Record 35,000 submissions on Auckland budget
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Record 35,000 submissions on Auckland budget

Auckland Council received 34,800 submissions during a three-week consultation on its emergency budget.  That is the highest number of submissions received on a consultation since the city’s ‘super council’ was formed in 2010, eclipsing the 1,200 responses during the annual budget...

Staff reporters 30 Jun 2020
New index shows activity bounce in May
Economy

New index shows activity bounce in May

New Zealand’s economic activity in May was down 6.5 percent from a year earlier, according to a new composite index from Treasury, Stats NZ and the central bank. While activity was weak, it did bounce back from April, when it had fallen 19 percent from same month in 2019, the fir...

Staff reporters 30 Jun 2020
TIL shares jump as earnings outlook improves
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TIL shares jump as earnings outlook improves

TIL Logistics shares jumped almost 16 percent to 73 cents after the trucking company said annual earnings will beat the guidance it withdrew before covid-19 clouded up its outlook. The company expects to report earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of betwe...

Staff reporters 26 Jun 2020
Evolve earnings meet guidance
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Evolve earnings meet guidance

Evolve Education Group met its full-year earnings guidance and noted a lift in operating earnings in the six months to March 31.The childcare provider reported underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $8.2 million in the March year. That was down...

Staff reporters 26 Jun 2020