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Kiwi culture makes easy victims for hackers
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Kiwi culture makes easy victims for hackers

International fraudsters are increasingly turning their attention towards this part of the world, where complacent and trusting victims are easy to find as once-bitten US businesses firm up their cyber defence measures. Australasian beer maker Lion has been in the spotlight in...

Dan Brunskill 24 Jun 2020
FMA brings KiwiSaver estimates to heel
Markets Free

FMA brings KiwiSaver estimates to heel

A dose of reality has been injected into KiwiSaver projections this month after the Financial Markets Authority began requiring providers to use standardised return estimates in online calculators. The forecasts, created for the government by actuarial firm Melville Jessup Wea...

Dan Brunskill 21 Jun 2020
The classic office, alive and thriving
Property

The classic office, alive and thriving

Covid-19 may have hastened the move to flexible, work-share environments but the death knell hasn't quite rung yet in the high end of town. While the global response to the covid pandemic has brought a better understanding of digital tools and an acceptance that working from h...

Brent Melville 20 Jun 2020
Puhoi to Warkworth PPP claim adds pressure to stretched land transport fund
Policy

Puhoi to Warkworth PPP claim adds pressure to stretched land transport fund

The New Zealand Transport Agency has provided for an $83 million claim on the unfinished $709.5 million Puhoi to Warkworth road, adding even more pressure to an already stretched budget.The project is the second public-private partnership used by the NZTA and, like Transmission G...

Paul McBeth 18 Jun 2020