Business

Chch councillors rue govt funding pullback in successful $2.2B SCIRT programme
Policy

Chch councillors rue govt funding pullback in successful $2.2B SCIRT programme

By Paul McBeth May 7 (BusinessDesk) - Christchurch city councillors were left ruing central government's decision to dial back its share of the largely successful $2.24 billion programme to rebuild and repair the city's horizontal infrastructure such as water pipes and roads. ...

Paul McBeth 06 May 2019
UPDATE: Huawei calls for talks with GCSB minister on 5G
Policy

UPDATE: Huawei calls for talks with GCSB minister on 5G

(Adds GCSB comment from 20th paragraph) By Nikki Mandow May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Huawei has vigorously defended its right to be part of New Zealand’s 5G mobile network build at the China Business Summit in Auckland this morning. And it has called on GCSB Minister Andrew Littl...

Nikki Mandow 06 May 2019
UPDATE: Westpac NZ delivers 15% lift in first-half net profit
Finance

UPDATE: Westpac NZ delivers 15% lift in first-half net profit

(Updates with comment from David McLean from 5th par) By Jenny Ruth May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Westpac New Zealand will have brought a note of cheer to its parent’s dismal results as fixing problems revealed by the royal commission into financial services continue to dog the Au...

Jenny Ruth 06 May 2019
Air NZ's long, hard $100M flightpath to China
Services

Air NZ's long, hard $100M flightpath to China

By Nikki Mandow May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Air New Zealand has lost $100 million in the 13 years it has been flying to China, chief executive Christopher Luxon says. The cumulative loss in that time is largely because it is competing in the Chinese market with government-affili...

Nikki Mandow 06 May 2019