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newzealandinc.com catches up with Beijing-based Alex Worker, Director of Marianas Group, to talk about the mood on the ground in China in the wake of the Fonterra food scare and NZ Food & Beverage month in Beijing. spy app for android It’s been a turbulent few weeks for Fonterra in the wake of a further dairy crisis. Our largest company …

From hot air balloons in small-town New Zealand to Ferraris in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, it’s been quite a journey for Nick Mowbray, whose family-owned Zuru Toys continues to go from strength to strength in Southern China. It didn’t come easy, says Nick Mowbray, the Cambridge man at the helm of Zuru Toys, a rapidly growing New Zealand toy company he …

Alexander Speirs visits Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei at its Shenzhen HQ and sits down with VP Scott Sykes to discuss the company and its increasing role in New Zealand’s communications ecosystem. “We feel very welcome in New Zealand.” Sykes tells me from the outset. “The New Zealand Government and John Key have been very progressive in embracing communications technology and …

help with essay writing Alexander Speirs speaks to Andrew Zhu, marketing lecturer and PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland specializing in Chinese social media, about the role of Weibo in a 21st Century Chinese Media landscape. Social media in China has had an enigmatic history, with plenty of growing pains as the Chinese Administration comes to terms with the powerful …

The National-led government has lost its parliamentary majority to pass reforms to the Resource Management Act, with the United Future and Maori parties announcing this morning they will not vote for changes that undermine environmental protections. While both parties support reforms to speed up the resource consenting processes, both believe that proposals to rewrite two fundamental sections dealing with environmental …

Port of Tauranga, the country’s biggest export port, has reported a record profit bang on expectations as it readies a dredging project to prepare for larger ships. Net profit of $112.1 million in the year ended June 30 was up 52 percent on the previous year and in line with First NZ Capital’s expectation of $112.9 million. After a $38.2 …

Neill Williams, a key manager of failed Five Star Consumer Finance, will spend longer in jail after appearing in the Auckland High Court this morning for final sentencing in the long-running case. The 78-year-old is currently serving three years, seven months’ imprisonment on charges previously laid by the Financial Markets Authority. Today’s sentencing on charges laid by the Serious Fraud …

David Ross, the Ponzi-accused former manager of Ross Asset Management, appeared in the District Court in Wellington this morning for substantive hearings on eight Crimes and Financial Advisers Act charges. He was remanded until Aug. 29. All aspects of today’s hearing were supressed. Ross faces charges relating to $384.8 million of assets recorded in the accounts of a Ross vehicle, …

By Pam Graham Rakon, a maker of crystal oscillators used in smart phones and navigation systems, will liquidate its two-year-old Chinese factory if a plan to sell it does not go through. iphone sms spy Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed ZheJiang East Crystal Electronic Co is buying 80 percent of Rakon Crystal (Chengdu) Co (RCC) for $US18.8 million. Rakon, which will retain …

By Pam Graham The amalgamation of councils in Auckland has worked so well it should be a template for the rest of New Zealand, the lobby group for infrastructure companies says. New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID) chief executive Stephen Selwood pushed for reform of councils in regions at the Local Government New Zealand conference in July and he …