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NZ residential building permits jump in November as apartments make up for shrinking house consents

NZ residential building permits jump in November as apartments make up for shrinking house consents

By Paul McBeth Jan. 12 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand residential building consents climbed 11 percent in November as a jump in apartments offset the fourth straight decline in new house permits.  Seasonally adjusted new dwelling consents rose to 2,743 in November from 2,477...

Paul McBeth 11 Jan 2018
Mycoplasma bovis testing to be extended nationwide from February

Mycoplasma bovis testing to be extended nationwide from February

By Sophie Boot Jan. 12 (BusinessDesk) - The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and its dairy industry partners will extend the Mycoplasma bovis milk testing underway in Canterbury, Otago and Southland into a national milk surveillance programme from February. Mycoplasma...

Sophie Boot 11 Jan 2018
PGG Wrightson's independent directors reform committee to keep tabs on Agria probe

PGG Wrightson's independent directors reform committee to keep tabs on Agria probe

By Paul McBeth Jan. 12 (BusinessDesk) - PGG Wrighston's independent directors have reconvened a committee to monitor the Overseas Investment Office's review of controlling shareholder Agria Corp's 'good character' status.  The committee, comprised of Bruce Irvine, John Nich...

Paul McBeth 11 Jan 2018