Business

Gabs's last hurrah - Makhlouf apologises, agrees he erred
Finance

Gabs's last hurrah - Makhlouf apologises, agrees he erred

By Pattrick Smellie June 27 (BusinessDesk) - The departing secretary to the Treasury, Gabriel 'Gabs' Makhlouf has issued an apology for his department's lax website security and agreed that he got it wrong in describing the resulting breach of Budget security as a case of bein...

Pattrick Smellie 27 Jun 2019
Ardern reshuffles Woods to housing czar; no demotion for Twyford
Policy

Ardern reshuffles Woods to housing czar; no demotion for Twyford

By Pattrick Smellie June 27 (BusinessDesk) - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made Megan Woods her new housing minister in a bid to cauterise the political damage done by Phil Twyford’s leadership of the struggling KiwiBuild programme. Twyford remains in charge of urban devel...

Pattrick Smellie 27 Jun 2019
Faafoi seeks enduring iwi framework from 5G spectrum talks
Policy

Faafoi seeks enduring iwi framework from 5G spectrum talks

By Paul McBeth June 27 (BusinessDesk) -  Communications Minister Kris Faafoi wants a framework for iwi radio spectrum allocations that will endure beyond the current discussions over 5G technology.  The minister said he's had positive conversations over Treaty of Waitangi i...

Paul McBeth 27 Jun 2019
FMA says NZX market surveillance has improved
Finance

FMA says NZX market surveillance has improved

By Rebecca Howard June 27 (BusinessDesk) - Stock exchange operator NZX has made positive changes to its market surveillance since concerns were raised a year ago, the Financial Markets Authority's latest annual review found.  "This year’s review acknowledges the positive ch...

Rebecca Howard 27 Jun 2019