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Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer said the company had repaid the taxpayer- funded payment to the Government. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Meat company repays controversial $43m wage subsidy

29 May, 2020 6:32pm
3 minutes to read

Meat company pays back $43m wage subsidy claim.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said New Zealand should remain another month in Level 2. Photo / Mark Mitchell

BUSINESS

Top financial restructuring expert pleads for level 1 now to save firms

28 May, 2020 5:46pm
4 minutes to read

Leading business financial restructure specialist beseeches PM for level one now.

Fonterra is owned by around 10,000 New Zealand dairy farmers. Photo / NZ Herald

BUSINESS

Time's up: Survey pulls no punches after Fonterra's council burns $50m

28 May, 2020 5:37pm
5 minutes to read

The Fonterra Shareholders' Council is not relevant in business today, say critics.

Fonterra product being loaded onto a chartered Air NZ flight heading to Chicago. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Go NZ! Fonterra pulls out all stops to help US Covid-19 victims

27 May, 2020 5:51pm
3 minutes to read

Fonterra puts foot to floor to answer a US SOS for Covid-19 patient help.

The special deal saw demand triple for motorhomes. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Huge response to cheap motorhome deal jams system

27 May, 2020 8:56am
4 minutes to read

Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis swamp heavily discounted motorhome holiday offer.

Forestry and Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Port bosses question power-flexing in new Govt Bill

25 May, 2020 5:53pm
6 minutes to read

Port chief executives highly critical of Shane Jones' proposed forestry legislation.

A campervan road trip is on many Kiwis' bucket list. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Cheaper motorhome deals to get NZ moving again

25 May, 2020 5:50pm
3 minutes to read

International tourism crash offers Kiwis a bucket list opportunity.

Forestry minister Shane Jones. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Foreign forest interests test Shane Jones' Kiwi job defence

24 May, 2020 8:29am
6 minutes to read

Shane Jones draws line in sand over foreign forestry attack on his Kiwi job defence.

NDA's engineering plants in New Zealand, Australia and the US employ 700 people. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Go NZ! Kiwi manufacturer gets boost from US demand

22 May, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

NZ industrial manufacturer NDA gets offshore demand to fill virus supply chain holes.

The proposed Te Awa Lakes housing and water parks recreation development. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Fonterra and Affco appeal billion-dollar housing, recreation park plan

21 May, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Setback for $1 billion Te Awa Lakes as appeals filed in Environment Court.

Silver Fern Farms meat processing observing Covid-19 distancing. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Pressure on meat companies to return huge wage subsidy

19 May, 2020 6:00am
4 minutes to read

The meat industry's going gangbusters but claims mammoth wage subsidy.

Auckland has about a third of the country's 200,000 trailer power boats. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Liberated Auckland boaties swap one lockdown for another

14 May, 2020 5:57pm
3 minutes to read

Auckland boaties now free to hit water but what about that hosing ban?

Water, water everywhere - but maybe none to wash down engines this weekend. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Liberated Auckland boaties swap one lockdown for another

14 May, 2020 1:03pm
3 minutes to read

Auckland boaties can hit the water - but they can't use it to wash their pride and joy.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been urged not to allow damage to New Zealand's relationship with China. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Export heavyweights urge PM not to allow further risk to trade with China

14 May, 2020 10:50am
4 minutes to read

Primary sector urges PM and Winston Peters to save China relationship.

Gallagher animal management systems are still the company's No. 1 revenue earner. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Gallagher accelerates bold growth plan as virus bites

14 May, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Gallagher Group puts pedal to the metal in response to Covid-19 downturn.

Foundation owners Claire and Paul Gibson. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

How this Gastropub owner is gearing up for Level 2 despite $200k loss already

13 May, 2020 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Restaurant bar thankful for level 2 but can't afford to stay there for long.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor and Federated Farmers president Katie Milne, announcing M. bovis eradication plan in 2017.

BUSINESS

How the M. bovis disease fight is tracking amid Covid pandemic

11 May, 2020 3:00pm
4 minutes to read

MPI still confident of erasing M.bovis cattle disease.

Whangārei Heads and Northport. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Shane Jones teases Northport as Covid 'economic haven'

10 May, 2020 1:12pm
6 minutes to read

NZ First is still pushing for Northport growth, now citing a Covid-19 "economic haven".

Fonterra headquarters in Auckland. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Dairy companies bump heads in wage subsidy clash

6 May, 2020 10:17am
4 minutes to read

Chinese dairy company drags Fonterra quality into its wage subsidy claim defence.

Silver Fern Farms meat processors observing Covid-19 distancing. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Wage subsidy rorts? Agriculture Minister wants tighter control

5 May, 2020 5:46pm
5 minutes to read

Agriculture Minister acts on concerns about big wage subsidy claims in sector.

