Matt Nippert

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Business Investigations Reporter at New Zealand Herald

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'Couldn't get his story straight': Playboy businessman's fall from grace

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

Home / Business / Companies / Banking and financeBy Matt NippertBusiness Investigations Reporter·NZ Herald·12 Apr, 2025 12:00 AM7 mins to readSubscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen. Already a subscriber? Sign in hereListening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. ‌SaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read.
Contractor left carrying can in Auckland Zoo loo design debate

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

This unassuming acccesible toilet at Auckland Zoo, opened in April 2024, has triggered legal claims of bad faith and complaints of copyright infringement. SUPPLIEDAuckland Zoo, a volunteer-run charity and a toilet-maker are stuck in a year-long legal standoff over claims of intellectual property infringement.
Fraud convictions see Auckland lawyer struck off

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

A lawyer who pleaded guilty for his part in his family’s alleged $8.6 million mortgage fraud scheme has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors. Photo / 123rfAn Auckland lawyer who pleaded guilty for his part in his family’s alleged $8.6 million mortgage fraud scheme has been struck off the roll of barristers and solicitors.
Teething problems for Zuru’s push into US nappy market

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

Rascals, acquired by Zuru in 2020 to expand from toys into consumer products, has fallen foul of advertising regulators in the United States. Zuru’s aggressive push into the multibillion-dollar United States nappy market has sprung a leak after complaints to regulators saw recommendations the company withdraw 10 advertising claims.
US billionaire Peter Thiel winds down NZ business interests

1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

Peter Thiel, seen here at a Bitcoin conference in 2022, is winding down his exposure to New Zealand business. American billionaire and surprise Kiwi Peter Thiel has further wound down his business connections to New Zealand — despite once claiming he would turbocharge our tech sector and that he “found no other country that aligns more with my view of the future than New Zealand” — with the shuttering of companies used in one of the country’s most one-sided investment plays.
Money-laundering rule changes may lead to New Zealand landing on undesirable grey list, officials warn

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

It is hoped a raft of reforms to New Zealand's anti-money laundering regime will reduce regulation and beat stringent new requirements under international agreements. Photo / NZMEReforms to the anti-money-laundering regime could risk grey-listing and affecting capital inflows, officials warn. Minister Nicole McKee aims to balance international requirements with regulatory relief, shifting oversight to the Department of Internal Affairs.
Class action targets ‘ineffective’ phenylephrine-based cold medicines

2 months ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | Matt Nippert

A class action has been filed claiming a pharmaceutical giant sold and marketed in New Zealand cold medicines that did not work. Australia-based JGA Saddler this morning filed a class action against Johnson & Johnson NZ over its phenylephrine-based cold medicines tablets and syrups, claiming they have long been shown to be ineffective. Johnson & Johnson is a United States-based pharmaceutical multinational and is among the 50 largest companies in the world.
Class action targets ‘ineffective’ cold medicines

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

JDA director Rebecca Jancauskas has filed a class action claiming drug-makers in New Zealand sold cold medicines they knew were ineffective. A class action has been filed claiming a pharmaceutical giant sold and marketed in New Zealand cold medicines that did not work. Australia-based JGA Saddler this morning filed a class action against Johnson & Johnson NZ over its phenylephrine-based cold medicines tablets and syrups, claiming they have long been shown to be ineffective.
NZ falls to fourth in global least-corrupt rankings, worst placement ever

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

Julie Haggie, chief executive of Transparency International New Zealand, says New Zealand's decline in the ranks of least-corrupt countries in the world is concerning. Photo / SuppliedNew Zealand has slipped to fourth place in the worldwide rankings of the country’s least corrupt countries, with the country achieving its worst placing ever on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. The index has compared countries annually since 1993 and for many decades placed New Zealand first.
Troubled property developer wound up owing at least $4 million

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Matt Nippert

Parts of Eco-Smart Homes – which developed residential property across Auckland - have gone into liquidation, with director Ritesh Mani telling the Herald he has stopped trading. Photo / Alex BurtonAn Auckland property developer has ceased trading, with the company’s director saying he has left the real estate sector after five companies in his group entered liquidation.