An expected rate cut by the Fed, the onward march of AI, and surging gold prices belied what was otherwise a choppy week on global markets.
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A portion of the commitment to a five-year 1956 Seat will go to the Manuka Doctor Arena's $15m redevelopment.
Gold explorer adds 889ha to Central Otago land portfolio covering proposed mine project.
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After exiting the Datagrid project, Dick’s telecommunications investments nowadays rest with a half-share in Hero Internet.
ANALYSIS: Average M&A transaction value has rocketed up despite a pause in deal-making due to Donald Trump’s tariff curve-ball.
The Porirua headland, once ruled a ‘nullity’ under Te Tiriti, has returned to Ngāti Toa Rangatira after 177 years.
Corporate asset sales, insolvency processes, and equity raise recapitalisations have contributed heartily to M&A advisers’ work this year.
Accounting firm had a hand in 25 closed deals during the year ended June 30, 2025, collectively worth just over $1 billion.
ANALYSIS: The smallest council had the largest turnout of voters, while Auckland’s turnout was the lowest.
ANALYSIS: Is AI a structural foundation for long-term returns, or simply the accessory currently drawing all the attention?
ANALYSIS: The flurry of takeovers and dearth of new listings shows bold action is needed from policy makers.
ANALYSIS: The average KiwiSaver balance for people approaching retirement is often well below the amount needed to fund a ‘comfortable’ or even a ‘no-frills’ retirement lifestyle, alongside NZ Super.
Chair Susan Paterson replaced by John Scott as company takes $150m impairment on North American business.
Entry price of 32 cents puts the junior miner on a market capitalisation of $60.7 million.
Controlling shareholder Agria says its shock ousting of incumbent Garry Moore was ‘an opportunity to refresh the board’.
Purchases of Government bonds crystallised big losses on the Crown balance sheet, but were the equivalent of cutting the OCR by 90 basis points.
However, it insists there is no evidence that a 12-week gap over Christmas has caused problems.
But RBNZ says debt-to-income restrictions will remain the same.
Insurance Council welcomes the plan but says more urgency is needed.
He was Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.
Boards of both funds have ‘a strong appetite for exploring structural change’.
A Māui Toa national roadshow is rallying Māori investors behind fusion startup OpenStar, as a Māori Energy Summit begins.
Minister Shane Jones expected to push the Government’s plan to fast-track New Zealand’s aquaculture growth toward a $3b target, as the sector opens its annual conference in Nelson today.
Award-winning Māori firm is holding steady through industry turbulence, from the collapse of a rival to the daily abuse faced by frontline crews.
Grant McBeath says the company never intended to ‘bankroll growers’, following MyFarm fund’s voluntary administration this week.
The meat processing co-op’s pitch to farmers for a $250m bailout hits Alexandra.
Key Rockit stakeholders remain committed to the snack apple company following the voluntary administration of MyFarm’s Rockit orchard.
The write-down on brands such as Just Jeans, Jay Jays and Portmans sent Myer to a full-year loss, with its shares slumping 26% yesterday.
New Zealand imports all its aviation fuel, but there is momentum for a trans-Tasman biofuels industry.
The government says committing to the target and early action will boost the economy.
Head of the country’s largest tech company says it’s a question of when rather than if AI stocks will be re-rated.
Soul Capital CEO Jamie Newth calls the exit a ‘case study in impact venture capital’, as the company expands its AI ocean security tech into North America, Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
ANALYSIS: Space Minister Judith Collins says the Government will spend $5.3m on trans-Tasman space missions.
Drylandcarbon co-founder Ant Beverley wins claim against investment bankers Will Leckie and Chris Morrison.
The FMA had sought costs against the Du Val founders following a judgment in July.
Judge Christina Inglis says employment disputes have become too costly, but the Minister says she is too busy to regulate employment advocates.
A decision from Cabinet on whether to proceed with legislation that would make it easier for KiwiSaver providers to invest in unlisted assets is expected this month.
