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MPI appoints QC to look into its own fishing investigations

MPI appoints QC to look into its own fishing investigations

By Edwin Mitson May 19 (BusinessDesk) - A Queen's Counsel has been appointed by the Ministry for Primary Industries to carry out an independent investigation into two operations in 2012 and 2013 around the potentially illegal discarding of fish by fishing vessels based in the...

Edwin Mitson 19 May 2016
Peer-to-peer travel app maker CityInsidr hits up crowd for $300k in AlphaCrowd's first offer

Peer-to-peer travel app maker CityInsidr hits up crowd for $300k in AlphaCrowd's first offer

By Paul McBeth May 19 (BusinessDesk) - CityInsidr wants to raise up to $300,000 to market its soon-to-be-released peer-to-peer travel app in the first offer on equity crowdfunding platform AlphaCrowd.  The Auckland-based company this week launched its crowdfunding offer, se...

Paul McBeth 19 May 2016
Review of OIO 'good character' assessment will be conducted by Peter McKenzie QC

Review of OIO 'good character' assessment will be conducted by Peter McKenzie QC

By Tina Morrison May 19 (BusinessDesk) - An independent inquiry to review the Overseas Investment Office's process for assessing good character will now be conducted by Wellington barrister Peter McKenzie QC, because Terence Stapleton QC is no longer available to carry out the...

Tina Morrison 19 May 2016