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Brent Melville

New Zealand

Senior Financial Journalist at The National Business Review

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  • 1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Interislander cops formal warning from ComCom Cook Strait ferry service rapped over the knuckles for 2023 failings and refusal to pay compensation to affected passengers, but says it will get its house in order. Interislander's Kaitaki ferry. The Interislander has acknowledged failings that have led to breaches of the Fair Trading Act and has changed its policy on passenger refunds and compensation.

  • 1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Law Realtor alleged to have reneged on a $600,000 referral fee generated through a $30 million property sale at Five Mile.

  • 1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    ANZ Bank came out of the blocks on Tuesday with cuts to its short-term rates, carving 40 basis points off its six-month 'special' rate to 5.49%, and putting all of its one-to-two-year annual fixed rates at 4.99%. Kiwibank essentially mirrored that move by taking 20bp off its one-year fixed rate. On Want to read more? It's easy.

  • 1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    NZICC opening will be a ‘game changer’ – Nigel McKenna Many new builds in Auckland CBD were built in the belief NZ’s largest business drawcard would be up and running long ago, Templeton Group founder says. Templeton Group founder Nigel McKenna. The deadline for the completion of SkyCity's NZ International Convention Centre has been something of a moving feast over the past several years, though NZX-listed Fletcher Building remains committed to a mid-year handover.

  • 1 week ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Melville

    Housing whirligig resumes, as Auckland prices ramp up Asking prices hit a 10- month high in March, rallying back above the $1 million level as interest rates fall. Housing market is starting to spin again, particularly in Auckland. Residential asking prices in Auckland tracked up to $1.06 million last month, an average increase of $60,000 per home since September, when prices had dipped below the $1m level.

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Brent Melville
Brent Melville @BrentMelville
31 Mar 23

New Zealand’s only ‘more than 5-star’ hotel is on the market though founder Kevin Carlin and his team come as part of the deal. #hotel #queenstown https://t.co/1boRzNn2FT

Brent Melville
Brent Melville @BrentMelville
28 Feb 23

Investors into Du Val Capital Partners’ mortgage fund don’t really know where to turn as it has shut off the interest tap ahead of a restructuring and questionable IPO. Eyes now must really be on the FMA to see how they react to a…https://t.co/f6jeHL88eU https://t.co/JkBgN9GWZk

Brent Melville
Brent Melville @BrentMelville
10 Jan 23

Startling revelations from the Otago Regional Council that it is clipping a surcharge on Queenstown-Lakes ratepayers, of $600,000 a year, to cover off potential 'losses' of running a decent public transport system in Whakatipu. Mon…https://t.co/j4n7LNW96m https://t.co/t6N8u1FR5x