New Zealand Personal Products Stock News

Vector Limited has released unaudited operating results for the six months ended 31 December 2025, reporting modest growth in electricity customers and distributed volumes alongside weaker gas distribution activity. An interesting shift within the portfolio is the contrasting trends of rising electricity connections and volumes against declining gas connections and usage, highlighting evolving network demand. We’ll now examine how this divergence between growing electricity volumes and...

Contact Energy reported that its retail mass-market electricity and gas sales, as well as wholesale contracted electricity sales, increased year on year in December 2025, while hydro storage levels remained above historical averages into January 2026. At the same time, the company highlighted continued progress on its Glenbrook-Ohurua battery, Kowhai Park Solar, and Te Mihi Stage 2 geothermal projects, underscoring an expanding pipeline of renewable generation assets. We will now examine how...

In recent weeks, Air New Zealand has faced widespread flight delays and cancellations across major New Zealand and Australian airports, stranding passengers and straining operations. Beyond immediate travel chaos, the recurring disruptions raise broader questions about service reliability, customer confidence, and the airline’s operational resilience. We’ll now examine how these widespread disruptions and reliability concerns may influence Air New Zealand’s broader investment narrative. This...

Mercury NZ (NZSE:MCY) has drawn fresh attention after its latest quarterly update, where investors focused on commissioning progress at the Ngā Tamariki OEC5 geothermal expansion and strong hydro inflows supporting generation and storage. See our latest analysis for Mercury NZ. At a share price of NZ$6.35, Mercury NZ has had a softer start to the year, with a year to date share price return of 2.31% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 10.13%. This suggests that near term momentum has...

Summerset Group Holdings (NZSE:SUM) has just reported record FY25 retirement village sales, with higher new sales and resales of occupation rights, putting its New Zealand and Australian operations and 2026 sales pipeline in sharper focus for investors. See our latest analysis for Summerset Group Holdings. The record FY25 sales come after a patchy year for the share price, with a 7 day share price return of a 3.79% decline and a year to date share price return of a 3.63% decline. However, the...

Operating results put Vector in focus Vector (NZSE:VCT) is drawing investor attention after releasing unaudited operating results for the six months to 31 December 2025, highlighting small shifts across its electricity and gas distribution activities. See our latest analysis for Vector. At a share price of NZ$4.9, Vector’s recent 7 day and 30 day share price returns of 1.45% sit alongside a 1 year total shareholder return of 34.65%, suggesting that near term price momentum has cooled while...

Ryman Healthcare Limited reported that sales of occupation right agreements for its retirement village units slipped to 375 in the third quarter ended 31 December 2025, compared with 394 a year earlier. Despite this softer quarterly performance, the company reaffirmed its full-year guidance of 1,300 to 1,400 occupation right agreement sales, signaling management confidence in demand even as it adjusts for resident relocations from recently closed care centres. We’ll now examine how Ryman’s...

Recent flight cancellations, delays, and tight capacity during the busy travel season have pushed Air New Zealand (NZSE:AIR) back into focus for investors, particularly as these operational issues coincide with already cautious market sentiment. See our latest analysis for Air New Zealand. Those travel disruptions, Covid era credit headlines, and mixed signals around tourism recovery are playing out against a relatively soft share price backdrop, with a latest share price of NZ$0.58, a...

The a2 Milk Company has appointed Helena He as Chief Marketing Officer, drawing on her extensive experience in China’s infant milk formula and vitamins, minerals and supplements sectors, effective from 23 February 2026. Her leadership roles at Haleon, FrieslandCampina and Kimberly-Clark, especially in Shanghai and broader Asian markets, align closely with a2 Milk’s core growth regions and product focus. We’ll now examine how Helena He’s China-focused brand and category expertise could...

Port of Tauranga has re-lodged its fast-track application for the Stella Passage development in Te Awanui Tauranga Harbour, seeking approval to extend container and cargo berths, reclaim land, and carry out associated dredging within its existing footprint after legislative amendments corrected an earlier drafting error. The project’s designation as a priority under the Fast-track Approvals Act, alongside ongoing disagreement with iwi and hapū over cultural impact mitigation, underscores how...

Mercury NZ recently reported quarterly results highlighting very strong Waikato hydro inflows that lifted generation and supported high storage levels, alongside progress on commissioning the Ngā Tamariki OEC5 geothermal expansion. The Ngā Tamariki OEC5 project, expected to add 46 MW of net capacity and around 390 GWh of annual renewable baseload generation, underpins Mercury’s push into integrated energy and telco customer offerings. We’ll now examine how the Ngā Tamariki OEC5 geothermal...

Genesis Energy recently reported a strong second quarter for FY26, with high hydro output, record-low thermal generation, and an upgraded Normalised EBITDAF guidance range of $490 million to $520 million, supported by progress across its wind, solar, and battery storage projects. This combination of improved margin quality and advancing renewables and storage developments highlights how Genesis Energy is reshaping its generation mix while executing its Gen35 strategy. Next, we’ll examine how...

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a2 Milk (NZSE:ATM) has drawn fresh attention after appointing Helena He as Chief Marketing Officer, a move focused on brand, product and execution in China and other key infant nutrition markets. See our latest analysis for a2 Milk. That appointment lands at a time when the shares have eased back, with a 7 day share price return of 8.83% and a 30 day share price return of 5.27%, even though the 1 year total shareholder return is 55% and the 3 year total shareholder return is 35.12%. Recent...

Vector Limited's ( NZSE:VCT ) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 31x might make it look like a strong sell right now...

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Whilst it may not be a huge deal, we thought it was good to see that the Third Age Health Services Limited ( NZSE:TAH...

Key Insights The considerable ownership by individual investors in Spark New Zealand indicates that they collectively...

Investors may wish to note that the Chief Financial Officer of Napier Port Holdings Limited , Kristen Lie, recently...

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Viewing insider transactions for EBOS Group Limited's ( NZSE:EBO ) over the last year, we see that insiders were net...