Air New Zealand's flights from Auckland to Buenos Aires begin today, boosting competition in the travel market between this country and South America. Among the passengers on this evening's inaugural flight is former All Black captain Richie McCaw, who recently re-signed as an Air New Zealand brand ambassador for a further two years.
Almost exactly two years after announcing its plans to deliver packages with a drone, Amazon revealed a new prototype of one of its delivery drones. Amazon's prototype is an octocopter - meaning it has eight propellers and can take off and land vertically, like a helicopter. But the design also includes wings and a "pusher motor" so that it can transition from helicopter takeoffs to the energy-efficient flight of a plane at altitude. A pure octocopter wouldn't be capable of a range of 15 miles, like this prototype. Source: Amazon/YouTube
Celebrating business: video highlights from last night's Deloitte Top 200 Business Awards at the Vector Arena.
The people who earn large salaries do so because they're good at what they do and perform well. Let's not forget a lot of these salaries are bonus-based and the base salary is nothing like the end number.
Join Holly Ryan from the New Zealand Herald on the Deloitte Top 200 awards night red carpet as she interviews the leaders of NZ business.
Big advances in battery technology for solar power mean Kiwis will soon have the opportunity to leave the electricity grid.
Mike Hosking talks about tourism in New Zealand.
Fonterra has affirmed its guidance for the 2016 milk payout to farmers, although chairman John Wilson said it was dependent on global dairy prices rising in the first half of next year from current unsustainable levels. Video source: Alan Gibson
The biggest cruise ship visiting New Zealand this season made its inaugural visit to Dunedin yesterday, discharging more than 2600 passengers into the city. Source: ODT
Business Editor Liam Dann talked to the finalists for the Executive of Year. In this video Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon talks about his leadership values, Air New Zealand’s financial performance and the challenges ahead for the airline.
NZ Herald Business Editor Liam Dann talks to a contender for the Deloitte Top 200 Executive of the Year, Z Energy Chief Executive Mike Bennetts.
Finalist for the Deloitte Top 200 Executive of the Year, IAG Chief Executive Jacki Johnson talks to NZ Herald Business Editor Liam Dann about challenges in the insurance sector, including the Christchurch rebuild.
Christopher Adams talks to Harmoney founder and co-CEO Neil Roberts about the rise of peer-to-peer lending, the company’s upcoming Australian expansion and how the P2P lender is safeguarding itself against bad debts.
Mark Adamson, Fletcher Building chief executive, responds to criticism from shareholders at the annual meeting at SkyCity in Auckland Monday.
Protestors outside Fletcher Building's annual meeting, opposing its housing development plans for the Ihumatao area in Mangere near Auckland International Airport. Supplied/Greg Bowker
SkyCity, New Zealand's only listed casino company, has boosted earnings 14pc percent in the first four months of its 2016 financial year. Business reporter Anne Gibson talks to Skycity Chief Executive Nigel Morrison.
China's Yashili NZ- a joint venture between Yashili International Holdings and Mengniu Dairy Co - officially opened its $220 million infant formula manufacturing plant in Pokeno today after a three-year construction period. See this supplied corporate video produced by Yashili showing off the project.
One of Auckland's biggest corporate relocations is about to begin, as 850 people shift into the new NZME Central headquarters at 151 Victoria St. PM John Key led the official opening of the building yesterday, welcoming the business whose brands include the Herald and Newstalk ZB.
New Zealand Herald's Business editor Liam Dann interviews Deloitte CEO Thomas Pippos.
It's the ultimate tool for the very laziest of armchair travellers of New Zealand - a 3D-view of some of the country's most famous tramping tracks. Over four years, imagery was collected using Street View Trekker, a wearable backpack outfitted with 360 degree cameras designed for locations accessible only by foot. Source: Supplied
The Ubco 22 electric farm bike will be in production by Christmas with initial marketing aimed at New Zealand and Australia. Strong international interest means the company will bring forward plans to sell into North America, said Timothy Allan, managing director of Tauranga's Locus Research. Locus is a co-investor in Ubco and works closely with the bike's developers Anthony Clyde, based near Whakatane, and Daryl Neal from Wellington. Source: UBCO
New Zealanders changing the rules and having no respect for the status quo are just some of the reasons the country is doing so well on the world stage, although this needs to be talked about more says Sir Ray Avery.
New Zealand's biggest building business, Fletcher Construction, has just been announced as the main contractor for SkyCity's International Convention Centre. In a move widely expected, Skycity chief executive Nigel Morrison said the company had agreed the terms of a binding, $477 million contract with Fletcher Construction Company Ltd to build and complete the design of the NZICC, the 5-star, 300-room Hobson Street hotel, the retail laneway linking Nelson and Hobson streets, and 1327 carparks under the NZICC. Source: SkyCity Auckland/Facebook
The Auckland housing market remains a risk to the New Zealand economy, Finance Minister Bill English says. "The longer it goes rising at 20 to 25 per cent a year, the more of a risk it becomes," the minister told reporters this afternoon. "You've got the median house prices about nine times the average income. That can't last." Mr English made the comments after making a speech to a social housing conference in Wellington.