Govt seeks exploration proposals for onshore Taranaki
By Gavin Evans April 30 (BusinessDesk) - Almost 2,200 square-kilometres of Taranaki is being offered for oil and gas exploration in the much-delayed 2018 block offer. The acreage – restricted to onshore Taranaki by the government’s decision last year to ban drilling outside...
Increasing focus on low-emission supply chains an NZ opportunity
By Gavin Evans April 29 (BusinessDesk) - Increasing pressure on firms globally to reduce emissions throughout their supply chain is a genuine opportunity for New Zealand, Contact Energy says. Chief generation and development officer James Kilty says there has always been a...
New inland port, Northport car centre among Upper North Island transport options
By Gavin Evans April 29 (BusinessDesk) - An inland port in west Auckland and a vehicle importing and servicing centre at Northport are among a dozen potential transport investments a working group is considering to improve freight handling in the upper North Island. The gro...
Air NZ turbine business wins US$17M contract
By Gavin Evans April 26 (BusinessDesk) - Air New Zealand Gas Turbines has won a US Navy maintenance contract worth more than US$17 million. The business will work on 10 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines used to power the US Navy’s cruiser fleet. The new contract is expec...
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