Shares in Wynyard Group jumped 8.6 percent after the intelligence software developer grabbed its third new client in as many weeks, and building expectations the firm will deliver on its growth aspirations. The Auckland-based company signed up the Thai Customs Department today, where Wynyard’s software will be used in preventing drug trafficking at the South East Asian nation’s northern border. …

New Zealanders’ retail spending on credit and debit cards rose in November, as spending on consumables, the largest single component, increased at the fastest pace since April last year. Seasonally adjusted retail spending on electronic cards rose 0.6 percent in November to $4.53 billion, Statistics New Zealand said. That’s higher than the 0.4 percent monthly gain expected in a Reuters …

Pyne Gould Corp, the asset management firm controlled by George Kerr, expects to sell its remaining $4.8 million of assets still in New Zealand next year as it looks to quit this country and relocate to Guernsey. Chairman Bryan Mogridge told shareholders in Auckland today the bulk of the company’s $151.8 million of assets are located in Australia and the …