BUSINESS

Corporate Cabs still hoping to drive through virus bodyblow

4 May, 2020 5:00am
3 minutes to read

They're not getting around much but Corporate Cabs has no plans to cut fleet.

Freightways chief executive Mark Troughear. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Freightways to roll out new chilled food air deliveries

2 May, 2020 9:00am
3 minutes to read

Freightways buy lift-off for inter-island chilled food overnight air delivery service.

House prices predicted to track down. Photo / Michael Craig NZH

BUSINESS

Sir John Key on the property market: How prices will fare

30 Apr, 2020 5:34pm
5 minutes to read

Why the former PM thinks one sector could be "a bit of a train wreck".

Zespri lifts lower end of orchard returns guidance for gold kiwifruit. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Bumper start to kiwifruit season but market risks loom

30 Apr, 2020 10:59am
3 minutes to read

Kiwifruit export season continues to break records but global risks still aplenty.

BUSINESS

Is the Government asking the right questions? New paper serves up some ideas

30 Apr, 2020 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Discussion paper suggests novel starting points for Covid-19 economic and social rebuild.

Summerset Group chief executive Julian Cook. Photo / Chris Steel

BUSINESS

Summerset chair: CEO share sale by the book

23 Apr, 2020 7:00pm
3 minutes to read

Summerset chairman says CEO's partial share sale nothing to get excited about.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Wage subsidy audit asks 39 applicants to return money

23 Apr, 2020 5:38pm
4 minutes to read

Tiny number of wage subsidy applicants so far asked to return money.

Miraka processes milk at Mokai near Taupo. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Concerns raised over wage subsidies to dairy companies

22 Apr, 2020 5:46pm
3 minutes to read

Three companies have claimed substantial taxpayer funds while still operating.

ASB Bank senior rural economist Nathan Penny. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Could next season's milk price be better than thought?

22 Apr, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Not everyone is gloomy about next season's milk price.

Silver Fern Farms meat processors working in Covid-19 safety conditions. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Concerns mount about taxpayer-funded wage subsidy honeypot

20 Apr, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Anger in meat sector over Covid-19 wage subsidy payments to big operators.

New Zealand professional director Rob Campbell. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Economy not going back to before: Rob Campbell

18 Apr, 2020 5:00am
8 minutes to read

Business leader Rob Campbell urges careful thinking on spending Govt Covid-19 loot.

Strong demand for New Zealand kiwifruit continues in key markets. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Covid-19: Kiwifruit exports are all systems go

15 Apr, 2020 5:33pm
3 minutes to read

Kiwifruit export season a bright light in the virus gloom - so far.

Ten tonnes of export quality mince has been donated to Hamilton charities. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Tonnes of export meat donated to needy households

15 Apr, 2020 10:50am
2 minutes to read

Greenlea hopes the move starts a trend.

KiwiSaver investors flocked to conservative funds last month. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

KiwiSavers flee to conservative funds - but is it wise?

14 Apr, 2020 5:46pm
4 minutes to read

KiwiSaver investors flocked to conservative funds last month.

BUSINESS

Covid-19: How CEOs are coping - Spark's Jolie Hodson

12 Apr, 2020 3:00pm
4 minutes to read

Husband roped in as cameraman.

Tourism Holdings CEO Grant Webster. Photo / Nick Reed

BUSINESS

How CEOs are coping - Tourism Holdings' CEO Grant Webster

10 Apr, 2020 9:00am
5 minutes to read

It's been like a horror film.

Institute of Directors chief executive Kirsten Patterson. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Crisis management planning lacking in the boardroom, says directors' institute

9 Apr, 2020 5:30pm
5 minutes to read

Virus highlights the need to look further than natural disaster risks to business.

ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner. Photo / File

BUSINESS

13 questions with ANZ's chief economist - including a lockdown prediction

8 Apr, 2020 5:00am
2 minutes to read

New Zealand's top business leaders on coping with the pandemic.

BUSINESS

Coping with coronavirus: Mark Lister, Craigs Investment Partners

6 Apr, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

New Zealand's top business leaders on coping with the pandemic.

BUSINESS

Full house to ghost tables: Virus dines out on hospo success

5 Apr, 2020 3:30pm
5 minutes to read

Hanging on for dear life: anatomy of a business meltdown.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell. Photo / File

BUSINESS

How CEOs are coping: Fonterra's Miles Hurrell

5 Apr, 2020 5:10am
3 minutes to read

New Zealand's top business leaders on coping with the pandemic.

Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns. Photo / File

BUSINESS

How CEOs are coping: Port of Tauranga's Mark Cairns

4 Apr, 2020 5:00am
3 minutes to read

New Zealand's top business leaders on coping with the pandemic.

Don Braid, Mainfreight managing director. Photo / File

BUSINESS

How CEOs are coping with coronavirus: Mainfreight's Don Braid

3 Apr, 2020 5:00am
3 minutes to read

New Zealand's top business leaders on coping with the pandemic.

