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OceanaGold confident it has community support to expand Waihi operations

OceanaGold confident it has community support to expand Waihi operations

By Rebecca Howard June 28 (BusinessDesk) - OceanaGold Corp is confident it has community support to expand its Waihi operations, where it accounts for almost half the local economic activity, after drilling signalled enough gold to sustain operations out to 2030. Earlier th...

Rebecca Howard 28 Jun 2018
Twyford hopes Kiwibuild will drive down construction costs

Twyford hopes Kiwibuild will drive down construction costs

By Sophie Boot June 28 (BusinessDesk) - Housing and urban development minister Phil Twyford says construction companies and developers are on board with Kiwibuild, despite his hope that the government will be able to keep driving down prices for those houses. At a media bri...

Sophie Boot 28 Jun 2018
Twyford backs transport officials in extracting value for money in policy statement

Twyford backs transport officials in extracting value for money in policy statement

By Paul McBeth June 28 (BusinessDesk) - Transport Minister Phil Twyford backed his officials' ability to get the best bang for the taxpayer's buck when weighing up investments, ignoring the Treasury's advice as being too narrow in identifying wider benefits. The government...

Paul McBeth 28 Jun 2018