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NZ Post to beef up courier with PBT buy

If greenlit, acquisition will be part of a Post transformation plan to merge mail deliveries into courier services, creating a single network.

PBT Group is NZ's fourth largest courier company, servicing mainly business-to-business customers.

Dita De Boni Wed, 22 Nov 2023
Key points
  • What's at stake: A NZ post plan to merge mail deliveries into courier services, creating a single network.
  • Background: NBR has recently covered New Zealand Post’s stoush with some of its rural delivery contractors who claim Post is bypassing rural delivery runs and funneling deliveries to it courier services, as mail and package volumes plummet.
  • Main players: NZ Post, PBT Group, Commerce Commission, Freightways, Aramex, Fliway Group, Waterman Capital.

New Zealand Post’s push to beef up its courier services as mail and package volumes decline has taken another step forward this week, with the state-owned enterprise seeking clearance from the Commerce Commission to acquire the business contracts of one of the country’s smaller courier

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Dita De Boni Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Key points
  • What's at stake: A NZ post plan to merge mail deliveries into courier services, creating a single network.
  • Background: NBR has recently covered New Zealand Post’s stoush with some of its rural delivery contractors who claim Post is bypassing rural delivery runs and funneling deliveries to it courier services, as mail and package volumes plummet.
  • Main players: NZ Post, PBT Group, Commerce Commission, Freightways, Aramex, Fliway Group, Waterman Capital.
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