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Fletcher performance shows building products not all plain sailing as Carter mulls IPO

Fletcher Building's shares missed out on the rally in New Zealand shares in the past five years and Graeme Hart's Carter Holt Harvey will face similar.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Apr 2015

Taxation

Dulux takes $15.2 million hit in IRD tax dispute

DuluxGroup settles a long-standing tax dispute with New Zealand's IRD, taking a USD $15.2 million hit to cover provisions, including USD $8.9 million in cash.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 7th Apr 2015

New Zealand Dollar

NZ dollar holds near parity with Australian dollar, may breach if RBA cuts rate

The New Zealand dollar traded near parity with the Australian dollar and may break through A$1 should the Reserve Bank of Australia cut its cash rate.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 7th Apr 2015

New Zealand Dollar

NZ lamb wool prices fall as lower Aussie dollar lures Chinese buyers

New Zealand lamb wool prices fell as Chinese buyers of the fibre favoured the Australian market as a decline in the Aussie dollar made that country's.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Apr 2015

Human Capital Management

NZ dollar rises to post-float high vs. Australian dollar

The New Zealand dollar rose to a new post-float high against the Australian dollar as traders looked ahead to non-farm payrolls data in the US and wha.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Apr 2015

Taxation

F&P Appliances see records surge in global sales, narrows full-year loss

Fisher & Paykel Appliances narrowed its full-year loss in 2014 after sales growth across all its markets helped drive a surge in revenue.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Apr 2015

Fisher & Paykel Finance

F&P Appliances records surge in global sales, narrows full-year loss

Fisher & Paykel Appliances, the Auckland-based manufacturer and consumer credit company owned by China's Haier Group, narrowed its full-year loss in 2.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Apr 2015

New Zealand Dollar

NZ dollar holds above 98 Australian cents on weak iron ore, RBA bets

The New Zealand dollar held above 98 Australian cents, having earlier touched a post-float high, as the slumping price of iron ore stoked bets the Res.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2015

Bank of New Zealand

NZ dollar charts record high vs Aussie dollar on RBA rate cut talk, weak iron ore

The New Zealand dollar rose to a record against the Australian dollar on speculation the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates again as so.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2015

Power / Energy

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise, led by A2 on ASX debut

NZ shares climbed as A2 Milk's promising ASX debut saw a 12% rise. Yet, Warehouse Group, Genesis Energy, and Metlifecare dipped amid ex-dividend status.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 31st Mar 2015

Global Stories

Australian stories

Partner Programmes

Panasonic putting customers first in new channel push

Panasonic's shift to a customer first model has led to solid growth and new opportunities for its partners and resellers.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Tue, 7th Apr 2015

Marketing Technologies

Australia Post delivers APIs to power eCommerce channels

Australia Post launches APIs to power seamless eCommerce integration, facilitating easy shipping and tracking for NetSuite and eBay users at no extra cost.

By Anthony Caruana • 4 min read • Tue, 7th Apr 2015

Gaming

TV networks to take legal action against ISPs? Yeah Right

British TV networks may soon clash with ISPs in court, but with viewers already streaming, will lawsuits turn the tide or just be futile?.

By Patrick Pilcher • 4 min read • Tue, 7th Apr 2015

NZAX

Chatham Rock proposes reverse listing wider mandate

Chatham Rock Phosphate, which was turned down for a consent for seabed mining, has proposed a deal with associate Aorere Resources which would turn Ch.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Apr 2015

Partner Programmes

Lenovo takes cloud and MSP partner programme to ANZ

Lenovo has officially launched its new partner programme for cloud and managed service providers (MSPs) in ANZ, effective April 1.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Apr 2015

Unified Communications

Aspect Software launches cloud-based CXP platform, looks for ANZ resellers

Aspect Software partners with Premier Technologies to launch Aspect Customer Experience Platform (CXP) with Omni-Channel capabilities in the Cloud.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2015

Fintech

MYOB IPO and ASX listing unlikely to weigh on Xero: ForBarr

Arrival of MYOB Group, the Australian accounting software firm, on the Australian Stock Exchange is unlikely to weigh on the dual-listed rival Xero.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2015

Datacom

Datacom wins A$242M Australian federal health IT contract

Auckland-based IT services firm Datacom has won a A$242 million contract to provide infrastructure and support services to the Australian federal Depa.

By Pattrick Smellie • 1 min read • Wed, 1st Apr 2015