Finance Minister Bill English has welcomed strong investor demand today for the Government’s first issue of September 2025 inflation-indexed bonds. In the first issue of inflation-indexed bonds by the New Zealand Government since 1999, the Debt Management Office today issued $2.5 billion of the 2 per cent coupon bonds. The deal was heavily oversubscribed, with bids in excess of $4 …

State Services Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman and Women’s Affairs Minister Jo Goodhew welcomed the release of a new survey showing positive progress for women in the public sector. The State Services Commission has today released its 2012 Human Resources Capability Survey which has recorded in increase in the number of women appointed to senior leadership roles. At just over 42 …

Zespri Chairman John Loughlin will stand down as chairman and a director early next year. Loughlin joined the Zespri Board as one of three independent directors in 2002 (the other five directors are grower-directors) assuming the chairmanship in August 2008. |The  Zespri Board will now undertake a search for an independent director with the necessary commercial and financial skills and …