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NZ building activity expands for 5th quarter in December, residential construction slows

NZ building activity expands for 5th quarter in December, residential construction slows

March 6 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's building work grew for a fifth quarter in the final three months of 2012, though the pace of residential construction growth slowed in the period. The volume of all building work grew a seasonally adjusted 1.8 percent in the three months...

05 Mar 2013
NZX cash trading value jumps by 58 percent  in February from a year earlier

NZX cash trading value jumps by 58 percent in February from a year earlier

March 6 (BusinessDesk) - The value of cash market trading on New Zealand's stock exchange jumped 58 percent in February from the same month a year earlier as low interest rates keep investors looking for better returns. Total trades increased 4.8 percent to 81,624 last month f...

05 Mar 2013
Minister Guy extends North Island drought zone

Minister Guy extends North Island drought zone

March 6 (BusinessDesk) - Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has extended the official drought areas across the North Island, meaning government support programmes can be rolled out to those areas. A state of drought has been officially declared in South Auckland, Waikato,...

05 Mar 2013