High log and beef prices push overall exports to record $6 billion

By RNZ High prices for logs and beef have pushed up overall exports to a record $6 billion in the year to June.That's a 17 per cent or $871 million increase on the previous year.New figures from Stats NZ show beef exports... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 26th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Christchurch property for sale after last selling for $30,000 in 1981

A tiny Christchurch flat could fetch around 16 times what it last sold for. The tidy two-bedroom property in the St Albans area of Christchurch has just gone on the market, with an estate agent headlining its listing with: "Last... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 26th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Flight wars: Air NZ unveils 300,000 domestic flights under $100

Air New Zealand has released 300,000 domestic fares for less than $100.The cheap fares are for flights between September and November. The sale lasts until Thursday.The airline has also added more than 250,000 extra domestic seats... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 26th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Wellington barbers struggling to find staff who make the cut

Wellington barbers are finding it impossible to find experienced staff, saying it's becoming a crisis.Cuba Barbers owner Michael Petrie said it forced him to downsize dramatically. "I had four shops at one point but I closed them... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 25th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

'Facebook-hating' NZ Privacy Commissioner John Edwards tipped to be UK's privacy tsar

New Zealand's front-foot Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has been tipped to fill a top watchdog role in the UK, leading a war on big tech on behalf of No 10.A report by the UK's Sunday Times - headlined "Facebook-hating New Zealander... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 25th, 2021|Business|0 Comments

Sacked CEO refuses to leave role: Still calls herself the boss and holds meetings

A music school in one of Melbourne's wealthiest suburbs is embroiled in a 17-month court battle with its sacked chief executive after she refused to stop calling herself the boss and holding meetings.The fight between the Australian... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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

Covid 19 coronavirus: Transtasman bubble suspension hits tourism, hospitality sectors hard again

By Harry Lock, RNZ The tourism and hospitality sectors are disappointed but understanding of the decision to suspend the travel bubble.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the decision yesterday afternoon, and said the suspension... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Public invited for first look inside expanded Puhinui bus/train station

A $69 million project to upgrade and vastly expand a south Auckland train station opens to the public this weekend, before going into operation from Monday.Puhinui Station between Manukau and Papatoetoe has a new train station building... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Covid 19 coronavirus transtasman bubble pause: Board of Airline Representatives pushes for wage help

An airline group says aviation businesses affected by the suspension of quarantine-free transtasman travel should be able to claim wage support. Air New Zealand said the pause is expected to have a short-term operational and financial... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Idea Services fined $552,000 over woman's death at Taranaki support home

Intellectual disabilities service provider Idea Services has been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars over the death of a patient in a Waitara support home.The 63-year-old woman, whose name is now permanently suppressed,... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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