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$3.6m liabilities: PwC report on Sportcraft boating businesses

Staff, Inland Revenue and many others are listed as being owed money by the two companies.

Japanese Ambassador met Govt to discuss energy crisis impact on investment

Japan's Ambassador warned high prices were squeezing big investors.

Oji confirms mill closure, 75 jobs lost

The company has experienced a range of issues including high energy costs.

Methanex proposes idling one plant indefinitely, job cuts

The nation's biggest gas user will go down to one plant.

'What other f***ing signs do you need?' Shane Jones fumes over mill closures

The Regional Development Minister says foreign investors were warned.

‘Just stunned silence’: Mill closure shocks rural community

'Our local towns... it’s probably going to wreck them.'

'Massive blow': Hundreds of jobs lost as Winstone shuts mills

One of the central North Island's biggest employers has made the call to shut two mills.

Hundreds lose jobs as Ruapehu mills close

'As tough as this news is, our people need certainty to get on with their lives.'

He created a $660m company in his garage: Sistema richlister on standing firm with a famous name to retain ‘Made in NZ’

'I don’t care if it’s Martha Stewart or the bloody Pope. I’m not taking [Made in NZ] off.'

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway halves stake in Apple

Financial Times: Cash holdings hit record high as billionaire dumps $127b of stocks.

ANZ reverses house price forecast, expects 1% fall

Three aspects of house prices and interest rates have been revised in new research.

Tesla misses profit estimates as Elon Musk delays ‘robotaxi’ launch

Financial Times: Shares fall despite CEO’s claim about ‘autonomous fleet’.

Tiwai Point to ramp down electricity usage to ease tight supply

Tightening gas supply and low lake levels have pushed wholesale power prices higher.

Japanese carmakers ‘very scared’ by China’s rapid EV development

Financial Times: Sony-Honda joint venture boss says conservative culture must change.

Chasing green electrons: Why Rio Tinto went all-in on Tiwai Point

And what the future holds for the Southland plant.

$20m project: NZ paper mill switches from gas to geothermal steam

Mill decarbonisation 'equivalent to removing over 2200 cars from the road'.

Giant new 1.7ha warehouse: Cotton On expands in NZ

Originally opened here in 2006. Now has 1000-plus staff in around 100 stores in NZ.

Rising seas leave 4000 Wellington buildings at risk as '100-year floods' may be annual

Petone will feel the greatest impact, with a stormwater system already under pressure.