Five big ticket items that New Zealanders are going crazy over

COMMENT: Houses might be the most popular and inflated purchases in New Zealand, but there are plenty of other products that are seeing soaring demand and prices over the past few months. Here's a list of what New Zealanders are... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 23rd, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Money Talks: Why Theresa Gattung didn't mind when her salary went public

Money Talks is a new podcast series where well-known Kiwis talk about the impact money has had on their lives and how it has shaped them.Click the link below to listen: When Theresa Gattung became the first female chief executive... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 22nd, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Coca-Cola NZ to repay millions from Covid 19 wage subsidy

By RNZ The New Zealand arm of Coca-Cola will repay the $7.2 million it received through the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme.Coca-Cola Amatil, which is listed on the Australian stock exchange, confirmed while its New Zealand business... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 22nd, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Reserve Bank says it now knows scope of data theft

The Reserve Banks says its investigation into a data breach over Christmas has "significantly progressed."Governor Adrian Orr said in a statement this afternoon: "With the assistance of New Zealand and international police, and... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 22nd, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Live cattle exports: Napier Port sees off another livestock carrier but for how much longer?

Napier Port is the latest to host a ship loading New Zealand live cattle for China - but it's not guaranteed the port will continue to facilitate the controversial trade in future.A spokesman for the NZX-listed company, responding... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 22nd, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Google threatens to pull out of Australia

Google says it will have no choice but to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government implements a media code that will make it pay for news.That implies the search giant would rather take a multibillion-dollar... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 22nd, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised to fix the housing crisis – and our readers had a lot to say about it

On Thursday morning, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared that fixing New Zealand's housing crisis " is a key focus of this Government ".Ardern made the pledge at a Nelson press conference where she gave details about the Government's... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 22nd, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Air New Zealand's first quarantine-free flight lands in Auckland

For Virginia Cabral the chance to finally meet 7-month-old granddaughter Maria Virginia was sweet.Straight through the Auckland International Airport on the first quarantine-free flight from the Cook Islands she got to meet the... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 20th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Westpac raises NZ milk price forecast to $7.50/kg as China's dairy demand soars

Westpac has lifted its 2020/21 farmgate milk price forecast by 50 cents to $7.50/kg - 20c above the upper end of Fonterra's forecast range.If it comes to pass, a $7.50/kg milk price would be one of the highest in the co-op's 20-year... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 20th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Deloitte partner seconded to Sky TV as acting CFO

Deloitte corporate finance partner Andrew Hirst is being seconded to Sky TV as acting chief financial officer, the pay-TV broadcaster said in a statement to the NZX this morning."Andrew will continue to work on a limited number... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | January 20th, 2021|Business|0 Comments