No legal shield for company directors who say climate change 'doesn't exist'
Company directors and fund managers who fail to manage investment risks associated with climate change are failing in their legal duties under the Companies Act, according to a legal opinion commissioned by new business lobby group The Aotearoa Circle.Based on the opinion from la...
Water, methane reforms a $7b hit to economy by 2050: Dairy NZ
Implementing the government's freshwater clean-up reforms and cutting methane emissions will cost the economy about $7 billion a year by 2050, lobby group DairyNZ says.The government's Essential Freshwater package "could significantly harm New Zealand's dairy sector and the wider...
Kids, elderly keep cash use alive, Reserve Bank study finds
As anyone who has bought a $2 picture from a streetside stall staffed by 7 year-olds or watched an elderly person fumble with an ATM already knows, cash remains the preferred medium of the very young and older people.Now, a Reserve Bank study into society's use of the folding stu...
Govt plans standalone, independent tapwater czar
The government will legislate for the creation of a new stand-alone drinking water regulator, possibly before next year's general election.The decision marks the end of a three-year process that began when contaminated tapwater made more than 5,000 people in Havelock North ill in...
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