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KiwiRail would allow Hawke's Bay council to lease Napier-Gisbourne line

KiwiRail would allow Hawke's Bay council to lease Napier-Gisbourne line

By Jonathan Underhill Nov. 24 (BusinessDesk) - Kiwirail, the state-owned railroad, has conditionally agreed to lease the mothballed Napier-to-Gisborne line to Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, effectively giving the local authority an option to resurrect the unprofitable route....

24 Nov 2014
Spark forges deeper links with Huawei to piggyback on Chinese R&D

Spark forges deeper links with Huawei to piggyback on Chinese R&D

By Paul McBeth Nov. 24 (BusinessDesk) - Spark New Zealand has got closer to Chinese telecommunications vendor Huawei Technologies in an expanded deal to accelerate the roll-out of mobile services and upgrade the local carrier’s XT network.   The two companies last week s...

24 Nov 2014
Smartpay shares climb 15% after launch of taxi booking app

Smartpay shares climb 15% after launch of taxi booking app

By Suze Metherell Nov. 24 (BusinessDesk) - Shares of Smartpay climbed 15 percent after the listed payments terminal supplier launched its taxi booking and payment mobile app as a precursor to a roll-out across the Tasman. The Blue Bubble app stores the user's credit card de...

24 Nov 2014