Kiwi Insurer, Tower Limited (NZX/ASX: TWR) today holds its Annual Shareholder Meeting and has reconfirmed its full year guidance, as well as announcing its intention to confirm and pay an interim dividend with its half year results in May 2021.

Westland Dairy Company Limited’s new CEO Richard Wyeth is looking forward to bringing the strength of a global dairy giant to the opportunities that lie ahead for the West Coast dairy processor after taking up the leadership role this week.

The NZCTU welcomes today’s announcement that the Government will accept the 22 recommended changes to the Holidays Act made by the Holidays Act Taskforce, of which CTU President Richard Wagstaff was a member.

BusinessNZ has welcomed news that the Holidays Act will finally be overhauled.

The review of the Holidays Act that proposed the overhaul was initiated by BusinessNZ and the CTU in 2018.

Activata today announced a plan to help retailers improve the payment experience. At the same time it has unveiled its new corporate brand identity.

TransferWise, the global technology company building the best way to move money around the world, has today announced it has changed its name to Wise.

Tourism New Zealand and Trees That Count have joined forces to make it easier for domestic and international visitors to create canopies of carbon-sequestering native trees for future generations to enjoy and to support efforts to address climate change.

Kiwi insurer Tower (NZX/ASX: TWR) announced it has agreed to pay $14m in cash to ANZ to acquire and assume ANZ’s rights and obligations relating to servicing a portfolio of insurance underwritten by Tower. This transaction enables this portfolio to be brought into the Tower Direct business.

Frucor Suntory has taken a significant step towards reducing waste by introducing cardboard packaging to multipacks of Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Mountain Dew and 7UP.

Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 298 less lifestyle property sales (-9.7%) for the three months ended January 2021 than for the three months ended December 2020.