Kate MacNamara

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

Economist Andrew Sweet is the new executive director for the Covid Royal Commission of Inquiry, and two other seasoned economists have also taken up roles around him. In recent weeks, economists Philip Stevens and Dave Heatley have taken positions at the inquiry, as head of research and chief researcher respectively. The trio, along with inquiry commissioner and economist Judy Kavanagh, previously worked together at the now defunct Productivity Commission.

4 weeks 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 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.