By Rebecca Howard May 14 (BusinessDesk) -  Infratil and Brookfield Asset Management's $3.4 billion purchase of Vodafone NZ will see them each pay $1.03 billion for a 49.9 percent stake. The balance will come from taking on about $1.34 billion of Vodafone New Zealand's debt,...

By Paul McBeth May 14 (BusinessDesk) - Chorus has hired Downer EDI and Cimic Group's Visionstream to maintain its copper and fibre telecommunications network for the next three years at a cost of about $450 million.  The new contracts cut out Broadspectrum, which along with...

(Updates to add detail, financials in paragraph seven)  By Rebecca Howard May 14 (BusinessDesk) - Vodafone Group has sold Vodafone New Zealand to a consortium comprising Infratil and Canada's Brookfield Asset Management for an enterprise value of $3.4 billion, it said in a...

By Pattrick Smellie May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones mixed defiance with apology for his handling of the Provincial Growth Fund during a briefing intended to demystify the process by which funds from the $3 billion fund are managed....

(Updates with comment from CEO Hawksworth from third paragraph. Adds detail throughout.) By Gavin Evans May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Trustpower says a “material” volume of new generation will be required to meet demand during the next three years and wholesale prices are likely...

By Jenny Ruth May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Synlait Milk has landed itself in a right pickle after a Court of Appeal judgment that renders its new Pokeno factory in breach of covenants restricting use of that land to grazing, lifestyle farming and forestry. Synlait jumped the gun...

By Gavin Evans May 10 (BusinessDesk) - OceanaGold has sought a mining permit over its Wharekirauponga discovery in the Coromandel Forest Park. The deposit lies in the northern part of the 3,762 square-kilometre Hauraki exploration permit the company and its predecessors hav...

By Rebecca Howard May 10 (BusinessDesk) -  Infratil says it is in talks with another party to buy Vodafone Group's New Zealand business. Infratil, which is managed by Morrison and Co, was put on a trading halt by the New Zealand stock exchange. The stock last traded at $4.6...

By Gavin Evans May 9 (BusinessDesk) - First Gas says a hydrogen pipeline trial it plans is likely to be among the first projects undertaken at the National New Energy Development Centre being set up in Taranaki. The company, which operates the trunk gas transmission network...

By Pattrick Smellie May 9 (BusinessDesk) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern added further weight to speculation that the government is preparing to shift the goalposts on its KiwiBuild initiative to build 100,000 affordable homes within 10 years. Speaking at the Just Transitio...

By Pattrick Smellie May 9 (BusinessDesk) - Global demand for New Zealand's meat and dairy products is under threat as the world responds to climate change by eating more and more plant-based protein, Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron told the government's Just Transitions conf...

(Updates with company comment from seventh paragraph.) By Gavin Evans May 9 (BusinessDesk) - Tilt Renewables says it expects to execute an off-take agreement for the 130-megawatt wind farm it plans at Waverley within weeks. The Melbourne-based developer has been in talks...

By Gavin Evans May 9 (BusinessDesk) -  Tilt Renewables says it expects to execute an off-take agreement for the 130-megawatt wind farm it plans at Waverley within weeks. The Melbourne-based developer has been in talks with Genesis Energy on the southern Taranaki project sin...

By Pattrick Smellie May 9 (BusinessDesk) - The government will invest $27 million to establish a new energy centre in Taranaki as a gesture towards assisting the region's transition from a multi-billion dollar oil and gas industry to a low-carbon economy. Prime Minister Jac...

By Paul McBeth May 8 (BusinessDesk) - Lawyers in the Mainzeal case were back in court today arguing whether the $36 million penalty handed down to directors of the failed construction company, including former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley, should attract up to six years' inter...

By Pattrick Smellie May 8 (BusinessDesk) - Reactions to the net zero carbon emissions legislation released today range from Greenpeace attacking it as "toothless" and "miserly" to Federated Farmers calling it "frustratingly cruel". Two key issues are at the heart of those a...

By Rebecca Howard May 8 (BusinessDesk) - Digital church collection payment operator Pushpay said it has appointed board chairman Bruce Gordon as the new chief executive after Chris Heaslip resigned effective May 31.  Gordon, who will assume the role from June 1,  will also...

By Rebecca Howard May 8 (BusinessDesk) -  Digital church collection payment operator Pushpay is upbeat about the coming year after lifting revenue by 40 percent and reporting a full-year net profit. The NZX-listed, US-headquartered software-as-a-service company, reported a...

(Updates with details of Kernahan’s new job from 2nd par and further details about her positions at Fletcher.) By Jenny Ruth May 7 (BusinessDesk) - Fletcher Building’s Michelle Kernahan is leaving the company at the end of July for a "new career challenge.” She is to be...

By Gavin Evans May 7 (BusinessDesk) - Maintenance work at the country’s biggest gas field is winding up, with China Oilfield Services’ Boss rig expected to start decoupling from the Pohokura production platform by tomorrow. That process means production from the field’s off...

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. ...

(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...