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ANZ cuts deal in long-running farm swaps case
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ANZ cuts deal in long-running farm swaps case

ANZ Bank New Zealand cut a deal with a Taranaki farming family willing to pursue it through the courts over the way it sold interest rates swaps. Sharon and Stephen Coomey and their Bushline family trusts sought compensation from ANZ, claiming the bank misrepresented the effec...

Paul McBeth 24 Jul 2020
Blue Chip's Mark Bryers arrested in A$17m fraud probe
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Blue Chip's Mark Bryers arrested in A$17m fraud probe

Former Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers - who is banned from running companies in New Zealand - has been arrested in Australia as part of a A$17 million fraud investigation.

Victoria Young 22 Jul 2020
Greenpeace pressures EPA on Beach exploration
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Greenpeace pressures EPA on Beach exploration

Greenpeace is again trying to push the Environmental Protection Authority to widen the scope of public consultation on an offshore exploration proposal. In a submission on Beach Energy’s planned exploration off the North Otago coast, the environmental protest group said the co...

Gavin Evans 21 Jul 2020
Long-running Sorensen dispute settled
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Long-running Sorensen dispute settled

Investor John Sorensen has settled a longtime dispute with former business partner Michael Jacomb, who tried to get him to reveal his financial affairs. Jacomb, as trustee of Genset Trustees advanced millions to Edel Metals Groups, a company owned by Ken Wikeley, which Sorense...

Victoria Young 21 Jul 2020


Victoria Young
Victoria Young

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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024. 
She has been instrumental in growing BusinessDesk as this country’s premium business news brand.
She was the 2023 recipient of a Brian Gaynor initiative grant.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington. 
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