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Aug 7, 2024 | 
dimensiaktual.com | A.H. Mostofa Zaman |Jennifer Carpenter |Julia Jones |Cherilyn Wilson
Dexter’s love interests added complexity to the show, with some supporting his dark side while others brought out his humanity. Relationships like Lila and Hannah reflected Dexter’s dark nature, while Rita and Lumen showed his capacity for love and redemption. Despite the controversial storylines, Dexter’s romances played a significant role in shaping his character and the overall narrative.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
pbo.co.uk | Julia Jones
It is a century since the first Deben Cherub was launched. Julia Jones looks back at the history of this 21ft river racing class
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May 5, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka |Simon Robertson |Julia Jones |Peter Griffin
A brief burst of euphoria about New Zealand being run like a business has morphed into a period of panic that we’re not a particularly thriving one.Treasury’s chief economic adviser Dominick Stephens shared his insights into how some of the forecasting for the budget was going at a lecture at AUT University in Auckland last week.
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May 3, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Simon Robertson |Julia Jones |Peter Griffin |David Chaplin
'Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.' – Mike Tyson.An investment framework …The most important thing to me and anyone I know who is serious about investing is to have “an investment framework” – it’s at the core of making investment decisions. It’s a mental model (also on paper) of how you think about businesses – you develop it over time, it changes as the world does, and you learn from the mistakes and adjust. It's relentless. The job is to navigate ma...
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Riley Kennedy |Rebecca Howard |Julia Jones
Liquidators of a collapsed live export partnership have failed to take a claim against a shipping company that didn’t turn up for its voyage.PwC’s Malcolm Hollis and Wendy Somerville had managed to secure litigation funding, but they ran out of time.The non-completion of the voyage by MV Al Kuwait three years ago ultimately led to Genetic Development (NZ) Exports Limited Partnership’s insolvency.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Victoria Carter |Julia Jones |Georgina Toomey
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This time, she talks to Emmet Hobbs, chairman of Hirepool, LM Technologies and a director of Hydraulink in NZ and Australia.I was disappointed when: both my marriages broke up, but the offset is that I am now great friends with my ex-wives. I chat multiple times a week with them.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Pattrick Smellie |Rebecca Howard |Julia Jones
Australian broking house Bell Potter has delivered a 53.5% upgrade on its target share price for Australian securities exchange-listed Santana Minerals’ Central Otago gold prospect.The target lifted from A$1.40 (NZ$1.52) to A$2.15, and the re-rating still has Santana (SMI) as a speculative buy.It follows the publication of the results of a scoping study that continued to show strong potential for a highly productive, low-cost gold mining operation at Bendigo-Ophir, at the southern end of the...
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Rebecca Howard |Julia Jones |Pattrick Smellie
Terra Vitae Vineyards said this week its total yield from this year's harvest was 4,044 tonnes, some 20% below its budgeted tonnage. “This reflects the results industry-wide, which is reporting drops of 20%-30% in the Marlborough and Hawke’s Bay regions,” it said. “The drop in yields is a result of the poor weather conditions during flowering, resulting in lighter and lower numbers of bunches.”The previously signalled lower grape price and “low yields will have a significant impact on Terra...
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Julia Jones |Rebecca Howard |Pattrick Smellie
On Feb 15, we celebrated the historic 1882 milestone when New Zealand first exported frozen lamb, a pioneering move that opened lucrative export avenues for the country for many years. However, in the face of evolving markets, there seems to be a noticeable lack of innovation in the red meat export industry. While markets continue to evolve, innovation in the red meat export industry could be further encouraged.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Paul McBeth |Dileepa Fonseka |Simon Robertson |Julia Jones
It’s easy to look at the voluntary administration of Cannasouth late on a Friday afternoon with jaded eyes. The medicinal cannabis firm had grand ambitions to latch on to the surging global market and stole a march on its local rivals by going public in 2019, raising $10 million at 50 cents a share and touting its ability to secure licences and strong relationships with regulators as selling points. The calibre of founders Nic Foreman and Mark Lucas was impressive.
