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Plan needed for competing wood demands - Fonterra
Primary Sector

Plan needed for competing wood demands - Fonterra

By Gavin Evans May 30 (BusinessDesk) - Wood is a viable industrial fuel but greater effort may be needed to ensure that new demand from processors doesn’t strip supplies from existing users, Fonterra says. Co-firing the firm’s Brightwater milk powder plant near Nelson on a...

Gavin Evans 29 May 2019
Innovate on climate challenge or lose the public, Jones tells industry
Primary Sector

Innovate on climate challenge or lose the public, Jones tells industry

By Gavin Evans May 29 (BusinessDesk) - Industry must demonstrate its ability to innovate and respond to climate challenge if it is to maintain the support of the voting public, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says. New Zealand First is not going to allow...

Gavin Evans 29 May 2019
Hawke's Bay Regional Council to go ahead with Napier Port IPO, likely in early July
Policy

Hawke's Bay Regional Council to go ahead with Napier Port IPO, likely in early July

By Rebecca Howard May 29 (BusinessDesk) - Hawke’s Bay Regional Council said it will proceed with a public share sale of 45 percent of Napier Port and it expects the initial public offering to take place in early July. “The last hurdle is to satisfy ourselves around pricing...

Rebecca Howard 29 May 2019
Contact Energy to spend $30M on geothermal appraisal wells

Contact Energy to spend $30M on geothermal appraisal wells

By Rebecca Howard May 29 (BusinessDesk) - Contact Energy will spend $30 million on a series of appraisal wells on Taupo's Tauhara geothermal steamfield as it builds towards a final investment decision for a new power station in 2020. The drilling programme - involving four...

Rebecca Howard 29 May 2019


Oliver Lewis
Oliver Lewis

Infrastructure Editor

Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South. 

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