Tensions appear to be ongoing, as more details emerge of the dispute simmering at the Youtap fintech company.
A year after the commission's final report into frontier businesses, the Labour government wants a report card on progress.
The winners of this year's $77.4m Marsden Fund awards for blue-sky research run the gamut from hard science to cultural research into taniwha and the socio-historical effects of Paeroa's giant L&P bottle.
The new regulations will see affordability checks applied to loans above $600.