Port of Tauranga, the country’s biggest export port, expects annual earnings to be broadly in line with a year earlier, and has seen a lag in dairy shipments after the false botulism scare in August. The company forecasts annual earnings of between $77 million and $80 million in the 12 months ending June 30 2014, chief executive Mark Cairns told …

Bathurst Resources has finally secured resource consents for its contentious Escarpment coal mine on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau. The Environment Court today granted consents for the project, ending a projected battle with environmentalists opposing the proposed coal mine, Bathurst said in a statement. The shares rose 1.8 percent to 17.4 cents in trading after the announcement. “We are pleased …

Metlifecare, whose cornerstone shareholder Retirement Villages Group is in the process of selling its stake, sees the upper North Island as its focus for new development opportunities. Managing director Alan Edwards told shareholders at today’s annual meeting in Auckland that the 2014 financial year will be one of consolidation after last year’s merger with Vision Senior Living and RVG’s Private …