Australian fuel company Ampol has slightly raised its takeover price for Z Energy enough to win the backing of the company’s board.

The board of New Talisman Gold Mines is in further flux after a succession of resignations.

The rate of house price growth is picking up, as the number of new property listings decline during lockdown.

The offer of free fish and chips for everyone receiving a dose of the Pfizer vaccine has gone down well in Christchurch today.

Extended lockdowns are crushing news for retailers and businesses as many battle for survival, and more government support is needed, industry figures say.

Hundreds of builders are calling on the construction minister to reduce long delays for building consents, saying the bottleneck hurts productivity and could destabilise companies.

The US owner of telecommunications company 2degrees has confirmed speculation that it is in talks to merge the business with local broadband operator Orcon.

Far fewer of New Zealand’s largest companies have been receiving government wage subsidies since the August Covid-19 alert level lockdowns began.