Mercury keeps NZ Listener as other Bauer mags sell
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Mercury keeps NZ Listener as other Bauer mags sell

Mercury Capital will continue to publish New Zealand Listener despite selling off a swag of other titles it had purchased when Bauer decided to pull out of NZ The weekly current affairs title was one of several Mercury had tried to sell following its purchase of magazine giant...

Victoria Young 17 Jul 2020
ELECTION 2020: No deal for Greens in Auckland Central
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ELECTION 2020: No deal for Greens in Auckland Central

Labour’s Auckland Central candidate is ruling out a deal with the Green Party to ensure the left secures the Auckland city seat now that incumbent National MP Nikki Kaye has quit politics.Kaye first won Auckland Central from the Labour Party in 2008, and twice beat now Prime Mini...

Victoria Young 16 Jul 2020
Delegat profits up 37%
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Delegat profits up 37%

Wine maker Delegat Group's unaudited profit after tax for the year to June 30 rose 37 percent to $64.1 million, the company reported. The figure includes fair value movements in its vines and derivatives, which increased profit by $3.3 million this year but had reduced earning...

Victoria Young 16 Jul 2020
Ardern hints at mandatory contact tracing for businesses
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Ardern hints at mandatory contact tracing for businesses

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today warned businesses to encourage contact tracing or she might force it upon them. “My message to businesses is to put that poster up. We’ve always said it was voluntary, but we are at a point where if we don’t see widespread use, we need to ta...

Victoria Young 15 Jul 2020