Du Val Podcast
A BusinessDesk podcast on the meteoric rise and dramatic downfall of the Du Val Group.
Du Val Podcast
The Fall of the House of Du Val Podcast
Former Du Val employee describes 'hard sell' tactics
The five-part podcast explores the property group's collapse and what can be learned.
Maria Slade
Property editor
Maria Slade is the NZ Shareholders Association 2021 Business Journalist of the year and was runner-up in the 2021 Citi Journalism Awards. She joined BusinessDesk in 2024 from NBR where she was a senior journalist. Prior to that she was business editor of the Spinoff. Slade has worked for most major NZ media outlets including NZ Herald, Stuff, Newstalk ZB and RNZ, and is the author of a how-to book for house hunters, Buyer Beware: A New Zealand Home Buyer’s Guide.
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