work from home online Z Energy and Norske Skog, which operates a paper mill at Kawerau, are seeking majority government funding for a proposed $50 million demonstration plant to turn wood waste into transport fuels. Z chief executive Mike Bennetts announced the plan at a conference in Wellington, at the same time as revealing the 100 percent New Zealand-owned fuel …

BNZ has launched ‘YouMoney’ – an innovative new online banking system built from the ground up to capture a bigger share of the youth “digital natives” banking market. “Young people told us they want their personal banking to be easy and intuitive – so that’s what we’ve created,” says BNZ director of retail, Andy Symons. In contrast to the standard …

Fund manager AMP Capital, which manages $16 billion, expects a string of investment opportunities on the New Zealand sharemarket will suck up to $2 billion in new funds from investors this year, reversing the trend of the last decade. Head of equities Guy Elliffe told a client presentation in Wellington that the local stock exchange faces a “materially” busier year …