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Vital Ltd shareholders considering Tait takeover offer

Vital Ltd shareholders weighing up a takeover offer by Christchurch communications company Tait International have until August 8 to opt into a share buy-out at the "low end" of an independent...

Another solar farm likely for Canterbury

Genesis’ Lauriston Solar Farm is up and running. Further sites are proposed for Leeston, also in...

Another solar farm likely for Canterbury

Genesis is on track to make a final investment decision in the middle of next year to spend $110 million on building another large solar farm in Canterbury.

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Climbing the ladder: from intern to partner

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Climbing the ladder: from intern to partner

He started as an intern.

Investment confidence boosted

Commercial buildings could become more in demand from businesses being encouraged to invest by...

Investment confidence boosted

Canterbury businesses are already lining up commercial buildings and buying other big-ticket items on the back of the government’s Investment Boost scheme.

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Spell has been cast: $150,000 grant for startup

Education technology startup company founder Rupert Denton (left) and game developer Josiah Hunt...

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Spell has been cast: $150,000 grant for startup

"I feel like I am doing the thing I was put on Earth to do."

Country living a cut above for retailers

Showing off the business are (from left) Omarama retailers Glenys and Craig Dawson with their...

Country living a cut above for retailers

Operating a seven-day-a-week retail business for nearly three decades might sound like a slog.

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Under-fire pub owner admits he 'got slack'

An on-licence and off-licence renewal application for Mackies Hotel, in Port Chalmers, has been...

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Under-fire pub owner admits he 'got slack'

The owner of a decades-old Dunedin tavern pulled up for a lack of food says he got slack and it has come back to "kick in the butt".

All go for global firm’s new NZ chairman

Christchurch will remain home for Ian Fraser who has just taken on the chairmanship of GHD, a...

All go for global firm’s new NZ chairman

A multibillion-dollar company with thousands of employees is being led by a Christchurch man, writes Tim Cronshaw.

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Deputy PM ‘in awe’ of work done at city tech firm

Watching a demonstration of Scott Technology’s BladeStop safety bandsaw on the factory floor are ...

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Deputy PM ‘in awe’ of work done at city tech firm

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has praised a Dunedin robotics company as being "at the forefront of world technology".

Govt 'alliance' to combat online scammers

Govt 'alliance' to combat online scammers

The coalition government is promising a crackdown on financial con-artists, bringing together agencies, industry and consumer groups to shut down online scams.

Listener, NZ Woman's Weekly for sale

Are Media, which publishes the Listener and New Zealand Woman's Weekly, is for sale. Photo: RNZ ...

Listener, NZ Woman's Weekly for sale

New Zealand magazines including the Listener, Woman's Day and New Zealand Woman's Weekly are for sale after its publisher has been put on the market.

Southern businessman made KiwiRail director after NZ First donation

Scott O'Donnell was also involved in the Invercargill CBD development. Photo: ODT files

Southern businessman made KiwiRail director after NZ First donation

A newly-appointed KiwiRail board director is a director of a Tapanui company which donated to NZ First and is involved in the Mosgiel inland port development.

New World fire: 180 roles to be disestablished

The massive blaze at the supermarket took more than 10 hours to put out and left the building...

New World fire: 180 roles to be disestablished

Foodstuffs has confirmed 180 roles at an Auckland supermarket will be disestablished after recent fire.

Reserve Bank holds Official Cash Rate at 3.25%

The Reserve Bank has paused its 11- month rate-cutting programme and held the official cash rate unchanged at 3.25%.

No climate change buy-outs in future, government advised

A property in the Auckland suburb of Remuera is cleared in January 2023 after torrential rainfall...

No climate change buy-outs in future, government advised

Successive governments have grappled with how to adapt to and pay for climate change risks to communities as the frequency and severity of weather events increases.

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Home builder goes bust

More than 750 building firms have gone into liquidation in the past year. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Home builder goes bust

Christchurch residential construction company Select Building has gone into liquidation with a total estimated shortfall to creditors of $329,500.

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Ex-Waitaki health boss's failed firm owes $1.5 million

Chris Swann, at his holiday home in Wanaka this week, has a big job ahead. Photo: Tim Miller.

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Ex-Waitaki health boss's failed firm owes $1.5 million

A property development business, owned by Dunedin businessman Chris Swann, has been placed in liquidation owing nearly $1.5 million.

No effect on Jacks Point work: developer

No effect on Jacks Point work: developer

A Queenstown property developer whose company owes creditors more than $7 million says recent liquidations have no bearing on his commercial and apartment development projects at Jacks Point.

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House values drop: No cause for concern, realtors say

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House values drop: No cause for concern, realtors say

Despite "huge drops" in house values around Dunedin, realtors say there is no cause for concern.

Rules for selling homes in trusts to be relaxed

Agents, lawyers and accountants will be issued clear guidance on how to apply simplified checks ...

Rules for selling homes in trusts to be relaxed

Kiwis selling a house held in a family trust will no longer be treated like potential criminals, the govt says, as it plans to relax anti-money laundering checks for "low risk" transactions.

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