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BusinessDesk: Locked down, fresh look, great mates' rates offer!

You’ll notice things look a little different here at BusinessDesk today. We’ve redesigned our site to make it more useable, including more content on the homepage and a more elegant article page. We want to make it easier for you to find the news you want to read. We’ve also give...

Matt Martel 04 Apr 2020
Intueri class action filed against Arowana, directors
Law & Regulation

Intueri class action filed against Arowana, directors

Investors in the failed Intueri Education Group have lodged a statement of claim in the High Court alleging the company that promoted the float, its directors and directors of Intueri withheld vital information from key documents and after Intueri listed on NZX.Intueri was floate...

Jenny Ruth 03 Apr 2020
Court sends seabed mining bid back to EPA
Policy

Court sends seabed mining bid back to EPA

Trans Tasman Resources’ bid to mine offshore iron sands has been referred back to the Environmental Protection Authority after the Court of Appeal found “multiple overlapping errors of law” in the approach of an earlier decision-making committee.The independent committee that gra...

Gavin Evans 03 Apr 2020
Companies get 6-month safe harbour on solvency law
Finance

Companies get 6-month safe harbour on solvency law

The government has responded to an increasing clamour from the business community and created a six-month "safe harbour" for directors of companies that would otherwise face insolvency as a result of the coronavirus crisis and national shutdown.Finance Minister Grant Robertson st...

Jenny Ruth 03 Apr 2020