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Policy
UPDATE: 8 Rivers CCS project in $60m capital raise, drops bid for govt funds
(Adds GNS comment on NZ storage potential in 22nd paragraph, removes reference to NET Power in 19th.) By Gavin Evans Oct. 1 (BusinessDesk) - The promoter of a $4 billion carbon capture and storage project that would establish a New Zealand fertiliser export industry has aba...
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Economy
Rural land sale cleared Bathurst's Canterbury expansion
By Gavin EvansOct. 1 (BusinessDesk) - Bathurst Resources has been cleared to buy a 31.5 hectare rural "lifestyle block" to extend its Canterbury coal mining operations just five months after Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage blocked expansion of a gold mine in the Bay of Ple...
Retail
Deepening business gloom likely to push annual GDP below 1%
By Jenny Ruth Oct. 1 (BusinessDesk) - Businesses continued to sink deeper into gloom during the September quarter and that will likely shave annual GDP growth to below 1 percent, according to the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's latest quarterly survey of business...
Policy
8 Rivers carbon-capture project in $60m capital-raise, drops bid for govt backing
By Gavin Evans Oct. 1 (BusinessDesk) - The promoter of a $4 billion carbon capture and storage project that would establish a New Zealand fertiliser export industry has abandoned its bid for government support and is raising $60 million privately to advance the initiative....
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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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