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PATTRICK SMELLIE: RNZ ad campaign - clever marketing or own goal?
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Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: RNZ ad campaign - clever marketing or own goal?

Radio New Zealand chief executive Paul Thompson's Twitter handle is @strikerpaul - a reference to his love of football and his favoured position: striker, the aggressive goal-scorer.Much of what he's done at RNZ since taking the reins in 2013 has been innovative, refreshing and n...

Pattrick Smellie 04 Mar 2020
Moa says earnings will still be positive despite downgrade
Listed Companies

Moa says earnings will still be positive despite downgrade

Beer and cider maker Moa Group has downgraded its forecast annual operating profit although it still expects to post its first ever positive earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation result, thanks to its newly acquired hospitality venues. Now, the company e...

Jenny Ruth 03 Mar 2020
Greens chalk up win as default KiwiSavers face fossil fuel ban
Finance

Greens chalk up win as default KiwiSavers face fossil fuel ban

The Green Party has notched up an election year win, with a complete ban on KiwiSaver default funds in fossil fuel producing companies announced today.And KiwiSaver contributors who fail to decide where to put their money will no longer be put into the lowest-returning, least ris...

Paul McBeth 01 Mar 2020
Govt dashes hopes for Chinese student travel exemption
Economy

Govt dashes hopes for Chinese student travel exemption

The government has dashed universities' hopes of a temporary exemption for around 6,000 Chinese students who have been unable to start their studies in New Zealand because of the ban imposed on travel from China following the coronavirus outbreak.Universities New Zealand had lobb...

Pattrick Smellie 28 Feb 2020