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The Fletcher Construction Company Limited is a New Zealand construction company [1] and a subsidiary of Fletcher Building. Together with Higgins Contractors Ltd and Brian Perry Civil it makes up the Construction division of Fletcher Building .
On 20 May, Fletcher Building announced its intention to lay off about 1000 staff in New Zealand, or approximately 10 percent of its workforce, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] On 11 August, it was reported that Fletcher Building was expecting a loss of NZ$196 million for the year to June 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [15]
Fletcher Challenge was a multinational corporation from New Zealand. It was formed in 1981 by the merger of Fletcher Holdings , Challenge Corporation and Tasman Pulp and Paper . It had holdings in construction, forestry, building, and energy, initially just within New Zealand and then internationally as well, and at one time was the largest ...
Sir James Fletcher (29 March 1886 – 12 August 1974) was a New Zealand industrialist who founded Fletcher Construction, one of the country's largest firms. His son, Sir James Fletcher Junior, continued to build the corporation.
Fletcher was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on Christmas Day 1914.He was James Senior's second son. In 1942, the year Fletcher Jnr became head of Fletcher Holdings, he married his office assistant, Margery Vaughan Gunthorp (born 9 February 1912 at Balclutha). [3]
The Fletcher FU-24 is an agricultural aircraft made in New Zealand. Being one of the first aircraft designed for aerial topdressing , the Fletcher has also been used for other aerial applications as a utility aircraft, and for sky diving .
Fletcher's wife is the former Chief Justice of New Zealand Dame Sian Elias. His brother Angus Fletcher, who was also involved with the family firm, is ex-husband to former Mayor of Auckland, and City and Government Minister Christine Fletcher. His older brother Jim Fletcher was murdered at his holiday home in the Bay of Plenty in 1993. [3]
Hugh Fletcher may refer to: Hugh Fletcher (businessman) (born 1947), New Zealand businessman and chancellor of the University of Auckland Hugh Fletcher (footballer) (1933–2023), Scottish footballer