Lobby for Good is urging LGNZ delegates to press pause and demand answers. The remit may be well-intentioned, but the risk is clear. That it becomes another mechanism to shut the public out, ...

Auckland Council has launched a new sustainable finance initiative, a sustainability-linked bond (SLB), with a clear purpose: to deliver real, long-term benefits to the Auckland region through ...

Business sales are among the most significant decisions owners will ever make, often their final act before retirement. Planning for a quiet, clean exit starts with facing the fear of leaks head-on ...

The Government’s plan to refocus councils on core services, such as roading, core infrastructure, water, and rubbish, has taken a major step forward with the introduction of the Local Government ...

The Commerce Commission will shortly file civil proceedings against Foodstuffs North Island Limited (FSNI) and Gilmours Wholesale Limited (Gilmours) for alleged cartel conduct (market allocation) in ...

This is the chain created by City to Farm – a project run by Hibiscus Coast Zero Waste (HCZW) – to stop food waste going into ...

“Our settlement was signed back in 2021 and included a new covenant – He Kawenata Hōu – as the platform for us to build a new ...

The Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHANZ) is calling for urgent action to protect freshwater in Aotearoa New Zealand, warning that declining water quality, and the proposed weakening of ...

Speirs Finance Group has completed its first public term asset-backed securities (ABS) issue, securing NZ$200 million from a broad base of institutional investors in New Zealand and Australia. The ...

A Kiwi company that began as a West Auckland garage start-up nearly three decades ago has grown into one of NZ’s largest dual-market export operations, and is set for further expansion with the ...

Auckland couple Jay* and Rachel* have found out the hard way what happens when a loved one dies without a will. When Jay’s sister Lizzy* died suddenly aged just 39, leaving behind two young children, ...

Federated Farmers is calling for new proposed ‘green’ finance rules to be scrapped, warning they’re ideologically driven, unworkable, and risk doing real harm to rural communities. In a letter sent to ...