Ewan Wilson, the founder of failed mid-1990s Kiwi Travel International Airlines, is eyeing up investors to take on at least some of the regional air routes being abandoned by Air New Zealand, with the principals of imported used car dealers 2 Cheap Cars the first to put up their hands. A name for the company, Kiwi Regional Airlines, has been accepted by …

MightyRiverPower, the first of the state-owned power companies to be partially privatised last year, will quit its geothermal investments in Chile and Germany, while sticking with its interests in the US. The Auckland-based company reviewed its international geothermal investments earlier this year and has decided to embark on a sale process for its assets in Germany and Chile, which are no …

Tower, the insurer which sold its health, life, and investment units to focus on general insurance, has talked down yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on how to value the replacement costs of a house, saying it doesn’t expect a material impact on the firm’s future settlement payments. Justices John McGrath, William Young, Susan Glazebrook, Terence Arnold and Mark O’Regan yesterday ruled …