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Sanford delivers better-than-expected half-year result

12 hours ago | nbr.co.nz | Fiona Rotherham

CEO David Mair says the fishing and aquaculture company is halfway through a turnaround. NZX-listed fishing and aquaculture company Sanford has delivered its best half-year adjusted earnings result in a decade, with net profit after tax more than doubling, despite only a modest rise in revenue. The $34 million result follows a rigorous focus on cost-cutting and efficiency gains, under Want to read more? It's easy.
Angel investors show increased interest in new deals

21 hours ago | nbr.co.nz | Fiona Rotherham

Deals The inaugural NZ Angel Market Report shows angels invested $15m overall in FY25. The first official report of angel investment in New Zealand has shown increased enthusiasm for new deals over the past year. The inaugural NZ Angel Market Report, which uses data going back four years, shows investment has yet to return to the heady levels it hit after the pandemic. However, Want to read more? It's easy.
Labour policies offer hope in tough financial times

23 hours ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Edwards

Labour policies offer hope in tough financial times ANALYSIS: Budget to invest more in Elevate Fund as part of the Coalition’s growth agenda. WATCH: NBR political editor Brent Edwards speaks with Jonathan Mitchell. There was plenty of irony in Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ pre-Budget speech at Sharesies’ Wellington head office this week.
Reports of recruitment scams more than double

1 day ago | nbr.co.nz | Fiona Rotherham

Reports of recruitment scams more than double Fishing and aquaculture company Sanford is one of the latest to be hit by fake ads. As Consumer New Zealand says, “if you spot a job that’s too good to be true, it usually is”. A big yellow alert about a job scam sits at the top of the website for NZX-listed fishing and aquaculture company Sanford.
The Green Party's proposal to tax and spend billions more

1 day ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Edwards

Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says it is a matter of political choices. The Green Party’s alternative Budget, which it released today, includes a wealth tax to help pay for free GP visits, free early childhood education and free dental care. It is a marked contrast to the more constrained Budget that Finance Minister Nicola Willis will deliver next week. Green Party Want to read more? It's easy.
No clear link between SOE performance and chief executive pay

1 day ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Edwards

But the Treasury says that in itself is not evidence of a problem with remuneration. Just over one-third of Crown companies have performed badly over the past five years, but the Treasury is wary of drawing a link between poor performance and chief executive pay. In two reports to State-owned Enterprises Minister Simeon Brown, it analysed the performance of the SOEs and then made Want to read more? It's easy.
Elevate to get another $100m, Finance Minister says

2 days ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Edwards

Nicola Willis uses pre-Budget speech to criticise Labour leader Chris Hipkins as ‘financially illiterate’. Later-stage startup firms will get access to more capital, with the Government increasing its investment in the Elevate NZ Venture Fund by $100 million. In a pre-Budget announcement at Sharesies’ Wellington headquarters, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said the capital injection would be included Want to read more? It's easy.
Aussie opposition votes for moderate leader

2 days ago | nbr.co.nz | Lachlan Colquhoun

Aussie opposition votes for moderate leader In the aftermath of the election drubbing, Sussan Ley’s elevation charts a course back to the centre for the opposition. Sussan Ley entered parliament in 2011, and was a minister in previous Coalition governments. Australia’s Liberal opposition has elected its first female parliamentary leader, with former deputy Sussan Ley winning a vote in Canberra today.
The unfinished business of measuring public sector performance

2 days ago | nbr.co.nz | Brent Edwards

The unfinished business of measuring public sector performance Outgoing Auditor-General John Ryan still finding it hard to answer question: what do we got for our money? WATCH: Auditor-General John Ryan speaks with Brent Edwards. Outgoing Auditor-General John Ryan is encouraged his office has made a lot of progress around public accountability and performance reporting, but he knows there is more to do.
Podcast #56: Pipes, roads, rates – our local election special - NBR | The Authority since 1970

3 days ago | nbr.co.nz | Simon Shepherd

LISTEN: Three former long-serving mayors give their takes on how their cities are developing. In this episode of The NBR Podcast with Simon Shepherd: They are known as the Engine Room, the Capital, and the Playground. What are the big issues facing Auckland, Wellington, and Queenstown? As part of the NBR’s Focus series on the local government elections, three former mayors – Phil Goff, Want to read more? It's easy.