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Janes' ACC appointment not tainted by Capital + Merchant failure
By Paul McBeth Feb. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Former Capital + Merchant Finance director Trevor Janes passed the smell-test on his appointment to head the Accident Compensation Corp board's investment committee after officials had a look at it. In response to questions from Labour P...

Happy southerners push NZ consumer confidence to 32-month high
Feb. 14 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand consumers are the most confident they’ve been in 32 months and the happiest citizens live in the South Island, according to the ANZ-Roy Morgan NZ consumer confidence survey for February. Consumer confidence rose 2.7 points to 121 this month w...

Govt responds to Napier-Gisborne rail line closure with transport task force
Feb. 14 (BusinessDesk) - A joint task force between the central government and the local governments of the North Island east coast's Tairawhiti region will look at future transport infrastructure needs, Transport and Economic Development Ministers Gerry Brownlee and Steven Joyce...