Zespri is sticking to its 2025 sales target. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Zespri sticks to 2025 sales target despite virus

31 Mar, 2020 12:12pm
4 minutes to read

Zespri still eyeing $4.5b sales target within five years but virus seeds doubts.

Greenlea boss Tony Egan. Photo / supplied

BUSINESS

Fieldays client gift quirk takes measure of virus

30 Mar, 2020 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Greenlea's intended Fieldays gift to customers not entirely wasted?

Chief executive Mark Cairns said non-essential cargo could temporarily be stored on or off-site. Photo / Bay of Plenty Times

BUSINESS

Port of Tauranga announces Covid-19 measures

26 Mar, 2020 5:46pm
4 minutes to read

Port of Tauranga announces coronavirus impact measures.

BUSINESS

Explainer: What alert level 3 and 4 means for businesses and staff

23 Mar, 2020 5:53pm
6 minutes to read

Advice aplenty for businesses available at new pandemic crisis levels: EMA.

Pain is coming for the country's wine industry. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Coronavirus: Concerns for NZ wine industry

23 Mar, 2020 5:00am
4 minutes to read

NZ wine comforts locked down cities overseas but pain coming for industry.

Greenlea managing director Tony Egan. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

'Essential providers': Meat processors unite to tackle virus turmoil

23 Mar, 2020 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Traditional strong rivalry in meat industry has been put aside to deal with the virus.

Colorado National Guard medical personnel perform coronavirus tests on motorists at a drive-through testing site. Photo / AP

NEW ZEALAND

Coronavirus test patient: Why photograph others' misery?

20 Mar, 2020 6:28am
4 minutes to read

Hamilton pair going through virus testing process photographed by passers-by.

We badly need dairy farmers to keep working day in and day out. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Can Fonterra and our dairy farmers save the economy?

20 Mar, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Fonterra must keep winning in the economic battle against Covid-19.

Metro Paws manager Tegan Birchall. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Doggy day care business offers drive-through service as coronavirus bites

18 Mar, 2020 5:37pm
2 minutes to read

A Hamilton doggy day care and pet hotel is scrambling to save the business.

BUSINESS

Fraser Whineray: The electricity man who will help power up Fonterra

14 Mar, 2020 5:00am
10 minutes to read

Whineray likes to keep things simple, which is exactly what Fonterra needs.

A concept design of how part of the Te Awa Lakes housing development could look, with residents kayaking their way around the neighbourhood. Photo / Facebook

BUSINESS

Work to start this year on billion-dollar Hamilton lakes project

13 Mar, 2020 9:04am
3 minutes to read

Transformative $1b Te Awa Lakes housing and adventure park for Hamilton gets nod.

EcoRoll toilet paper sourced from bamboo. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

New bamboo toilet paper venture taps virus demand

13 Mar, 2020 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Coronavirus ensures a flush of sales for New Zealand's first bamboo toilet paper.

Fonterra's emergency management regime has helped keep its 20,600 global employees free of Covid-19, so far. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Coronavirus and Fonterra: How NZ's biggest company is handling crisis

9 Mar, 2020 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Fonterra is geared up for coronavirus - so far global staff in the clear.

BUSINESS

How you should be planning for coronavirus at work

7 Mar, 2020 5:00am
5 minutes to read

What to do to prepare your business - large or small - for Covid-19 risk: experts.

Former Zespri chairman Peter McBride is favourite to become the next Fonterra chairman. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Why Peter McBride is favourite to become new Fonterra chairman

5 Mar, 2020 5:37pm
5 minutes to read

Search is on to find someone to replace John Monaghan when he steps down in November.

Travers Bonney (L), Calven Bonney and Pamela Bonney of L.W. Bonney and Sons in Penrose. Photo / Michael Craig

BUSINESS

Rolling, rolling, rolling: Who's driving those big rigs on NZ roads

28 Feb, 2020 5:38pm
15 minutes to read

Three companies have a combined three-and-a-half centuries of history on the road.

Port of Tauranga has adjusted its profit guidance as coronavirus wreaks havoc around the world. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Coronavirus concern drags down Port of Tauranga profit guidance

28 Feb, 2020 2:01pm
3 minutes to read

Coronavirus sees New Zealand's largest port revise its profit outlook.

Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns (left) and Tainui Group Holdings boss Chris Joblin.

BUSINESS

Port of Tauranga-Tainui deal unlocks Ruakura giant

27 Feb, 2020 5:39pm
4 minutes to read

Ruakura inland port and industrial/logistics powerhouse gets lift-off - finally.

Talley's deepsea fishing vessel the Amaltal Apollo. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Sparks fly in fresh fight between fishing companies and Greenpeace

25 Feb, 2020 5:58pm
5 minutes to read

War of words heats up on the high seas as deep sea fishers bite back.