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Policy
Big hydro generators offered protection from new water regime
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Government efforts to improve freshwater quality have run up against its 100 percent renewable electricity goal, requiring protection for the country’s largest hydro-electricity schemes from key elements of the proposed new National...
Economy
Freightways sticks to core competencies when eyeing acquisitions
By Jenny Ruth Sept. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Freightways’ strategy since in listed in 2003 is to stick closely to what it knows it does well, chair Mark Verbiest says. That’s even though only about half its growth has come from existing operations with the balance from acquisitio...
Policy
Opportunity for big end of town in KiwiBuild's 'build-to-rent' initiative
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 4 (BusinessDesk) - Large-scale institutional investors and infrastructure developers will be eligible to propose 'build-to-rent' developments under one of the new elements of the revamped KiwiBuild scheme, announced by Housing Minister Megan Woods tod...
Services
Vodafone NZ to spend twice as much on restructuring this year
By Paul McBeth Sept. 4 (BusinessDesk) - Vodafone New Zealand will spend twice as much on restructuring in the current financial year as its new owners accelerate plans to strip out costs. The country's biggest mobile carrier spent $10 million as part of an organisational re...
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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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