Rod Drury: Why NZ needs a tech kingpin
Jul 1, 2014 Xero chief executive Rod Drury. Photo / Dean Purcell Barack Obama has one. So do many large companies. The chief technology officer's role, for the US at least, is to apply technology [...]
Landcorp considers business case for milking sheep
Jul 1, 2014 Landcorp considers the business case for milking sheep Photo / Paul Taylor. Landcorp, New Zealand's largest corporate farmer, is having a serious look at milking sheep and will decide in a few [...]
Waikato-Tainui tops $1b in assets
Jul 2, 2014 Mike Pohio. Interest income on big cash holdings, hotel and milk business deals and rising values of investment properties helped push Waikato-Tainui's asset base up from $925.1 million last year to $1.06 [...]
‘Golden years’ tipped for NZ hotel sector
Jun 25, 2014 The 400-room Rendezvous in Auckland is sitting on 83 per cent occupancy. New Zealand hotels are on the brink of "golden years" thanks to more international visitor spending but room rates have [...]
$1.4b quarterly surplus a record
Jun 19, 2014 Strong export volumes of meat and dairy products beefed up the quarterly surplus. Photo / Dean Purcell New Zealand recorded a $1.4 billion current account surplus in the March quarter. The largest [...]
Chinese investors treated badly – expert
Jun 17, 2014 The Chinese bid for the Crafar farms was a tiny deal compared with buying by some European interests, says Scott Brown. Photo / Christine Cornege New Zealand's political treatment of Chinese investment [...]