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OGOG offers 25% premium in NZOG buyout
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OGOG offers 25% premium in NZOG buyout

By Margreet Dietz July 10 (BusinessDesk) - OG Oil & Gas has offered a 25 percent premium to buy out minority holders in New Zealand Oil and Gas. Singapore-based OGOG, the oil and gas arm of Ofer Global Group and 70 percent-owner of NZOG, is offering 62 cents for the shares...

Margreet Dietz 09 Jul 2019
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Scott says forward orders strong, Europe variable
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Scott says forward orders strong, Europe variable

By Gavin Evans July 9 (BusinessDesk) - Industrial automation specialist Scott Technology says its forward order book remains strong despite restrained investment in Europe due to the ongoing uncertainty around Brexit. The firm, which now has more staff in Europe than in New...

Gavin Evans 09 Jul 2019
Car importers welcome feebate scheme, wary on emission target
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Car importers welcome feebate scheme, wary on emission target

By Gavin Evans July 9 (BusinessDesk) - New car importers have welcomed government measures to reduce emissions from the transport fleet, but warn one of the initiatives - a proposed clean car standard - may not be as effective as hoped. Motor Industry Association chief exec...

Gavin Evans 08 Jul 2019
UPDATE: Mercury faces $2 mln charge after losing tax dispute
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UPDATE: Mercury faces $2 mln charge after losing tax dispute

(Updates to show Mercury's extra tax charge in 1st, 4th & 5th paragraphs; corrects headline; updates share price in last paragraph.) By Victoria Young July 8 (BusinessDesk) - Inland Revenue has won a tax case against Mercury NZ over the tax classification of two of its turb...

Victoria Young 08 Jul 2019


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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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