Lyttelton Port of Christchurch has disclosed a $1 billion development plan as rival Port of Tauranga signs one of the country’s biggest logistics groups up to its terminal in Timaru. Lyttelton wants to reclaim land to the east for a new container terminal. The public will have better access to the western side of the port where a new marina, …

Port of Tauranga has done a freight deal with the Fonterra Cooperative Group and Silver Fern Farms-led logistics company Kotahi and container shipping line Maersk that will facilitate the arrival of 6,500 TEU ships to New Zealand by the end of 2016. Kotahi has agreed to commit 2.5 million export containers to Maersk over ten years, giving the shipping company …

Ryman Healthcare, which posted a 43 percent jump in full-year profit in May, plans to build a $100 million retirement village in Pukekohe, the second development of that magnitude it has announced in as many months. The village on a 6.58 hectare site on Valley Road  is expected to open next year, the nation’s largest rest home operator said in a statement. …