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Auckland January house prices slip from December's record in holiday lull
Migration

Auckland January house prices slip from December's record in holiday lull

Auckland house prices edged lower in January from record levels the previous month as sales volumes steadied during the summer holiday period, acco.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015
NZX January trading volume drops, value edges up
Capital

NZX January trading volume drops, value edges up

The volume of cash trading on New Zealand's share market dropped in January from a year earlier, in what's typically a quiet month, though the valu.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015
Kiwi kids build website to save nation's mascot
Cloud Services

Kiwi kids build website to save nation's mascot

A group of young Warkworth Primary School students have designed a website to help raise funds for the native Kiwi.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015
Dairy product prices climb, lifted by whole milk powder
Fonterra

Dairy product prices climb, lifted by whole milk powder

Dairy product prices rose in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, led by a larger-than-expected jump in the price of whole milk powder.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015
MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise as RBA rate cut stokes demand for yield
Fintech

MARKET CLOSE: NZ shares rise as RBA rate cut stokes demand for yield

New Zealand shares gained after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut its cash rate to a record low, making the returns on offer in New Zealand more at.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
600,000 Kiwi businesses using .nz domain name
Marketing Technologies

600,000 Kiwi businesses using .nz domain name

.nz continues to be the domain name of choice for New Zealanders in the face of growing competition in the market.

By Shannon Williams • 1 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
NZ commodity prices fall 0.9% in January, extending 12-month slide to 19%
Kiwifruit

NZ commodity prices fall 0.9% in January, extending 12-month slide to 19%

New Zealand commodity prices fell in January, extending their 12-month slide to about 19 percent, led by casein, wool, beef and aluminium.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
SkyCity cut to 'sell' by Craigs, citing lack of return and high risk
Shares

SkyCity cut to 'sell' by Craigs, citing lack of return and high risk

SkyCity Entertainment Group was downgraded to 'sell' from 'hold' by Craigs Investment Partners, reflecting that the brokerage doesn't expect shares.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
JB Hi-Fi's NZ first-half sales, earnings fall in 'very competitive' market
JB Hi-Fi

JB Hi-Fi's NZ first-half sales, earnings fall in 'very competitive' market

JB Hi-Fi's New Zealand sales and earnings fell in the first half of the financial year in what the Australian discount consumer electronics chain s.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
NZ property value annual growth accelerates in January
Inflation

NZ property value annual growth accelerates in January

New Zealand's residential property values grew at a faster annual pace in January as a shortage of houses for sale in Auckland continued to fan the.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
Wellington's CentrePort seeks to join big-league ports, dredging for 8,000 TEU ships
Port of Tauranga

Wellington's CentrePort seeks to join big-league ports, dredging for 8,000 TEU ships

CentrePort plans to seek resource consents to dredge the shipping channel in Wellington harbour to make room for container vessels almost twice the.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
Local Government NZ suggests new taxes, central govt support could bridge spending gap
Partner Programmes

Local Government NZ suggests new taxes, central govt support could bridge spending gap

New Zealand's 78 local government organisations could close the gap between spending and revenue with new taxes or a share of existing central gove.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
VMob hastens to squash rumours of insider trading
Risk & Compliance

VMob hastens to squash rumours of insider trading

VMob Group has released a statement acknowledging the market speculation regarding certain VMob directors and insider trading.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Feb 2015

Global Stories

New Zealand (NZ) stories

Cisco NZ sales creep up in 2014, sees gains on growing IT reliance
Cloud Services

Cisco NZ sales creep up in 2014, sees gains on growing IT reliance

Cisco's broad suite of products meant it was well placed to meet rising demand from a growing reliance on web based services.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2015
FMG ditches Avaya, chooses Interactive Intelligence
Unified Communications

FMG ditches Avaya, chooses Interactive Intelligence

FMG swaps Avaya for Interactive Intelligence to enhance NZ rural insurance service with innovative multi-channel communication.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2015
NetSuite invests heavily in New Zealand market
Fintech

NetSuite invests heavily in New Zealand market

NetSuite bolsters NZ presence, investing in partnerships to boost cloud services for the local burgeoning SME market.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015
UPDATE: Stalled EQC policy review leaves global reinsurers uncertain over NZ market
Earthquake Commission

UPDATE: Stalled EQC policy review leaves global reinsurers uncertain over NZ market

The government review of the Earthquake Commission's funding and policy structures is leaving global reinsurers uncertain as they try to assess the.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015
New boss for Infosys Australia and New Zealand
Hyperscale

New boss for Infosys Australia and New Zealand

Indian technology outsourcing firm Infosys has announced the appointment of Andrew Groth as its new head for Australia and New Zealand.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Feb 2015