The movement in credit conditions is significant, and for many, it feels like walking into a brick wall.
Helen Clark's former chief political adviser and former Meridian Energy CEO Keith Turner have turned up on the board of the national grid operator at a critical time for electricity policy.
Farmers have overwhelmingly supported a Fonterra capital restructure that needs a law change but that agriculture minister Damian O'Connor has said publicly he doesn't support.
Winton Land will need to move more like a cheetah than a hare to match the performance of long-time land developer, CDL Investments, Brian Gaynor suggests.