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Trade Me is New Zealand's largest online auction and classifieds website. Managed by Trade Me Ltd., the site was founded in 1999 by New Zealand entrepreneur Sam Morgan, who sold it to Fairfax in 2006 for NZ$700 million. [1] Trade Me was publicly listed as a separate entity on 13 December 2011 under the ticker "TME".
Auckland CBD contains New Zealand's largest concentration of multi-story commercial buildings and businesses The Kinleith Mill, part of the forestry sector in New Zealand The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, opened in 1971. This is a list of notable companies based in New Zealand, a country in Oceania.
Sam Morgan received $227 million (excluding future bonuses), making him one of the richest people in New Zealand overnight. Morgan is now an investor and advisor to a number of start-up businesses and is also involved with several not-for-profit organisations including Medicine Mondiale and One Acre Fund.
Toll New Zealand (rolling stock and inter-island ferries) Ontrack (track and infrastructure) Formerly New Zealand Rail (1990–1995), Tranz Rail (1995–2002), Toll New Zealand (2002–2008) Kordia: 1 July 1989 Subsidiary of Television New Zealand: Formerly Broadcast Communications Limited or BCL, renamed 2006. Landcorp: 1 April 1987
Tourism Holdings Limited usually called 'THL' and formerly known as The Helicopter Line is a New Zealand tourism company that has been listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange since 1986. The company began as a scenic helicopter sightseeing business and grew by acquiring new businesses and diversifying. [1]
By 2013 foreign ownership in New Zealand had increased dramatically from $9.7 billion in 1989 to $101.4 billion – an increase of over 1,000%. [2] Between 1989 and 2007, foreign ownership of the New Zealand sharemarket went from 19% to 41% but has since dropped back to 33%.
Rae established Gull New Zealand was established in 1998, as the New Zealand arm of the business. It opened its first retail outlet in Frankton, Hamilton in 1999. [2] In December 2016, Rae agreed terms to sell Gull New Zealand to Caltex Australia (later Ampol). [3] [4] [5] The sale was completed in July 2017. [6]
Briscoe Group is a New Zealand retail chain. It has 92 stores throughout New Zealand trading under the Briscoes Homeware (48) and Rebel Sport (44) nameplates. [1] The company was founded in 1861 in Dunedin, New Zealand, providing wares to gold miners. [2] Profit in 2022 was $88.4 million. [3] It has 2,300 staff in 90 stores. [4]