Air New Zealand's long anticipated Dreamliner has touched down at Auckland Airport. Four years later than originally hoped, the plane landed around its scheduled arrival time. Around 45 Air New Zealand staff greeted the plane at the airline's engineering base.
2013 had Air New Zealand's first Dreamliner flying into Auckland. NZ Herald travelled to Seattle to preview the plane and attend the Dreamliner opening. Video / Alan Gibson / Boeing
Air New Zealand has received its first Dreamliner in a Seattle ceremony before it's flown home to Auckland airport.
REINZ ceo, Helen O’Sullivan on house prices and where the market’s going.
It's become the first airline in the world to receive the new 302-seater 787-9 Dreamliner from the Boeing factory in Seattle. Air New Zealand CFO Rob McDonald says the wait's been worth it. He says Air New Zealand has a significant place in the world, when taking into account the number of passengers on board - and how many kilometres they travel. He says the features and economics that first drew the airline to the aircraft are even more valid than ten years ago.
Nick Smith, Minister of Housing and Ministry of Building and Construction, talks to property reporter Anne Gibson about seismic upgrades to heritage buildings, engineers’ responsibilities, leaky homes, Auckland housing and foreign house buyers.
Health technology company Orion Health, which is expected to list this year, has signed a new deal to work with the Waitemata District Health Board, starting with two wards at Auckland's North Shore Hospital.
Shane Solly is Auckland-based, at Harbour Asset Management, helping to manage $1.4b equity assets including listed real estate businesses. He discusses big new developments, why so many new blocks are planned, which multimillion dollar buildings are on the market and what the outlook is for the sector.
Peter Alexander is the CEO of $780m listed landlord DNZ Property Fund, building around 100 new shops at Westgate on Auckland’s north-west fringes but controlling an extensive portfolio of retail, industrial and commercial properties. Alexander started in December and talks about his role, the direction of the business and its biggest opportunities.
Mark Turnbull, chief executive of Foley Family Wines, talks about the wine, processing and restaurant operations in New Zealand, Bill Foley who is the American behind the business, listing on the NZX and big opportunities for expansion here.
See this Boeing supplied video of how the company tests its new 787-9.
Winner of a $10,000 seed grant from entrepreneur Derek Handley, Hannah Duder. Her idea was to develop a voting app to encourage young people to vote.
Xero chief executive Rod Drury is the EY New Zealand entrepreneur of the year. Hear his thoughts on travelling to Monte Carlo for the World Entrpreneur of the Year awards.
Bruce Patten,a mortgage adviser with Loan Market, explains what why we have so much housing data, what it all means, what numbers are important, what’s happening with mortgage interest rates and what to do if you’re struggling to get a mortgage in the difficult Auckland market.
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney's speech to the Conference on Inclusive Capitalism in London on May 27, 2014.
Wellington-based Julian Cook is the new chief executive of listed retirement business Summerset Group. He talks about rising demand for villages and where the business is going under his leadership. Cook was previously Summerset’s chief financial officer and before that, at Macquarie in Auckland.
In the second of Sarah Stuart’s ’12 Questions’ videos, University of Auckland Business School Associate Professor Daniel Vidal. A longterm strategy consultant, Daniel is an expert in the emerging study of ‘effectuation’ – how entrepreneurs think and act to effect change.
KPMG’s Global Head of Agribusiness Ian Proudfoot joins us to talk through the latest Agribusiness Agenda – research that incorporates the opinions and insights of more than 150 of the industry’s top leaders.
Many traditional forms of advertising are losing effectiveness - with a lot of decisions made on gut feel - not actual data. Massey University's Research Professor of Marketing Harald van Heerde talks to Chris Daniels about some new ways of looking at advertising.
In this supplied video, tech writer Pat Pilcher goes behind the scenes at LG's Korean factories.
In the first of Sarah Stuart’s ’12 Questions’ videos, University of Auckland Business School economist Professor Tim Hazledine advocates ‘heresy’ – no NZ land to be sold to foreigners and exporters like Fonterra to focus on quality than quantity to drive higher prices from a genuinely clean and green environment.
Evan Crawford has been building houses out of straw for the last 20 years in New Zealand and overseas. People have travelled from all over the North Island to take a look at his latest build near Rotorua as interest in the alternative building method grows.
Prime Minister John Key defends the government over Labour's claim of a housing crisis in New Zealand.
Bill English has delivered an election year Budget which includes a bigger than forecast surplus, free doctors' visits for 400,000 more children, big cuts to ACC levies and dangles the prospect of tax cuts in front of voters. Finance Minister Mr English said the Government's much vaunted return to surplus would be $372 million, still slender but well ahead of the wafer thin $86 million forecast six months ago thanks to a rosier economic outlook.
Herald economics editor Brian Fallow gives his thoughts on today's Budget
Fonterra has launched a sustainable dairy farming video series to highlight responsible dairying initiatives on New Zealand farms. This is part two. Jim and Barbara Hitchcock from Rotorua share their experience on nutrient, pasture and herd management.
Deloitte NZ chief executive Thomas Pippos with his thoughts on this week's Budget - is the surplus worth celebrating? What can business and the general public expect from this week's Budget.
Air safety authorities have given the green light for after-dark flights at Queenstown Airport. Video / Queenstown Airport
Prime Minister John Key has announced that beneficiaries outside of Christchurch will be given a $3000 incentive to take up full-time work in Christchurch. Up to 1000 beneficiaries will be given a one-off payment of $3000 each if they have a fulltime job offer in Christchurch and are willing to move there.
Sky high luxury - Etihad "Guest Ambassador", Dannii Minogue takes a tour of The Residence, which the airline describes as the only three-room suite in the sky - featuring a living room, separate bedroom and ensuite bathroom with shower.
Fonterra has launched a sustainable dairy farming video series to highlight responsible dairying initiatives on New Zealand farms.
Kiwi tech entrepreneur Derek Handley is on the hunt for an NZ "right-hand" in to manage investments and launch ventures that help drive and fund a new foundation aimed at tackling social issues. See his 'job ad' here.
Central Auckland-based Media Design School will be the only tertiary institute in the country to offer students the chance to publish their games onto the PlayStation Network