Treasury sees greater inflationary pressure, higher interest rates

Treasury sees greater inflationary pressure, higher interest rates

By Rebecca Howard Dec. 14 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand’s Treasury sees greater inflationary pressures and higher interest rates as new government policies lead to a faster pace of economic and wage growth. The policies are “forecast to support a longer period of above-trend...

Rebecca Howard 14 Dec 2017
OG Oil & Gas receives regulatory approval for its partial takeover of NZ Oil & Gas

OG Oil & Gas receives regulatory approval for its partial takeover of NZ Oil & Gas

By Rebecca Howard Dec. 14 (BusinessDesk) - OG Oil & Gas has received approval from the Overseas Investment Office in its partial takeover bid for New Zealand Oil & Gas, one of the final hurdles the oil and gas division of Ofer Global needs to declare the deal done.  "This a...

Rebecca Howard 13 Dec 2017
NZ dollar gets late lift from US political news

NZ dollar gets late lift from US political news

By Rebecca Howard Dec. 13 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar stuck to a tight range ahead of policy decisions from a raft of central banks but got a late lift after reports that Democrat Doug Jones beat Republican Roy Moore in the US Senate race in Alabama. The kiwi do...

Rebecca Howard 13 Dec 2017
CricHQ's business and assets to be sold to NZ investors, settlement in January

CricHQ's business and assets to be sold to NZ investors, settlement in January

By Rebecca Howard Dec. 13 (BusinessDesk) - CricHQ, the cloud-based cricket software developer, and its assets will be sold to a group of New Zealand investors for an undisclosed amount, say receivers Neale Jackson and Brendon Gibson of KordaMentha. CricHQ was tipped into re...

Rebecca Howard 13 Dec 2017