Government pumping cash into media has been uneven, created winners and losers, and could hold back small, new players, a Sapere report for the culture and heritage ministry says.
Combining logistics and mining, a new venture has big plans for mineral-rich West Coast sands.
The national carrier needs to raise more than a billion dollars to get debt off its balance sheet and have enough cash to restart international travel when possible.
In a runaway property market, Fletcher paid just $265k for a site it put 10 homes on in Christchurch.