Telecom Corp’s dominance in the country’s retail broadband market and how it chooses to unbundle services on Chorus’ ageing copper network are central to the conundrum facing the Commerce Commission. The regulator has backed away from imposing a sharp cut to the regulated price Chorus can charge wholesale customers for access to the copper lines, and has released another paper …

Moa Group is the worst performing stock on New Zealand’s benchmark index, dropping to a record low, after the boutique beer maker said it will miss its 2014 sales forecasts as volumes sold in New Zealand and Australia lag expectations. Shares in Moa slumped as low as low 80 cents, and recently traded at 85 cents, dropped 28 percent on …

Summerset Group, New Zealand’s third-largest listed retirement village operator, almost tripled first half profit as it sold more occupation rights and the value of its investment property more than doubled. The company’s net profit rose 174 percent to $10.8 million in the six months ended June 30, as revenue rose 16 percent, Wellington-based Summerset said in a statement. The shares …