Infrastructure

By Jenny Ruth | Sun, 12 May 2019

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...

By Gavin Evans | Fri, 10 May 2019

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...

By Rebecca Howard | Thu, 09 May 2019

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...

By Gavin Evans | Thu, 09 May 2019

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 u...

By Pattrick Smellie | Thu, 09 May 2019

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 b...

By Pattrick Smellie | Thu, 09 May 2019

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 protei...

By Gavin Evans | Thu, 09 May 2019

(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 pl...

By Gavin Evans | Wed, 08 May 2019

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 deve...

By Pattrick Smellie | Wed, 08 May 2019

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-bi...

By Paul McBeth | Wed, 08 May 2019

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, incl...

By Pattrick Smellie | Wed, 08 May 2019

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...

By Rebecca Howard | Wed, 08 May 2019

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...