Kate MacNamara

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Kate MacNamara

Tend Health chief executive Cecilia Robinson has won the right to contract directly for public funds, but there's a catch. Photos / NZME, suppliedIn 2022, one of the country’s largest Primary Health Organisation-related networks, ProCare Group, spent more than $15 million to buy one of the country’s more valuable doctor’s offices: Health New Lynn.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Kate MacNamara

A billboard calling for investors in then start-up company Greenfern Medicinal Marijuana. The company is now in receivership. Failed medical marijuana company Greenfern Industries owes creditors $3 million and additional claims are expected, according to receivers Waterstone Insolvency’s first report, released today. Debt funders Emdex Ltd pushed the company into receivership in February, following confirmation that the previously NZX-traded company could not meet its payment obligations.

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Kate MacNamara

Regulation Minister and Act leader David Seymour has defended his Regulatory Standards Bill after officials ascribed it no monetary value. Photo / Mark MitchellImplementing the Regulatory Standards Bill will cost a minimum of $20 million per annum across an estimated 20 years, government officials estimate. However, the Ministry for Regulation, the agency responsible for the bill, has been unable to estimate a monetary value for benefits the red-tape busting law might bring.

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Kate MacNamara

The Grand Chateau Tongariro has been shuttered and empty since March 2023. Photo / Wikimedia CommonsThe Chateau Tongariro may be in line for a payment of roughly $5 million to help defray the hefty cost of repairing and restoring the derelict building. The funds would come from the building’s former lessee, Malaysian-based Kah, which shuttered the historic hotel at the entrance to the Tongariro National Park in March 2023.

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Kate MacNamara

Jim Grenon wants New Zealanders to see him as a businessman, not a bogeyman. NZME investor Jim Grenon’s past reveals a mix of some successful business exploits alongside some aggressive corporate tactics, including a C$27m ($NZ32.6m) lawsuit he admits was a significant loss for him and his business partner at the time. Kate MacNamara reports. Jim Grenon is sitting for a media interview for the first time in his 68 years. He wants New Zealanders to know he’s a businessman, not a bogeyman.