Brent Melville

Property developers and builders say consenting authorities (BCAs) are failing in their duty to "demystify" the consenting process.

Complaints about cellphone and broadband contracts and online event purchases were the big ticket items for the Commerce Commission in the past year.

International visitors spent $233 million this past year in Dunedin - a spike of almost 6% compared with the prior year - on the back of an influx of cruise ship passengers into the city.

Complaints about cellphone and broadband contracts and online event purchases were the big-ticket items for the Commerce Commission last year.

Otago continues to flex its muscles as a regional economic powerhouse.

Alliance group has doubled profits to $20.7 million and will pay its farmer shareholders a $9 million fillip for the year to September.

A total of 1336 farms changed hands for the year to October 2019, down more than 9% on 2018 figures, according to latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).

Wool exporter Wools of New Zealand marked its first full year as a commercialised company this week, hosting its end of year shareholder meeting in a traditional wool stronghold - Southland's Mt Peel.

If you haven’t booked your dog into your local groomer yet, then forget about it until well into the new year.

Wanted: a lecturer who understands the development and delivery of game design.

Game developers have launched their own version of CODE share flights.

The latest offering from Dunedin's shared business space company is underground.

The Otago business community will head into 2020 with the belief that things will get worse.

The New Zealand dollar is 26% undervalued relative to the greenback, if burgernomics can be believed.

Proposed changes to rental laws could discourage investment in New Zealand rental homes, a representative for landlords has said.

Dunedin Airport is a vital link into and out of Otago, flying well past the one-million-passenger mark this past year. Brent Melville shared a coffee with the two men at the helm of the ground crew.

Things are looking upbeat ahead of the end-of-year break for local manufacturers.

Private property investors are worried that changes to the Residential Tenancies Act will make it “almost impossible” to remove difficult tenants.

The Commerce Commission has put a lid on Transpower's revenue allowance for the next five years.