Sydney-based private equity firm Mercury Capital has taken a 25% stake in investment firm.
Contributions rose 8.8% to $12.2 billion for the year, although non-contributor numbers are also on the rise, the FMA says.
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NZX-listed NZME sold the daily deals business to its current owner in 2021 for $17.5m.
The non-bank lender was pinged for various disclosure and advertisement breaches.
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Brookfield to buy gas pipelines, Powerco to buy Eastland electricity lines.
San Francisco-based Karbon, founded by three former Xero employees, buys New Zealand firm for undisclosed sum.
Echo Technology Lifecycle Solutions plans to open a processing facility in the South Island.
World’s largest RV operator has reset its ‘baseline’ target, and measures just 1% of its greenhouse gas emissions inventory.
The level of investment in events will allow New Zealand to compete with Australia to host big acts, Tourism Minister says.
It will likely be another year of chopping and changing for the world’s biggest campervan operator with a ‘strategic review’ heralding a divestment from its UK and Ireland business.
The utility admits it hasn’t made provision in its 10-year plan for disposing of waste products, as it faces capacity limits at its biosolid dump site.
Details of the deal will be announced later this year.
Sale could proceed early next year, but final price will have to meet ministers’ ‘value-for-money expectations’.
Companies could owe more than $21m to creditors, and on the hook to the IRD for another $14.7m.
The tool was developed by an Auckland software engineer who took a costly hit on his new home build.
The Quattro Alberts Group has carved a niche in catering to small and medium-sized businesses in the Auckland CBD, snapping up secondary office blocks and building on a ‘'brown-to-green’ investment ethos.
Law firm strategic review sees focus return to public interest litigation.
The Law Association claims it is unfair the Law Society will get about two-thirds of the defunct Solicitors’ Fidelity Guarantee Fund.
It has added two partners, including a lateral hire, while losing one to the High Court bench in the past two months.
The firm is optimistic for the period ahead, particularly as interest rates continue to fall and the macro environment improves.
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Latest quarterly M&A report from ABC Business Sales includes age and ethnicity data for the first time.
Pet food business specialising in wild proteins has gone into liquidation, while a US subsidiary continues to stack up losses.
Attempts to sell the failed home appliances and furniture retailer were unsuccessful.
Owner Colin Neal says the more than a century-old brand looks set to disappear from the New Zealand retail landscape.
St Heliers’ top development sites hit the market, while historic Wellington station is wrapped up as a property and hospitality offering for foreign golden visa holders.
Offshore buyers are ‘pretty savvy’ and opening the doors won't ramp up prices, Sotheby’s International says.
Room rates at the Noctis, themed as a ‘day to night’ resort, are likely to be astronomical.
Tamworth Airport is hosting anniversary at former flying school.
The $20 million terminal upgrade has added 130 more seats.
The ALIA CX300 can carry up to 5.6 cubic metres of cargo for nearly 400km
Shares rise for the big four gentailers but business groups see a missed opportunity.
The core problem in the market was caused by the Government, said Frontier Economics, and was best solved by focusing state investment on securing and selling thermal energy.
In response to the Frontier report on the electricity market, the Government says it is committed to equity investment in Meridian, Mercury and Genesis, if required, to build more generation.
He set up a new company in the business of hotel development, perhaps to revive a plan to build an ultra-luxury lodge on the Waiheke Island property he bought from US billionaire Julian Robertson.
The siblings’ Delegat Group has felt the effect of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariff impositions across the year.
The past year has been tough for the wine industry in general, and no different for the Marris family, which remains optimistic about the US market at least.
The former Goldman Sachs NZ deal maker will join the board in November.
The radio arm will now be a standalone operation.
Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son will take control of his media empire in a settlement of the family’s feud.
Andrew Wilson spent more than 25 years with Goldman Sachs Asset Management in the United Kingdom.
Changes at the stock exchange operator follow the departure of Smart chief executive Anna Scott earlier this year.
Di Taylor will begin her new role on December 1.