15 October 2008 - Business NZ has congratulated the country's economic development agency, NZTE, for its win at the World Trade Promotion Organisation (WTPO) Awards.

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise was awarded the WTPO's "Best of the Best" Award in The Hague yesterday.

15 OCTOBER 2008 - Auckland International Airport Limited's (Auckland Airport) retail bond issue programme opened to interested parties today, offering investors an opportunity to invest in an iconic kiwi long-term infrastructure business.

15 OCTOBER 2008 - Big promises and scant detail in Labour's economic rescue package do disservice to business and the economy, says Business NZ.

15 OCTOBER 2008 - Allied Farmers announces that its finance subsidiary Allied Nationwide has submitted an application to have its $236 million of publicly issued debt securities covered by the Crown Guarantee Scheme, as announced by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

15 October 2008 - Telecom today announced it will transform New Zealand's mobile landscape by June 2009, providing customers with access to the most advanced, nationwide, 3G mobile services available and further underlining the company's commitment to investing in New Zealand.

15 October 2008 - Phitek Systems Limited, the global leader in advanced noise cancellation technologies, announced today at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair that its Component-ANR(tm) Active Noise Rejection technology has been adopted by Goertek Inc.

14 October 2008 - Maxim Institute's 2008 NZ Votes Political Debates are now well underway. Forums are coming up in Dunedin, Christchurch, Upper Hutt, Hamilton, Central Auckland, Wellington, and Tauranga, and have already taken place in Queenstown, Helensville, Rotorua, Whangarei and Pukekohe.

14 October 2008 - MARAC Finance Limited intends to opt-in to the New Zealand deposit guarantee scheme announced on Sunday.

14 OCTOBER 2008 - Recent global events and ongoing market volatility has caused heightened anxiety for investors. Weary of asking 'Have we reached the bottom yet?" - investors want to know when the recovery will come, and what to do when it does.

14 October 2008 - New Zealand's electronic product distribution and payments processing provider SmartPay Ltd (NZX: SPY) announced today that it has finalised two key transactions to complete the purchase of Merchant IP Services Limited (MIPS) and its finance arm MIPS Financial Services Limited (