NZ businesses urged to check holiday pay as Labour claims win over zero hours
By Pattrick Smellie March 8 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand businesses are being urged to check their payroll systems to ensure staff are being paid their maximum holiday pay entitlements. The warning, from peak body Business New Zealand, comes amid signs there may have been w...
Coal and dairy revenues hit KiwiRail first-half
By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Falling revenue from the rail network and one-off restructuring costs pushed state-owned KiwiRail to a net loss for the six months to Dec. 31 of $16.2 million, compared with a $6.8 million loss for the same period last year. Reve...
Air NZ brings international expert to warn on Wellington runway extension
By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Promoters of the Wellington airport runway extension are mistaken to expect that building it will be enough to attract airlines to establish new long-haul routes to the capital, says an international airline expert brought to New Ze...
Regulator to check aggregates market in Fletcher bid for Higgins
By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 29 (BusinessDesk) - The Commerce Commission will conduct an investigation into the national and regional markets for construction aggregates before it decides whether to clear Fletcher Building's bid for construction firm Higgins Group Holdings. The...
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