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Fletcher Building takes 2 months, $4M to clean up, replace asbestos roof in Christchurch GIB factory

Fletcher Building takes 2 months, $4M to clean up, replace asbestos roof in Christchurch GIB factory

By Tina Morrison Dec. 3 (BusinessDesk) – Fletcher Building, New Zealand’s largest building company, spent about $4 million and took almost two months to clean up and replace the roof of its Christchurch plasterboard factory that contained asbestos. The Winstone Wallboards facto...

03 Dec 2013
NZ commodity prices snap four-month gain as aluminium, whole milk powder drop

NZ commodity prices snap four-month gain as aluminium, whole milk powder drop

Dec. 3 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand commodity prices snapped four months of gains as aluminium and whole milk powder fell, though a weaker kiwi dollar shielded local producers from the decline. The ANZ Commodity Price Index fell 0.4 percent to 326.7 in November and have gained...

03 Dec 2013
Gibson Group in management buy-out as founder Dave Gibson takes NZF role

Gibson Group in management buy-out as founder Dave Gibson takes NZF role

By Paul McBeth Dec. 3 (BusinessDesk) - Wellington-based television and film production firm Gibson Group has bucked the recent trend of being snapped up by foreigners with a management buy-out underway as founder Dave Gibson departs to take over at the New Zealand Film Commissi...

02 Dec 2013