
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...

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...

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...

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...