The country’s business leaders should ‘hang their heads in shame’ if they do not have a woman on their board, says a former Equal Opportunities Commissioner.

A shipment of phosphate bound for New Zealand looks likely to be detained in South Africa for at least another three weeks.

Rising property values have boosted retirement village operator Ryman Healthcare’s profits for the year.

Consumer sentiment has risen to the highest level since the global financial crisis, boosted by strong employment opportunities, low inflation and the potential for tax cuts.

Strong demand for industrial property has helped Goodman Property Trust make a strong full year profit, although it has fallen from last year’s record result.

Zespri’s sales to Japan have grown by 30 percent in the past two seasons, with the Japanese kiwifruit market worth about $500 million last season.

Infratil, which owns Trustpower, Wellington Airport and NZ Bus, has reported a sharply lower profit after the previous year’s result was boosted by asset sales.

Surging mobile phone and broadband usage has produced a maiden profit for the country’s number three telco, 2degrees.

Medical experts have given the Australian government a blast because too much coal being burnt.

Global dairy prices have made further gains overnight.