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Edmund Hillary Fellowship chosen to deliver migrants for new entrepreneur visa
By Sophie Boot Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - The government has picked the Edmund Hillary Fellowship to work with Immigration New Zealand on a new visa which it hopes will attract young entrepreneurs to the country. Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse announced the plan for...
EQC boss Ian Simpson to leave at the end of the year to head up GNS
By Paul McBeth Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - Earthquake Commission chief executive Ian Simpson will leave the government's disaster insurance scheme head up the geological research unit GNS Science from next year. Simpson will leave EQC at the end of 2016, ending a six-year te...
Shareholders approve completing $400 mln Central Plains irrigation scheme in 2018
By Sophie Boot Sept. 28 (BusinessDesk) - The second stage of a major South Canterbury irrigation scheme, Central Plains Water, will be finished by September 2018 after unanimous support from shareholders. The first stage of the project began last August and, when completed,...
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