Andrew Mc Rae
Comcom receives application for approval to buy Shell interests
The Commerce Commission has received an application by oil and gas company, OMV to acquire all of Shell's gas and oil fields in this country. Audio
Bunnings to pay $11m for holidays
Hardware retailer Bunnings says it's started paying out for underpaid holiday pay, and it's urging former staff members to make contact. Audio
Father says red flags raised at Waikato DHB before son's death
The father of a young man who drowned after walking out of the mental health unit at Waikato Hospital unsupervised says his care was a train-wreck waiting to happen. Nicky Stevens, who was 21 and… Video, Audio
Grieving mother tells inquest son’s death was preventable
The mother of Waikato man Nicholas Taiaroa Stevens outlined at an inquest today how her family desperately tried to convince mental health workers that he was likely to take his own life. Audio
Business briefs
Energy company Meridian has confirmed it will issue 150-million dollars worth of bonds to mature in 2025. Audio
Manufacturing sales post solid rise
The last piece of the economic growth jigsaw for the first quarter is in. Audio
Hundreds attend Morrinsville Mycoplasma bovis meeting
Around 500 farmers and industry representatives attended the meeting - the first in a series around the country that will be hosted by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Audio
Business briefs
The former owner of the Mad Butcher brand, Veritas Investments, is asking shareholders to approval a deal to refinance its bank debt and grant warrants to the new financier. Audio
Business briefs
The renewable energy company, Tilt Renewables, says it has an agreement with Infratil to underwrite a 300-million-Australian-dollar capital raising, if it needs to ramp up the output of its Dundonnell… Audio
Cigna to buy ANZ's One Path
Cigna is to acquire the OnePath Life Insurance business from ANZ Bank. Audio
Farmers still keen for M. Bovis eradication
The eradication of cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is still the preferred option for farmers, with 39 farms now tested positive - the most recent in Waikato last week. Video, Audio
Midday Rural News for 10 May 2018
The Ministry for Primary Industries is leaning towards containment of the cattle disease Myco Plasma Bovis, not eradication. Audio
Repatriated NZ servicemen welcomed home
The remains of the first servicemen repatriated to New Zealand after a change of government policy last year have returned home. George Beban and Ralph Scott both died in Fiji while serving in the… Audio
Damage still being assessed in Rotorua - Civil Defence
Civil defence in Rotorua says council staff are still working at getting a complete picture of the damage caused by Sunday's extreme wet weather. At the peak of the storm more than 50mm of rain fell… Audio
Clean-up job gets underway in flood-ravaged Ngongotaha
The heaviest rainfall in more than 50 years struck the region, north of Rotorua, yesterday, causing torrents of flood water more than a metre deep to rush through streets, flooding properties and… Video, Audio
Weather: Rotorua to dry out after flash flood
A State of Emergency is in place in Ngongotaha near Rotorua on Monday morning after record-breaking rain caused flooding that forced the evacuation of about 30 homes on Sunday. The city suffered its… Audio
Cambridge crash driver sentenced to 6 and a half years
Cameron Thomas has returned to prison after being sentenced for the manslaughter of a friend killed in a high speed car crash in Cambridge. Video, Audio
Midday Rural News for 27 April 2018
The Ministry for Primary Industries is closely monitoring an outbreak of Citrus Canker in Australia's Northern Territory. Audio
Midday Rural News for 26 April 2018
The forestry industry says a ruling against an Eastern Bay of Plenty forest owner and two harvesting contractors, should come as a warning to other operators. Audio
