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Genesis seeks buyer for $18M of customer debt
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Genesis seeks buyer for $18M of customer debt

By Gavin Evans May 7 (BusinessDesk) - Genesis Energy is aiming to sell up to $18.4 million of debt it has been unable to recover from its retail customers. The country’s biggest electricity and gas retailer is seeking quotes from firms interested in buying the debt and reco...

Gavin Evans 07 May 2019
UPDATE: Westpac NZ delivers 15% lift in first-half net profit
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UPDATE: Westpac NZ delivers 15% lift in first-half net profit

(Updates with comment from David McLean from 5th par) By Jenny Ruth May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Westpac New Zealand will have brought a note of cheer to its parent’s dismal results as fixing problems revealed by the royal commission into financial services continue to dog the Au...

Jenny Ruth 06 May 2019
Air NZ's long, hard $100M flightpath to China
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Air NZ's long, hard $100M flightpath to China

By Nikki Mandow May 6 (BusinessDesk) - Air New Zealand has lost $100 million in the 13 years it has been flying to China, chief executive Christopher Luxon says. The cumulative loss in that time is largely because it is competing in the Chinese market with government-affili...

Nikki Mandow 06 May 2019
Technology at scale key to Z Energy's future growth
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Technology at scale key to Z Energy's future growth

By Gavin Evans May 3 (BusinessDesk) - Deploying new technology at scale to provide better services will be a key part of Z Energy’s future growth, chief executive Mike Bennetts says. New Zealand’s biggest fuel retailer spent about $10 million in the past year on a range of...

Gavin Evans 03 May 2019