Mike Sanford

ANZ Bank has found a buyer for its industrial and business finance lender UDC. Japan’s Shinsei Bank is to buy UDC for $762 million, after an original deal to sell it to China’s HNA Group for $660m was knocked back by the Overseas Investment Office in 2018. ANZ had also toyed with floating UDC in […]

The monthly value of New Zealand red meat and co-product exports for April was largely unchanged from the same month last year despite COVID-19, according to an analysis by the Meat Industry Association (MIA). New Zealand exported $859 million of lamb, mutton, beef and co-products in the month of Ap

More than 200 people have had their say on the proposed extra investment in the City Block project, with 10 days left to make a submission. Invercargill City Council is currently consulting the community about whether it should invest an additional $16 million and repurpose $5 million originally all

Meeting of the Committee of Council held in the Victoria Room, Civic Theatre on Wednesday 3 June 2020 at 3.00 pm. 2020/05/2020-06-03-Committee-of-Council-Agenda.pdf

The Invercargill City Council is preparing to begin upgrade work for the Transfer Station pit floor, after the work was delayed due to COVID-19. Work will begin on Monday, June 8, with the construction of two temporary general waste bays. The temporary bays will allow people to continue to use the T

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there will still be strict controls on the border, but all current rules and restrictions on businesses and services will be “essentially lifted” under alert level 1. She said the lower alert level will also put an end to restrictions for hospitality businesses, an

New Zealand has now notched up 12 days without a new case of Covid-19, and there is still just one active case. Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has provided an update on the latest figures for Covid-19 in New Zealand. Confirmed and probable cases remains at 1504, with the total numbe

People who use the Milford Road, State Highway 94, should plan for possible delays at the single lane Homer Tunnel after Queen’s Birthday weekend, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Work is scheduled for Tuesday 2 June to Friday 5 June, 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4pm daily. The week after,