A “confusing” marketing stunt by a major energy provider has fallen flat with many of its customers.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/97427854/Genesis-Energy-confuses-customers-with-marketing-stunt-cheque
National and Labour both want to appoint a powerful new technology supremo to help guide the country’s digital future, ahead of what some experts believe will be a fresh and unprecedented surge in innovation.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97146654/Vacancy-tech-supremo-to-guide-NZ-into-a-new-age
Fast food is hugely popular in New Zealand, and the amount of commercial space fast food chains occupy makes them influential players in the property market.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/97227858/Changing-trends-shape-takeaway-chains-property-portfolios
A German court has suspended two patent proceedings from health appliance firm ResMed against Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97386243/German-court-suspends-Resmeds-complaint-against-Fisher-Paykel
Most people would have heard of bitcoins, cryptocurrency and digital tokens, but few may realise how big a business raising capital with them has become.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97288196/Digital-token-offers-becoming-big-business-but-legal-position-far-from-in-the-bank
Our search for a reuben sandwich – that hot American mix of corned beef, swiss cheese, sauerkraut and rye bread – in Christchurch turned up plenty of variety.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/97420350/5-great-reubens-Modern-twists-on-the-classic-American-sandwich
New Zealand wines have triumphed in two categories at a prestigious wine competition in Britain, scooping the awards for pinot noir and sauvignon blanc.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97421095/Kiwi-stickies-on-the-rise-at-global-wine-contest
Auckland’s Eden Park Trust has found its new chief executive through internal promotion.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97418633/Eden-Parks-Nick-Sautner-gets-top-job
Hillary Clinton has lately been talking up the value of chardonnay as a source of comfort.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/97294859/Chardonnay-an-uplifting-variety
This is quite literally the easiest mousse you’ll ever make. When the melted chocolate hits the cold cream, it solidifies to form heavenly little ripples throughout. The toasted hazelnuts are optional, but lend a pleasant texture.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/recipes/96900293/Recipe-Jordan-Rondels-easy-as-anything-chocolate-coffee-mousse
What’s the difference between a fancy $13 lunchtime bento box and the fancy $36 bento box at Kinji Japanese Restaurant?
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/96584353/Restaurant-review-Kinji-Japanese-Restaurant-Christchurch
Creamy donuts, crackling buns, and mumma mia meatballs are the pick of the bunch from Chelsea Winter’s new cookbook.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/97389881/Chelsea-Winter-hitting-the-road-with-fresh-batch-of-recipes
One slice of the mocha caramel slice from Johnny Sausage cafe got reader Bebaki Ott hooked.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/recipes/97315639/Recipe-Mocha-caramel-slice-from-Johnny-Sausage
Palmerston North’s chocolate lovers have a new place to indulge their sweet tooth at the city’s new boutique chocolate factory.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/97379097/Palmerston-North-home-to-new-boutique-chocolate-factory
“Not much” keeps TVNZ’s head of news, John Gillespie awake at night. He faces unparalleled change, a “misinformation society” and won’t rule out more cuts to his newsroom, but the news boss says nothing “yet” keeps him awake.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/97351542/Change-on-the-way-for-1News-whether-they-re-cuts-or-whatever
A brother-sister duo have teamed up to give shoppers on Auckland’s North Shore a taste of nostalgia.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/97335373/Siblings-open-no-waste-store-to-return-to-old-fashioned-values
Auckland hip hop fans have been left out of pocket after tickets for a cancelled Korean performer’s show were not refunded.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97184177/Cancelled-Auckland-concert-leaves-Korean-hip-hop-fans-out-of-pocket
An independent inquiry is required to examine whether Refining NZ has been following industry best practice monitoring the condition of its Auckland fuel pipeline, National’s energy and resources spokeswoman Judith Collins has agreed.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97373305/Fuel-pipe-owner-Refining-NZ-set-to-face-scrutiny-after-pipeline-failure
Single New Zealand workers without children are paying less tax than they were 10 years ago, OECD statistics show.
A single person on the average wage without kids spent about 17 per cent of their earnings on tax last year.
A single person with two kids, earning about 67 per cent of the average wage, gave up 15 per cent of their pay in income tax. OECD statistics show that is about 1 per cent more than a single person without kids who earned the same amount, paid last year.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97370586/What-the-Government-takes-from-a-single-persons-pay-packet
On Wednesday a petrol-engined Camry GL rolled off the line at Toyota Australia’s assembly plant at Altona in Melbourne’s western suburbs – the last Australian-built Toyota bound for New Zealand.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/97318166/New-Zealands-last-Australian-Toyota-rolls-off-the-Melbourne-assembly-line
So, you want to sell your house? First step: go outside, take a deep breath, then re-enter. Look around with fresh eyes, taking in the macro and the micro – the big picture and all those tricky corners you have been disguising for years.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/decor/97134397/A-Christchurch-staging-company-is-a-master-of-illusion
NZ Post is closing the Alexandra branch it operates with Kiwibank.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97354620/NZ-Post-to-close-its-Alexandra-branch
A person putting the country at a standstill by digging up a pipeline was not a good look offshore, the boss of Air New Zealand says.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/97336447/Tourism-will-survive-but-fuel-crisis-not-a-good-look-Air-NZ-boss-says
The competition watchdog has gone to court in a development that may spell trouble for a planned merger between two rivals of scandal-hit Fuji Xerox NZ and which could embarrass the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97342156/Watchdog-confirms-concern-over-office-products-merger-MBIE-had-viewed-as-okay
OPINION: Sky Television shareholders will be in a sour mood when they meet in Auckland for its annual meeting on October 29.
Sky shares have fallen 40 per cent since the company’s last annual meeting and there seems little the company can do to get out of its current pickle.
“Greed” is not the big problem.
Sky’s 705,000 satellite subscribers spend an average of $83 a month on its service, while the company made a pre-tax profit of $167m last year.
from Ellie NZ Rss http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/97333437/Sky-TVs-exodus-tough-to-stop-but-greed-is-not-the-problem
