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Govt invests $35 mln to attract world-leading university entrepreneurs to NZ

Govt invests $35 mln to attract world-leading university entrepreneurs to NZ

By Fiona Rotherham July 20 (BusinessDesk) - The government is investing $35 million over four years into a new initiative, Entrepreneurial Universities, to attract world-leading entrepreneurial researchers and their teams to New Zealand to further strength the country’s univer...

Fiona Rotherham 20 Jul 2016
Xero to beef up product offer; says millionth customer due this year

Xero to beef up product offer; says millionth customer due this year

By Paul McBeth July 20 (BusinessDesk) - Xero will start offering new services as it seeks to transform the platform founded on accounting software into the online portal of choice for small businesses.  Chief executive Rod Drury told shareholders at the annual meeting in Sy...

Paul McBeth 20 Jul 2016
Urban Maori, Fisheries Commission agree to work together after court ruling

Urban Maori, Fisheries Commission agree to work together after court ruling

By Sophie Boot July 20 (BusinessDesk) - National Urban Māori representative John Tamihere says the group wants to work with Te Ohu Kaimoana, the Māori Fisheries Commission, after a ruling by Wellington's High Court that the commission's appointment of iwi-affiliated directors...

Sophie Boot 20 Jul 2016