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Heartland hires Kiwibank executive Richard Lorraway as new chief risk officer
By Paul McBeth Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Heartland New Zealand, the bank formed through the merger of Canterbury and Southern Cross building societies with Marac Finance, has hired Kiwibank executive Richard Lorraway as its new chief risk officer. Lorraway has held the same...

Decisions on controversial High Value Nutrition funding to be made by year end
By Fiona Rotherham Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) - The first and largest of the government’s controversial National Science Challenges, High Value Nutrition, will reach agreement by year’s end on what science will be funded to meet the goal of developing high-value foods with validat...

Kiwis push boundaries on UAVs as drones claim more traffic space in the skies
By Fiona Rotherham Nov. 10 (BusinessDesk) - Good old Kiwi ingenuity on a shoe-string budget could see the world’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for long-range search and rescue operational within the next two years. The Coastguard has been working with Christchurch-ba...