Matt Nippert

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

Revenue Minister Simon Watts announced that Inland Revenue is receiving an extra $35 million a year in the Budget to improve tax collection after tax debts ballooned to $8.5 billion. Photo / Alex BurtonInland Revenue investigators have been allocated an extra $35 million annually to tackle New Zealand’s ballooning multibillion-dollar tax debt mountain.

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

After long-running suppression orders lapsed, Peter Huljich has been revealed as the Pushpay executive convicted of insider trading. He has signalled he will appeal his conviction to the Supreme Court. Rich-lister Peter Huljich has been revealed as the Pushpay executive convicted of insider trading. Huljich’s identity had been suppressed since he was charged by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) in February 2022.

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

Banning orders imposed by the Registrar of Companies reveal 10 of NZ's worst business people. Illustration / NZ Herald. Photo / 123rf What does it take to get banned for life from running a business? Typically decades of business failure, dozens of criminal convictions, and wholesale disregard for the restrictions of bankruptcy. Matt Nippert dives into banning orders imposed by the Registrar of Companies over the past decade and finds 10 of New Zealand’s worst business people.

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

The Court of Appeal has declined to continue name suppression for a businessman convicted of insider trading, but granted him a week of further anonymity to decide whether to appeal that decision. Photo / Mark MitchellA prominent businessman found guilty in 2023 of insider trading over the sale of Pushpay Holdings shares is closer to being named, with the Court of Appeal increasing his fine and dismissing his bid for continued name suppression.

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

Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Whakatōhea Mussels managing director Peter Vitasovich at Ōpōtiki in September. An update of the status of hundreds of millions of dollars in Provincial Growth Fund investments – and $52 million tipped into one troubled mussel farm in particular – is being held up by auditors because of “complex issues”. Regional investment vehicle the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) was formally renamed Crown Regional Holdings (CRH) in 2021.