BNZ says Wgtn office will be closed for months, Fletcher hired for remediation work

Paul McBeth
Thu, 17 Nov 2016

By Paul McBeth Nov. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Bank of New Zealand expects it will be months as opposed to weeks before it re-opens its Wellington office owned by CentrePort, who has hired Fletcher Building for the remediation job. The lender's Harbour Quays building adjacent to Wellington's port was damaged in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake near Kaikoura, and the bank now expects it will be longer before it can re-open it to staff. The Wellington office housed the bulk of BNZ's call-centre operations, and it's previously warned customers could f...

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