Wellington, Oct 11 NZPA - Carter Holt Harvey Ltd, the pulp, paper and packaging company owned by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart, has sold its Australian and New Zealand folding box business to Australian packaging company Colorpak.

Wellington, Aug 25 NZPA- New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart has run into a glitch in his United States takeover of Pactiv Corp, the maker of Hefty bags.

Wellington, May 27 NZPA - The big Evergreen Packaging company owned by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart will today announce it is investing more that $US50 million ($NZ75.1m) to upgrade its Pine Bluff mill in Arkansas.

Wellington, April 21 NZPA - Businessman Graeme Hart is looking to raise $US1.75 billion ($NZ2.46b) of new debt to help fund further consolidation of his global packaging business.

Wellington, March 11 NZPA - New Zealand businessman Graeme Hart ranks 144th in Forbes' annual list of billionaires with an estimated net worth of $US5.3 billion ($NZ7.56 billion). Forbes describes Mr Hart as a self-made businessman who made his money from investments.

Wellington, Feb 4 NZPA - New Zealand's richest man, Graeme Hart, is not commenting on reports he is considering selling part or all of the global packaging business he has built up.

Wellington, Jan 21 NZPA - A large corporate in the form of Carter Holt Harvey is selling 29 dairy farms near Tokoroa individually, while not ruling out the possibility of a sale to another corporate.

By Pam Graham of NZPA Wellington, Dec 23 NZPA - It was carnage out there at times on the New Zealand sharemarket this year and yet the price market operator NZX trades at on its own exchange doubled.

Wellington, Nov 25 NZPA - The global beverage packaging company built by New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart experienced a 50 percent rise in sales in China in its third quarter as the impact of the melamine scandal faded.

Wellington, July 24 NZPA - The value of the National Business Review's 2009 Rich List, published today, fell by nearly $6 billion from last year. This year's list of 155 entrants had a combined wealth of $38.7b, down from $44.4b in 2008.