Charter increases heat on direct Korea-NZ route
Infrastructure

Charter increases heat on direct Korea-NZ route

Two days after Air New Zealand relaunched direct flights between Auckland and Seoul for the first time in two decades, a rival has appeared in the form of Korean Air, offering a direct charter service over the summer months between Christchurch and the South Korean capital. Korea...

Pattrick Smellie 25 Nov 2019
Capital sought for NZ breakthrough on battery-grade lithium
Economy

Capital sought for NZ breakthrough on battery-grade lithium

Taupo company Geo40 says it has cracked a chemical process to produce lithium at "near battery grade" from geothermal fluid discharged from central North Island power stations.It says its potentially world-leading discovery is at the low end of the international production costs...

Pattrick Smellie 25 Nov 2019
Govt to pull Infrastructure Commission into Auckland port imbroglio
Policy

Govt to pull Infrastructure Commission into Auckland port imbroglio

The government's new Infrastructure Commission will be asked to run the ruler over the options for replacing Auckland's central city cargo port, says Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones. He told BusinessDesk he had met the chair of the commission, former Reserve Bank governor...

Pattrick Smellie 22 Nov 2019
Blinky boxes and gobbledegook: tips for choosing a cyber-security vendor
Infrastructure

Blinky boxes and gobbledegook: tips for choosing a cyber-security vendor

If a cyber-security expert just tries to sell you a "blinky box" or talks non-stop tech gibberish, change providers.That's the advice of Michael Daniel, a former top White House adviser to the Obama administration on cyber-threats.Scooting through Auckland last week, Daniel paint...

Pattrick Smellie 22 Nov 2019