rebounded in May to its highest levels in the past six months, from activity in the food, boat, dairy and construction sectors.

This week’s Lions match in Dunedin boosted the average two-day hospitality spend across Otago by more than $850,000 to $2.5 million.

Rural services provider PGG-Wrightson has reined in its full-year profit expectations, with inclement autumn weather dampening expectations.

An international company is negotiating with the receivers of Dunedin engineering company DC Ross over a potential purchase.

National median house prices continue to steadily tick upward despite an easing in quarterly and month-on-month gains.

The Property Institute has slated a proposal by the Reserve Bank that it be given powers to impose debt-to-income limits on mortgage lending, saying it could inflict "significant damage" to the...

Quarterly housing data reflects a continued easing in values as homes in the South dial back from double-digit growth to single-digit gains for the quarter to March.

Japanese-owned Pan Pac Forest Products has completed the $24million redevelopment of its Milburn sawmill, which is now fully operational and staffed.