The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has walked away from an investigation of Hawkins Construction while claiming there were some “unusual” aspects to contracts in a project for state-owned Transpower. The urgent investigation is now closed with no charges being laid. The SFO raided two offices New Zealand’s largest construction company last year in an investigation of Hawkins’ work on the …

nvestment returns from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, the country’s main savings vehicle to fund public pension entitlements, came in at 19.17 percent in the 12 months to Dec. 31, the fund’s guardians report. penis growth The monthly update shows the Fund finished the year at a record high value of $20.92 billion, up from $17.73 billion at the end …

A recurring theme in two meetings today was the need for New Zealand businesses in China to not try and compete on a capacity basis,  with the advantages gained by economies of scale – it’s just not possible. Instead, the need for highly differentiated products and services which target a niche within the market was seen as the only tangible …