Business

“You’re almost home. Don’t be almost dead.” As the holiday season approaches, New Zealand’s largest privately owned transport company is taking the time to remind everyone on the road to step out of the “almost” mentality and ask themselves if the driving choices they are making are really worth the

The former Ocean Beach Freezing Works in Bluff has a new business on the block – a pilot project to evaluate commercial land-based whitebait farming. “This project, led by Manāki Whitebait, is the result of 16 years of research into the breeding of all 5 New Zealand whitebait species,”says Steve Pen

Business leaders, managers and owners are talking openly about being overwhelmed by anxiety, fears, frustrations, avoidance behaviours, debilitating stress, sleeplessness and bad behaviour from alcohol and drug consumption to hitting out at those who matter most. Chamber CEO Sheree Carey said “Reduc

ILT’s iconic Irish pub is celebrating 21 years of business on Saturday 17 December. A birthday party is planned to mark the occasion with past managers, staff and the wider community invited to join the festivities and share memories from the past two decades. Waxy O’Sheas Irish Pub was Invercargill

Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd today upgraded its earnings guidance to 50 – 70 cents per share from 45 – 60 cents per share and lowered and narrowed its forecast Farmgate Milk Price range of $8.50 – $10.00 per kgMS to $8.50 – $ 9.50 per kgMS, with a midpoint of $9.00 while holding its advance […]

A groovy new espresso cafe has set up in Invercargill, injecting another fix of caffeine on the edge of the central business district. Groove Espresso is owned by Lloyd and Taya who sold up their coffee roasting business in Perth “and moved back home to a little place called Invercargill,” earlier t

Fonterra can today confirm that its new Flexible Shareholding capital structure is set to be implemented in late March 2023, subject to the Board being satisfied that the relevant preparations are completed before then. The structure, which is laid out in a step-by-step tool for shareholders as well

AWS Legal announced Donald McIntosh as the 2022 recipient of the inaugural Stephen Whiteland Memorial Scholarship, on Monday. Formed in honour of Stephen Whiteland, a beloved AWS Legal staff member and friend who sadly passed away in May 2021, the scholarship was awarded in collaboration with Steve’