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NZ rich get richer in NBR Rich List led by Hart; Drury’s wealth grows fastest

NZ rich get richer in NBR Rich List led by Hart; Drury’s wealth grows fastest

July 25 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s wealthiest added $3.5 billion to their worth in the latest NBR Rich List, with packaging baron Graeme Hart on top and Xero founder Rod Drury achieving the fastest growing fortune. The combined worth of those included in the 2013 list reac...

25 Jul 2013
Fonterra Fund slides 3.7 percent  as dairy exporter’s 2013 earnings lag forecasts

Fonterra Fund slides 3.7 percent as dairy exporter’s 2013 earnings lag forecasts

By Tina Morrison July 25 (BusinessDesk) – Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s largest exporter of dairy products, said this year’s earnings will miss forecast by about 7.3 percent, spurring a sell-off in the company’s listed fund. Units in the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund...

25 Jul 2013
NZ Oil  and  Gas cedes promising Kakapo permit after failing to attract farm-in partner

NZ Oil and Gas cedes promising Kakapo permit after failing to attract farm-in partner

July 25 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand Oil & Gas, the nation’s biggest listed energy explorer, has ceded its Kakapo permit off the South Taranaki after failing to find a partner to share costs of a prospect it says could be several times bigger than the Tui or Maari fields. NZOG...

24 Jul 2013