Wellington, Aug 19 NZPA - Port of Tauranga reported strong rises in forestry-related exports and in imports of grain and dairy food supplements as it lifted full year underlying earnings after tax 9.3 percent to $49.4m.

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - The call went up for the partial privatisation of state-owned power companies today at the TrustPower Ltd annual meeting.

Wellington, March 18 NZPA - Port of Tauranga is paying $15 million for all of Tapper Transport, with the main aim of increasing business through the port's inland Auckland facility MetroPort. The agreement includes a two-year earn out provision, with a maximum payment of $4m.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - Port of Tauranga lifted half year net profit 2 percent on a year earlier to $23.1 million, although tonnage through the port fell 5 percent to 6.5 million tonnes.

Wellington, Feb 24 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket managed to turn around a weak start on the back of a weak US market to close higher on a day in which profit results were mixed.

Wellington, Nov 8 NZPA - For the first time in 16 months residential property values are higher than they were a year earlier, QV figures show. A continued shortage of properties for sale is thought to be continuing to push up prices being paid.

Wellington, Sept 10 NZPA - Listed generator TrustPower has bailed out of the 48MW Myponga wind farm it was building in South Australia.

Wellington, July 30 NZPA - TrustPower Ltd today called for the partial privatisation of state-owned power companies to improve the security of electricity supply.

Wellington, May 15 NZPA - TrustPower said it is positioned for further growth even after paying a special dividend to shareholders from its profit. TrustPower today reported a bottom line profit of $105.1 million in the year to March 31, up from $98.1m last year.

Wellington, Feb 26 NZPA - A proposal to merge the container businesses of Ports of Auckland and Port of Tauranga has foundered.