The latest from Jonathan Underhill

By Jonathan Underhill | Wed, 19 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 19 (BusinessDesk) - More proactive monitoring of the country’s banking sector is needed given the lack of understanding in the community about insurance products and loans, MPs...

By Jonathan Underhill | Tue, 18 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 19 (BusinessDesk) - The Marsden Point oil refinery processed a near-record 7.62 million barrels of oil during the past two months. Operator New Zealand Refining said its thr...

By Jonathan Underhill | Tue, 18 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Some of the assumptions in an independent valuation of Tilt Renewables have resulted in a “very optimistic” view of the firm’s long-term prospects, suitor I...

By Jonathan Underhill | Tue, 18 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Retail price caps in the electricity market may disproportionately harm new entrant players while also discouraging investment, ratings agency S&P Global sa...

By Jonathan Underhill | Mon, 17 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 18 (BusinessDesk) - Auckland International Airport is planning to offer a six-year retail bond to help fund its ongoing expansion. The company didn’t specify the size of the...

By Jonathan Underhill | Mon, 17 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Infratil and Mercury NZ have a strong incentive to increase their stake in Tilt Renewables to 90 percent but may only raise their offer for the business if...

By Jonathan Underhill | Mon, 17 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Nelson Airport reported a 12 percent increase in full-year net profit on continued passenger growth and an increase in work through the aircraft maintenance...

By Jonathan Underhill | Sun, 16 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 17 (BusinessDesk) - Aurora Energy faces court action after breaching its reliability standards for two years running. The company, which operates the electricity networks in...

By Jonathan Underhill | Fri, 14 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 14 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand may have to consider changing its wholesale electricity market as increasing volumes of solar and wind energy make it harder to fund traditional...

By Jonathan Underhill | Thu, 13 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Contact Energy posted its biggest customer loss in seven years last month after its contract with a major commercial client came to an end. The firm, whi...

By Jonathan Underhill | Tue, 11 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 11 (BusinessDesk) - Shares in some of the country’s biggest generators jumped today after an independent review of the electricity sector found no evidence that they, or distri...

By Jonathan Underhill | Tue, 11 Sep 2018

By Gavin Evans Sept. 11 (BusinessDesk) - Electricity providers, regulators and the government need to do more to help families struggling to meet their energy costs, an expert advisory panel says....