Property for Industry shares have gained to the highest in almost six years and the volume of trading is at an eight-year high as investors prepare for the specialist industrial property company’s elevation in the NZX 50 Index after its merger with Direct Property Fund. The merger almost doubled the enlarged group’s shares on issue to 412 million and increased …

Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, cut the price of its Anmum-branded products in China as the local regulator looks at potential price manipulation by major foreign firms selling into the world’s most-populous nation. The Auckland-based cooperative will trim 9 percent from its Anmum maternal health products in mainland China from next month “to better meet consumer needs …

SkyCity Entertainment Group, which this month agreed to build a $402 million convention centre in Auckland in exchange for regulatory concessions, has been granted approval to buy Queenstown’s Wharf Casino for $5 million. The Commerce Commission cleared the Auckland-based casino and hotel operator to buy Lasseters International-owned Otago Casinos, which will add 74 electronic gaming machines and six gaming tables …