Business

Joyce awarded $269,000 in costs in NBR defamation suit
Law & Regulation

Joyce awarded $269,000 in costs in NBR defamation suit

Former Finance Minister Steven Joyce has been awarded $269,000 in solicitor and client costs after successfully suing The National Business Review and its owner Todd Scott for defamation. The former finance minister did not seek damages in the proceeding, launched over a 2018...

Victoria Young 14 Jun 2020
Would a trans-Tasman bubble put it all at risk?
Economy

Would a trans-Tasman bubble put it all at risk?

Pressure to create the trans-Tasman bubble is ramping up but is it worth the risk?

Rebecca Howard 13 Jun 2020
QEX faces challenging six months after revenue fall
Services

QEX faces challenging six months after revenue fall

QEX Logistics expects a challenging first half, with sales for the past two months down 23 percent but a lift in activity expected in June and July.The logistics company, which exports Kiwi products such as baby food and health supplements to individual Chinese consumers, said tr...

Dan Brunskill 12 Jun 2020
Judge keeps NZME-Stuff hearing under wraps
Law & Regulation

Judge keeps NZME-Stuff hearing under wraps

Details of a further hearing following failed merger negotiations between the NZ Herald’s owner NZME and Stuff’s former owner Nine Entertainment have been kept under wraps by the High Court at Auckland. Justice Sarah Katz today heard arguments over whether redactions to her or...

Victoria Young 12 Jun 2020