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Toshiba's New Zealand branch remains stable in uncertain landscape
Fintech

Toshiba's New Zealand branch remains stable in uncertain landscape

Toshiba (Australia) Pty Limited New Zealand Branch has released its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2014.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
APN sits tight on NZME sales, as it waits to see benefit of restructure
Initial Public Offering

APN sits tight on NZME sales, as it waits to see benefit of restructure

APN News and Media, the Australian publisher of The New Zealand Herald newspaper, has put off the public share float for its newly consolidated kiw.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
Drought declared on NZ's South Island east coast, IRD invokes tax relief
Government

Drought declared on NZ's South Island east coast, IRD invokes tax relief

The government has declared drought conditions on the east coast of the South Island, triggering a range of support measures, and said the tax depa.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
Oracle NZ financials show drop in revenue from 2013
Fintech

Oracle NZ financials show drop in revenue from 2013

Oracle NZ's revenue dips but profits hold, with earnings of £35.3m from £139.8m in sales, signalling resilience amidst a competitive cloud market.

By Shannon Williams • 1 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
Information Leadership targets public sector with cloud service
Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Information Leadership targets public sector with cloud service

Information Leadership and Revera have launched two IaaS platforms to help companies transition to information management in the cloud.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
China economic reform low on government priority list, WSJ commentator says
Partner Programmes

China economic reform low on government priority list, WSJ commentator says

Economic reform in China, one of New Zealand's largest trading partners accounting for 22 percent of exports, is a lower priority than trying to sa.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
Sky go after online sports fanatics with Fan Pass
Gaming

Sky go after online sports fanatics with Fan Pass

Us Kiwis are almost as mad about sports as we are about our TVs, and this hasn't exactly escaped the attentions of the clever folks at Sky TV.

By Patrick Pilcher • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
Express Data NZ posts substantial profit
Express Data

Express Data NZ posts substantial profit

Express Data NZ posts a GBP £3.2 million profit on GBP £112.3 million revenue for nine months ending June 30, 2014, after Dicker Data acquisition.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
NZOG seeks 30% of Cue Energy via full takeover bid
Power / Energy

NZOG seeks 30% of Cue Energy via full takeover bid

New Zealand Oil & Gas is fulfilling industry analysts' predictions that falling oil prices would prompt mergers and acquisitions among smaller loca.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
NZ manufacturing activity falls to 2-year low in January as production drops
Manufacturing

NZ manufacturing activity falls to 2-year low in January as production drops

New Zealand manufacturing activity fell to a two-year low in January, as production declined for the first time in two-and-a-half years, new orders.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
RESEND: LIC lifts first-half profit 10% on demand for dairy breeding technology
NZX

RESEND: LIC lifts first-half profit 10% on demand for dairy breeding technology

Livestock Improvement Corp, a farmer cooperative that sells bull semen and provides a dairy genetics database, posted a 10 percent gain in first-ha.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
Kiwi creators launch global 3D printing platform
Cloud Services

Kiwi creators launch global 3D printing platform

A group of Kiwis are in the final stage of building www.boffles.com, a global platform for hosting and downloading 3D design files.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
Finance Minister Bill English to address SUNZ 2015 conference
OptimalBI

Finance Minister Bill English to address SUNZ 2015 conference

The conference brings together execs from the public and private sectors for the networking of SAS users, business leaders, analysts and data experts.

By Shannon Williams • 1 min read • Thu, 12th Feb 2015
English flags further macroprudential tools may be needed to cool housing market
Reserve Bank of New Zealand

English flags further macroprudential tools may be needed to cool housing market

Minister of Finance Bill English says the government is heeding the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's call for more housing in Auckland's bubbling real.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015
NZ dollar gains vs. Australian dollar on divergent central banks
NZ Dollar

NZ dollar gains vs. Australian dollar on divergent central banks

The New Zealand dollar extended its gains against the Australian dollar as divergent policy positions of the two countries' central banks boosted t.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015
NZIX provides Kiwi schools with faster, better internet
Schools

NZIX provides Kiwi schools with faster, better internet

New Zealand Internet Exchange enhances connectivity for Kiwi schools, offering faster, more efficient internet through the government-funded Managed Network.

By Catherine Knowles • 1 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015
NZ house sales rise 2.6% in January, median price dips from December
Property Market

NZ house sales rise 2.6% in January, median price dips from December

New Zealand residential property sales rose in January from the same month last year, while data confirmed house prices in Auckland continue to gal.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015
Orion Health partners with all five South Island DHBs for regional patient information system
Health Technologies

Orion Health partners with all five South Island DHBs for regional patient information system

Orion Health has signed a commercial agreement with all five South Island District Health Boards for a single shared patient information care system.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015
Scion joins KiwiNet consortium to boost forestry commercialisation
KiwiNet

Scion joins KiwiNet consortium to boost forestry commercialisation

Crown Research Institute Scion is the latest organisation to join the Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet), a consortium aimed at increasing the scale.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015