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Tiwai Point smelter faces multi-million dollar back pay bill after losing appeal

Tiwai Point smelter faces multi-million dollar back pay bill after losing appeal

By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 22 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, operator of the Tiwai Point smelter, has lost its Court of Appeal bid to overturn an Employment Court decision on payment for statutory holidays that fell on a weekend which it has said could cost $20...

Pattrick Smellie 22 Feb 2016
APN seeks adjournment in case challenging IRD finding of tax avoidance

APN seeks adjournment in case challenging IRD finding of tax avoidance

By Fiona Rotherham Feb. 22 (BusinessDesk) - Australian publisher APN News and Media, publisher of the New Zealand Herald newspaper, has sought to adjourn its High Court challenge to an Inland Revenue Department finding it avoided paying tax in through arrangements with its New...

Fiona Rotherham 22 Feb 2016
NZ dollar gains as Asian stocks rally on improving investor sentiment

NZ dollar gains as Asian stocks rally on improving investor sentiment

By Paul McBeth Feb. 22 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar gained, joining a rally in risk-sensitive assets, as stocks across Asia rose on improving investor sentiment.  The kiwi rose to 66.48 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 66.34 cents at 8am and 66.29 cents on Frid...

Paul McBeth 22 Feb 2016