This Month
Future Fund-backed OneFortyOne in mega forestry deal
The biggest forestry deal by an Australian-owned firm in a decade comes as the country prepares for the next home-building boom.
May
BioScout goes global using AI to protect farms, vineyards from disease
The venture capital-backed start-up is expanding internationally after its founders turned scientific research into an increasingly lucrative agricultural tech player.
‘Needs a lot of work’: Industry says FIRB still has big problems
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has launched a new portal for applications to the Foreign Investment Review Board, but industry players say it needs a lot more work.
Our wine writer meets his match in a NZ gorge
The highlight of a tasting tour through Martinborough has nothing to do with vineyards.
Anti-Trumpers race to New Zealand with golden visas
The majority of new applicants are from the US, followed by Hong Kong and China, as Donald Trump drives global uncertainty.
‘In a financial trap’: NZ cuts punish public sector, business, workers
The conservative government will release its annual budget on Thursday and is expected to continue to push fiscal discipline.
Tracey Spicer’s journey from wheelchair to mountaintop
Raising funds for UN Women’s programs, the journalist gets back on her feet after illness to scale New Zealand’s rocky mountains.
How Australian farmers are being dudded on European sales
Australian beef exports to Europe would need to triple and sheep sales rise six-fold to match what New Zealand farmers enjoy under their free trade deal.
Mr New Zealand resigns from Goldman Sachs
The company’s top banker across the Tasman has left the building.
Rich Lister Greg Goodman buys Olympian’s $20m Double Bay penthouse
Logistics and warehousing heavyweight Gregory Goodman has added to his expansive luxury portfolio with a $20m Double Bay penthouse.
Rothschild & Co MD jumps to Jarden
Jarden’s newly installed executive chairman Aidan Allen announced the appointment to staff on Wednesday.
Women revolt at NZ government’s pay equity walk-back
A new law announced and legislated inside 48 hours last week has prompted protests by women across the country.
Sigma says no slowdown in Chemist Warehouse store rollout
Sigma Healthcare says earnings rose 36 per cent for the first nine months of the financial year.
Accor checks into three hotels as big chains battle to expand
The hotel conglomerate has signed three new management agreements for hotels run by a Malaysian platform in Sydney, Western Australia and New Zealand.
EU eyes closer ties to trans-Pacific bloc as Trump jolts trade order
Plans to build stronger links between Brussels and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership have gained momentum.
Forrests’ Tattarang backs Bega Cheese bid for $4b Fonterra spin-off
The billionaire family’s investment vehicle says it supported the ASX-listed dairy company’s growth ambitions and interest in the NZ-based business.
April
Wealth giant FNZ faces class action by employee shareholders
The wealth technology group, which counts NAB and Colonial as clients, will defend itself in one of the biggest-ever cases straddling NZ and Australia.
New Zealand proposes law change to deliver CBA, ANZ major legal win
The country’s conservative government has taken the unusual step in intervening in a stoush between thousands of bank customers and the lenders with new laws.
Fix Australia’s restructuring laws to let viable companies live
Three key targeted law reform tweaks might help unwell, injured or overleveraged companies get back in the race for the benefit of all their stakeholders.
NZ toy billionaire says prices to double in trade war
Nick Mowbray built his fortune from a network of toy factories in China. Now tariffs have “paralysed” his company Zuru Group that sells to Walmart and Target.