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Zespri prepared to put up a fight over lookalike variety
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Zespri prepared to put up a fight over lookalike variety

It believes a locally bred variety is similar to its SunGold fruit.

Riley Kennedy 15 Jul 2025
Sorensen gets share freeze over Sam Watson’s ASX-listed entity
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Sorensen gets share freeze over Sam Watson’s ASX-listed entity

Sam Watson founded Bioxyne, an ASX-listed alternative health company.

Victoria Young 15 Jul 2025
Senior lawyer suspended for grabbing colleague’s genitals, making lewd comments
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Senior lawyer suspended for grabbing colleague’s genitals, making lewd comments

A senior lawyer at a big law firm who grabbed a junior colleague’s penis at a Christmas party and made lewd comments about people he worked with has been suspended for 15 months.The man, who has interim name suppression, was drunk at two parties run by his firm several years ago....

Staff reporters 10 Jul 2025


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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