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Listed Companies
Downer, Visionstream win $450M of Chorus maintenance contracts
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...
Listed Companies
UPDATE: Infratil, Brookfield purchase values Vodafone NZ at $3.4 billion
(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...
Economy
Jones defiant, apologetic over Provincial Growth Fund politics
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....
Listed Companies
UPDATE: Trustpower well-positioned for volatile market, renewables development
(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...
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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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