Wellington Mayor Justin Lester on the latest building evacuations

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Barrie Everard was a man who loved to entertain but in a 50-year career he remained largely behind the scenes in radio, movies and music.

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Medical device maker Fisher & Paykel Healthcare [NZX:FPH] increased first-half profit and has forecast a record annual result.

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No buyer has been found for Pumpkin Patch and the childrenswear business will be wound up.

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Volpara Health Technologies has raised $A7 million in a discounted placement and plans to raise a further $A3.7 million in an entitlement offer to shareholders that will close November 25.

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The siege on the Islamic State-held (IS) northern Iraqi city of Mosul is entering its second month as Baghdad’s forces slow considerably. Little progress to enter the city at any of the compass points will extend the battle’s predicted completion time to at minimum late January, or even February.

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Bapcor is appealing to the court of public opinion after the Takeovers Panel gave short shrift to its complaint that Hellaby Holdings and independent valuer Grant Samuel have engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct.

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A2 Milk shares jumped more than 8% after the company told Tuesday's annual shareholders' meeting sales in the first four months of the financial year almost doubled and that net profit is up nearly seven-fold.

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This morning saw Prime Minister John Key and Communications Minister Amy Adams on hand for a sod-turning ceremony at Mangawhai Heads, south of Whangarei.

Director and major investor Malcolm Dick concedes it was a symbolic event; no fibre will be laid across the Pacific by his company for a while yet.

But the NBR Rich Lister says a survey is now largely complete, and that contractor, New Jersey-based TE Subcom, has now manufactured around 2000km of fibre for the 19,000km submarine cable project.

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Although keeping alcohol safely on shelves during an earthquake is probably the present focus of many supermarkets, there is a continuing interest in how to display such items enticingly in a way that does not contravene the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

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