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Greenpeace NZ ups campaigning, pays global HQ more as fundraising improves

Greenpeace NZ ups campaigning, pays global HQ more as fundraising improves

By Jonathan Underhill July 15 (BusinessDesk) – Greenpeace New Zealand, the local arm of the global environmental lobby group, spent more on national campaigns and lifted its contribution to head office in Amsterdam after a jump in its fundraising surplus. The group’s 2012 annua...

15 Jul 2013
NZ computer system design firms struggling to find worker, ICT sector report finds

NZ computer system design firms struggling to find worker, ICT sector report finds

July 16 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand computer system design companies pay more than twice the average wage and have recorded faster growth in pay that the rest of the economy, yet increasingly they’re reporting severe difficulties attracting workers. That’s one of the findings o...

15 Jul 2013
NZ dollar little changed after US retail sales disappoint, local inflation looms

NZ dollar little changed after US retail sales disappoint, local inflation looms

By Paul McBeth July 16 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar was little changed after weaker than expected US retail sales eroded optimism the Federal Reserve will slow its asset purchase programme, and ahead of local inflation figures forecast to show consumer prices are risi...

15 Jul 2013