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‘Elusive and obstructive’: Eric Watson accepts legal challenge

‘Elusive and obstructive’: Eric Watson accepts legal challenge

It took liquidators nearly a year to serve documents on the businessman.

Victoria Young 05 Dec 2022
Government to force Big Tech to pay for news
Election 2020

Government to force Big Tech to pay for news

News media lobbying has convinced the government to introduce a mandatory negotiation process for big tech platforms to pay for news.

Daniel Dunkley 04 Dec 2022
US judge says Sea Shepherd is ‘likely to succeed’ in NZ fish case
Primary Sector

US judge says Sea Shepherd is ‘likely to succeed’ in NZ fish case

Campaigners win first round in court fight over protections for Māui dolphins. 

Jem Traylen 02 Dec 2022
Class action reforms to start next year
News in Brief

Class action reforms to start next year

Policy work on a new law clarifying how representative lawsuits should work is due to start next year.

Oliver Lewis 01 Dec 2022


Victoria Young
Victoria Young

Editor

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. 
You can follow her on Twitter @victoriayoung03 or connect with her on LinkedIn here.

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