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NZ First to review donations policy as pressure mounts on PM
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NZ First to review donations policy as pressure mounts on PM

The New Zealand First Party "will be reviewing its arrangements for party donations", the party's leader and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has announced, as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to stand him down as a minister. The Electoral Commission today ref...

Pattrick Smellie 10 Feb 2020
NZ First Foundation complaint passed on to SFO
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NZ First Foundation complaint passed on to SFO

An already-stretched Serious Fraud Office will have to decide whether New Zealand First breached electoral law with its use of an external foundation to solicit funds.  The Electoral Commission today said it’s formed the view that the New Zealand First Foundation received dona...

Paul McBeth 10 Feb 2020
Directors' fee setting needs reform: NZSA
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Directors' fee setting needs reform: NZSA

The way directors' fees are set needs to be reformed to overcome "the obvious conflicts of interest" of directors deciding how much to pay themselves, according to New Zealand Shareholders' Association director Martin Watson.There is "a clear conflict of interest when directors t...

Jenny Ruth 10 Feb 2020
Law firm defends $11.6m negligence suit after landmark leaky building case
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Law firm defends $11.6m negligence suit after landmark leaky building case

A specialist leaky-building law firm has been sued for negligence for almost $12 million by the owners of the Spencer on Bryon tower on Auckland’s North Shore.  Grimshaw & Co had acted for the body corporate of the 23-storey hotel and apartment complex in its claim against the...

Victoria Young 07 Feb 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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