China Business Summit 2013: A Wake-Up Call 16 October 2013 Download programme  7.30 – 8.50am Breakfast and Scene-Setting: Big Picture for Summit Co-chair: Fran O’Sullivan Opening address by Hon TIM GROSER, Minister of Trade Michael Barnett, Summit Co-chair and CEO, Auckland Chamber Commerce Liu Feng, Managing Director, Cosco, Chairman, Chinese Chamber of Commerce 9.00 – 10.00am Session 1: Restoring Trust …

Metlifecare, New Zealand’s second-largest listed retirement village operator, is investigating building problems with an Auckland village it acquired as part of a merger with Private Life Care Holdings last year. The Auckland-based company flagged the building issue at its Links Apartments at Hibiscus Coast Village in its prospectus last week for listing on the Australian stock exchange, saying the cost …

Methven, the tapware maker, has confirmed the earnings recovery it flagged in July, posting a 21 percent jump in first-half profit on a pickup in trading in New Zealand and the UK. Profit rose to $2.8 million in the six months ended Sept. 30 from $2.3 million a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said in a statement. It didn’t provide …