Wellington, Oct 14 NZPA - APN News & Media Ltd, owner of The New Zealand Herald newspaper, has appointed a former Telecom New Zealand executive as chief executive officer and named New Zealand accountant John Harvey to its board after calls for board renewal.

Wellington, Oct 12 NZPA - A deal for the sale of New Zealand poultry company Tegel Foods could be wrapped up by the end of the year, The Australian newspaper is reporting.

Wellington, Sept 17 NZPA - The Overseas Investment Office has dismissed as incorrect a report that it has either rejected or suggested significant constraints on Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy's application to buy Crafar family farms in the central and lower North Island.

Wellington, Sept 2 NZPA - Wealthy investors pulling money out of South Canterbury Finance (SCF) to get below new limits for the Government's deposit guarantee scheme appear to have compounded the woes of the Timaru-based finance company.

Wellington, Aug 25 NZPA - The Electricity Commission is investigating allegations by power generators about non-payment of electricity market participants by clearing manager NZX on August 20.

Wellington, Aug 25 NZPA - The Electricity Commission is investigating allegations by power generators about non-payment by clearing manager NZX, as well as an allegation against one company by NZX.

Wellington, Aug 18 NZPA - The nzherald.co.nz website is highly profitable and has advertising revenues in excess of a million dollars a month, owner APN News & Media Ltd said. It said it is continuing to review opportunities to charge for content.

Wellington, Aug 5 NZPA - Independent News & Media Plc (INM) has sold 17.1 million shares in Jagran Prakashan Ltd (JPL) on Indian sharemarkets to exit the investment. The 32 million euros ($NZ57 million) it received will be used to reduce bank debt.

Wellington, July 2 NZPA - The Corrections Department will be the largest government department within a few years, Finance Minister Bill English said.

By Maggie Tait and Laura McQuillam of NZPA Wellington, June 29 NZPA - Former prison manager Celia Lashlie is backing prison staff union the Corrections Association over its concerns banning smoking will see more violence in jails.