Business

When Southland man Dan Butterfield was renovating his house in 2015, he struggled to hire skips to deal with tonnes of construction waste. He thought there should be an easier way to do this – but at this time didn’t have the solution. In 2017, Butterfield was watching the Invercargill truck parade

Tickets are now on sale for the 2020 Southland Export Trust Grant HSBC Gala Awards Dinner in November. Replacing the biennial Export Recognition Awards, the gala awards offers the exporting industry a chance to acknowledge the values of the industry. Southland Chamber of Commerce marketing and event

Four new directors are set to join Great South, Southland’s Regional Development Agency, and help lead the region’s recovery and future growth. Peter Heenan, Rachel Lindsay, Jeff Grant and Jason Franklin have been appointed and will begin their roles as directors at the upcoming AGM for the organisa

Fonterra has posted a profit of $659 million as restructuring, improved sales and margins helped it recover from the previous year’s massive loss. The profit to the end of July compared with a $605m loss the year before, as the co-operative wrote down the value of assets and took other hits worth $8

This year’s Southland Export Awards night will have an interesting new twist. In lieu of the traditional biennial September Export Southland Recognition Awards, which is facilitated by the Southland Chamber of Commerce, the trust felt it was more appropriate to have an evening of recognizing the tri

Cracker of a day to have a look over what will become Invercargill’s premier accommodation venue. The whatsoninver.nz team were part of a select group of media to check up on progress of the new Langlands Hotel being built by the ILT. And what a facility it’s going to be when it is expected to […]

ANZ is winding up investments in the 50-year-old Bonus Bonds scheme because low interest rates are reducing the prize pool – and could fall even further. More than $3 billion is invested in Bonus Bonds which is managed by ANZ Investment Services, a subsidiary of ANZ bank. In a statement this morning

Cam and Lauren Richardson have been whipping up some pretty soup-er natural stuff for their Caravan located at the Outdoor Food Court on Esk Street the past five months. It all started the week before lockdown and has just kept on growing. Expecting to open their food caravan to sell all their homem