Auckland-based software firm Triplejump, which is planning to make its stock exchange debut next year, has secured close to $1m in research and development funding.

Craft brewer Moa has gone into business with Australian cricket legend Shane Warne.

Chorus shares have continued to tumble to a new low this morning - on the back of 35.5c fall last week.

It has been a great year for sharemarket investors, with the NZX50 Gross Index up 19.4 per cent since the end of 2012.

The hard-up Super City stands to receive a windfall of about $100m from a planned $454m capital return by Auckland International Airport.

Forest & Bird (F&B) has pulled the plug after a two-year legal battle to stop Bathurst Resources' new Buller coal mine.

A Facebook billionaire, an investment company tied to a charitable trust working with Australian Aboriginal communities, and TradeMe founder Sam Morgan are among the largest holders of Xero shares which have soared more than 500 per cent in the past year.

If Twitter's bankers and executives were hoping for a surge on the day of the stock's public debut, they got it.

The Government has launched an independent probe of Chorus' financial position and its ability to deliver on nationwide ultrafast broadband contracts.

Moa boss Geoff Ross says the up to $6 million full-year loss forecast by the craft beer brewer reflects the "triple hit" the company received from a sales shortfall.

Boutique beer company Moa expects later this month to post a bigger loss than expected full year loss.

NZ Oil and Gas has a moral obligation to pay Pike River families it's claimed - after shareholders yesterday voted not to fork out $3.41m awarded by judge.

New Zealand Oil and Gas shareholders voted yesterday not to pay reparation of $3.41 million to the Pike River families.

Grey District mayor Tony Kokshoorn says the resource consent approval for Escarpment coal mine on the West Coast's Denniston Plateau is great news for the district.