Wellington, Oct 6 NZPA - New Zealand new car registrations rose 12.6 percent in September on the same month last year, ahead of the October 1 rise in the goods and services tax and as rental firms and companies purchased vehicles.

Wellington, Aug 19 NZPA - Joan Withers has been named deputy chairman of Television New Zealand (TVNZ) and advertising agency guru Roger MacDonnell is joining the board.

Wellington, July 7 NZPA - New vehicle sales reached a 20-month high in June, with more than a quarter of the sales made by Toyota which dominated the rental market business.

Wellington, May 6 NZPA - New car registrations rose 30 percent to 4585 in April from a year ago, the Motor Industry Association said. It was the highest monthly increase for the year so far.

Wellington, March 4 NZPA - After a commanding lead as the country's most popular new car last year, the Toyota Corolla fell into fourth place in February, but the company attributes the decline to a quiet period for fleet buying rather than bad worldwide publicity.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Telecom's woes with its XT network dominated the New Zealand sharemarket in what was generally a flat day. Overall, the benchmark NZX-50 index ended the day down 3.387 points, or 0.1 percent at 3126.367.

Wellington, Feb 2 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket started the morning positively but gave it all away in the afternoon to end up slightly down for the day.

By Pam Graham of NZPA Wellington, Jan 28 NZPA - Former Brierley Investments Ltd executive John Beattie saw no signs of tension in missing businessman Herman Rockefeller when his family enjoyed a holiday with Mr Rockefeller's family in Australia earlier this month.

Wellington, Jan 28 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket edged up in opening trading today, with a dozen stocks gaining between 1 and 3 cents.

Wellington, Jan 26 NZPA - Advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed Australian adman Dylan Harrison as its New Zealand creative director, filling the position left vacant by Mike O'Sullivan last year.