Oceania Healthcare is on track for an initial public offering in early 2015, but the Macquarie Group managed aged-care operator’s chief executive, Earl Gasparich, says he’s also in talks with private investors and funds. The Auckland-based company is seeking new capital to develop prime brownfield sites in Auckland, Tauranga and Nelson, Gasparich told BusinessDesk. That could be through either an IPO, which was first touted in …

Freightways, the listed courier and data management company, will spend up to A$30 million on Australian information management firm LitSupport. The Auckland-based company paid A$17.1 million upfront, and will add potential earnouts of up to A$12.1 million based on LitSupport’s 2017 performance, in a deal that’s expected to generate A$17 million of annual revenue and A$3.8 million in operating profit, Freightways said …

Intueri Education Group, New Zealand’s largest private training company, has agreed to buy Academy Group NZ  for an initial payment of $4 million and the balance on completion of the target’s 2015 accounts, adding courses for pharmacy technicians, florists, motor trades and building. The acquisition price will amount to four times 2015 earnings before interest and tax and is expected to add $5 …