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Face to Face – China: Darren Foo – Part I

Face-to-Face is a new feature from newzealandinc.com where we sit down for a chat with young business leaders from around the globe. We’ll be running a special series of these from China where we talk to young New Zealanders doing big things on the ground here. Today we’re talking to Darren Foo, a Singapore born New Zealander currently working for …

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ACC on track to self-fund by 2019, setting up significant levy reductions in future

Accident Compensation Corp, whose board and executives were purged last year in the fallout of major privacy breaches, is on track to fully-fund its accident coverage, paving the way for significant and long-term cuts in future levies. Chair Paula Rebstock told Parliament’s transport and industrial relations committee the state-owned insurer is “very much on track” to full funding in six …

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Govt responds to Napier-Gisborne rail line closure with transport task force

A joint task force between the central government and the local governments of the North Island east coast’s Tairawhiti region will look at future transport infrastructure needs, Transport and Economic Development Ministers Gerry Brownlee and Steven Joyce have announced. The government has come under political pressure to require the loss-making state rail operator, KiwiRail, to keep open the rail link …

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