[ad_1] The Christchurch lines company Orion settled with insurance company IAG for the homes and possessions destroyed in the 2017 Port Hills fires. The Christchurch Superior Court is currently hearing a complaint from a group of residents who allege that Orion components started the fire on Early Valley Rd, while …
Read More »Noel Leeming’s manager must return $ 15,000 in wages, Labor Relations Authority rules
[ad_1] Maarten Holl / Things Michael Saunders was a business development manager at Noel Leeming. An employee who was overpaid by the Noel Leeming Group while on ACC-funded leave was ordered to reimburse $ 14,768. Michael Saunders worked for the company, a subsidiary of The Warehouse Group, since late 2017. …
Read More »Mark Reason: Why the All Blacks should boycott the Rugby Championship
[ad_1] OPINION: Who would blame the entire All Blacks team if each and every one of them turned and put two fingers on Sanzaar? Why should they travel to Australia for the Rugby Championship? Why should they go to an environment that is much more risky to their health than …
Read More »Timaru’s Theater Royal and Heritage district receives a cash injection from the government
[ad_1] The redevelopment of the Timaru’s Theater Royal and Heritage district has received a cash injection of $ 11.6 million from the Government. Funding for the $ 23 million project, which includes the development of a new museum and exhibition space, was announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a …
Read More »Landlords are expected to act quickly after the rent freeze ends
[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Renters are bracing for an increase in living costs when the freeze on rent increases comes to an end next week. This is after the Commerce Commission had to warn real estate investors that they might be at …
Read More »2020 election: financial sector will have to report climate change risk in first global move
[ad_1] New Zealand finance companies will be forced to report on climate change risk, climate change minister James Shaw announced. The policy will force some 200 large financial organizations in New Zealand to disclose how exposed their businesses and investments are to risk related to climate change. Any Crown bank, …
Read More »Coronavirus Covid-19: Auckland CBD Business Owners Question Spending Data
[ad_1] By Katie Todd for RNZ The latest Treasury measure on card spending and traffic volumes in Auckland City suggests activity has rebounded to a strength last seen at alert level 1, but Anne Mazer is among the owners of Downtown stores that say their patch has been uncomfortably quiet. …
Read More »A case against the export of live animals
[ad_1] The sinking of a live cattle export ship has brought the live export debate to the fore and transformed one farmer from exporter to critic. A first-time exporter of live animals said it will never sell its animals offshore again after the Gulf Livestock 1 sinks. Taranaki farmer Brett …
Read More »Auckland Billionaire Investor Gets $ 100 Million + Countdown, Bunnings Westgate
[ad_1] A billionaire Auckland real estate investor has bought Bunnings Warehouse Westgate, New Zealand’s flagship, and two large supermarkets, properties collectively valued at more than $ 100 million. New Zealand’s largest bunnings which is 15,000 square feet and opened in July at Westgate as well as Countdowns in Wellington and …
Read More »‘You look better in the newspaper than in real life’: concerns raised by the chief of transport ‘sexist comment’
[ad_1] Rosa Woods / Stuff Let’s Get Wellington Moving program director Andrew Body told a local businesswoman that she looked “better in the newspapers than in real life.” (File photo) A comment made by the director of Wellington’s $ 6.4 billion transportation program to a businesswoman at a public meeting …
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