Business
Policy
KiwiRail eyes Dannevirke freight hub
By Gavin Evans June 10 (BusinessDesk) - KiwiRail says a new rail hub proposed south-west of Dannevirke may be able to take 200,000 tonnes of logs off the roads. Officials have been allocated $400,000 to evaluate the potential for the hub to take trucks off local roads and b...
Policy
OMV's Great South Basin application draws 260 submissions
By Gavin Evans June 10 (BusinessDesk) - More than 260 groups and individuals have submitted on OMV’s application to the Environmental Protection Authority to drill in the Great South Basin. Most oppose the application citing concern about climate change – a ground the decis...
Policy
Environmental concerns prompt tighter Transmission Gully controls
By Paul McBeth June 10 (BusinessDesk) - Greater Wellington Regional Council has imposed a stricter environmental regime on the construction of the 27-kilometre Transmission Gully highway north of Wellington due to ongoing concerns about erosion and sediment control failures....
Retail
NZ wholesale trade lifts 0.7% in 1Q
By Rebecca Howard June 10 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's wholesale trade lifted in the March quarter after falling in December and may add to the view that first-quarter economic growth held up better than expected. Seasonally adjusted sales rose 0.7 percent in the three m...
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