A 52-strong trade mission is flying to Indonesia this weekend for two weeks of intensive briefings and meetings.It is being led by Maurice Williamson and Sir Ken Stevens, who’s chairman of Export New Zealand.Representatives of…

New Zealand meat is sitting on the wharf in China and out on boats waiting to get in, while Kiwi authorities iron out the paperwork.Customs authorities in China won’t let shipments of meat through, because they came with documentation…

Positive forces The Christchurch rebuild A key factor that will drive growth over the next three or four years, and underpin activity for years after that, is the need to rebuild our second-largest city after the

Igloo – a joint venture 51 per cent owned by Sky TV and 49 per cent by Television New Zealand – offers 11 linear pay channels and provides a tuner for the free channels on Freeview.It includes available downloads from a library…

Documents released by the Reserve Bank yesterday give scant support to Prime Minister John Key’s suggestion that it might exempt first home buyers from any restriction on low-deposit home loans.Loans where the borrower has a deposit…

It was the death and unceremonious disposal of a guinea pig that sparked a business plan for Jane Bogust.Hearing about the burial of the animal in a disused tea bag box left her thinking there had to be a better, more dignified…

Telecom is keeping its powder dry on its plans for internet television and revealed little about what entertainment services could be in the pipeline during its strategy update to investors.New Zealand’s largest internet provider…

Like death and taxes, nothing is more reliable than regular increases in the cost of subscribing to pay television.Increases tend to be relatively small – a basic Sky subscription increases just 80c on June 1 to $46.92, with the…

Organisations that manage their culture proactively attain greater returns across key areas such as revenue, profit and customer service than those which do not.Organisational culture is key to achieving success and how it is managed…

The media business is perceived as the most attractive of all industries to work in, and TVNZ the most appealing media employer, human resources specialists Randstad reveal in their latest employer branding survey of 7,000 New Zealanders…