Transmission Gully talks drag on for another four weeks
Policy

Transmission Gully talks drag on for another four weeks

Negotiations between the government and the bevy of contractors building the billion-dollar Transmission Gully highway north of Wellington will drag on for another four weeks.

Paul McBeth 13 Jul 2020
MARKET OPEN: Covid drug trial sets upbeat tone for local trading
Markets

MARKET OPEN: Covid drug trial sets upbeat tone for local trading

New Zealand’s stock market may be in for a positive start to the week after Wall Street closed stronger on Friday on optimism over a late-stage trial of the Remdesivir drug in treating covid-19. Investor optimism over the economic recovery from the covid-19 pandemic was stoked...

Paul McBeth 13 Jul 2020
NZ to review Hong Kong relations over new security law
Economy

NZ to review Hong Kong relations over new security law

The government will review the policy settings of relations with Hong Kong due to China’s imposition of a new security law that expands the influence of Beijing.

Paul McBeth 09 Jul 2020
Window still open for Tiwai Point – NZAS boss
Economy

Window still open for Tiwai Point – NZAS boss

There’s still a window of opportunity to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open, but it’s closing rapidly, according to New Zealand Aluminium Smelters chief executive Stewart Hamilton. Controlling shareholder Rio Tinto today said it has given notice to terminate its contr...

Paul McBeth 09 Jul 2020