House prices up as listings dip nationally
House prices up as listings dip nationally
Wet weather and cautious buyers combined to dampen the national residential market during August.
Brent Melville
Port unions vow 'full blown' industrial action
Port unions vow 'full blown' industrial action
Port Otago workers are vowing a "full blown industrial campaign" after a fiery full meeting of its members yesterday in Port Chalmers.
North Otago workers facing uncertain future
North Otago workers facing uncertain future
At least 40 North Otago meat workers at Oamaru Meats Ltd are facing an uncertain future after the company shut down almost all processing from today.
Port Otago returns lower dividend
Port Otago returns lower dividend
Port Otago, the country's fifth-largest container port, has stumped up with a dividend of $8.45million to its shareholder, the Otago Regional Council (ORC).
Behavioural economist to take up Chair in Entrepreneurship
Behavioural economist to take up Chair in Entrepreneurship
The University of Otago has appointed behavioural economist Associate Prof Nathan Berg as its new Dunedin City Council (DCC) Chair in Entrepreneurship.
Smolenski businesses close down
Smolenski businesses close down
Queenstown businessman Graham Smolenski is in financial strife again, eight years after the collapse of his insurance company Western Pacific.
Frustrating day with Port Otago, unions say
Frustrating day with Port Otago, unions say
Two unions will have a closed meeting of its full membership in Port Chalmers after what they describe as "a day of frustration'' during mediation with Port Otago management.
Labour scheme vital part of fruit industry
Labour scheme vital part of fruit industry
At the end of a frustrating season in the mid-1990s, Basil Goodman promised himself that no matter who walked in the door, they'd be put to work in the orchard.
Big processors pursuing staged transition
Big processors pursuing staged transition
Weaning New Zealand's primary sector off fossil fuels could cost the industry and the agri-sector hundreds of millions of dollars.
Students look to future at hearings
Students look to future at hearings
Travel and starting a family are two of the things future generations would be missing out on if we failed to address the challenge of climate change today, OUSA says.
Climate change Bill concerns for SFF
Climate change Bill concerns for SFF
Silver Fern Farms, the nation's largest procurer and exporter of red meat, has tabled "significant concerns" related to the economic impacts of the Government's proposed climate change response Bill.
New campaign promotes wool's benefits
New campaign promotes wool's benefits
Recent experiments in Japan measured the efficiencies of using wool carpet versus a synthetic option in two identical houses.
Games developer expands horizons
Games developer expands horizons
Dunedin's RocketWerkz studio has expanded to Auckland and has Los Angeles in its cross-hairs.
Games developer looks to LA
Games developer looks to LA
There's a rocket headed for Auckland and quite possibly, Los Angeles as well.
Lunch to 'bridge rural-urban divide'
Lunch to 'bridge rural-urban divide'
AG Proud enlisted the services of meat company staff at Silver Fern Farms in Dunedin to help host an impromptu "pop up" lunch in the city's octagon yesterday.
Confidence still at its lowest since GFC
Confidence still at its lowest since GFC
The ANZ business outlook survey of the national business community remains at its lowest ebb since the depths of the global financial crisis in 2008.
Nash covers many bases in city address
Nash covers many bases in city address
Labour MP Stuart Nash wears four ministerial hats: small business, police, fisheries and revenue.
Industrial action by port workers likely
Industrial action by port workers likely
Port Otago seems set for industrial action from tomorrow.
No overtime for Port Otago workers
No overtime for Port Otago workers
Port Otago workers will ban overtime from this Saturday after again failing to resolve an impasse between Port Otago management and the two maritime unions representing 250 of its workers.
Export commodity pricing mixed bag for NZ in August
Export commodity pricing mixed bag for NZ in August
It was a mixed bag of export commodity pricing for August, with modest winter recoveries in dairy and forestry offsetting softer meat and aluminium pricing.