From Xero a hero
Subscriber contentBy Ruth Laugesen in Business
Issue 3816 17th Oct 2013
He’s the $3 billion man who embodies New Zealand’s new tech dream, but can he deliver on investors’ starry-eyed hopes? We talk to Xero’s Rod Drury.
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Paul Thompson: radio head
1 Comments Subscriber contentBy David Cohen in Business
Issue 3828 12th Sep 2013
Radio New Zealand has chosen somebody with no broadcasting experience to lead it into an uncertain future.
Franceska Banga: something ventured
Subscriber contentBy Karl du Fresne in Business
Issue 3826 3rd Sep 2013
The Government’s player in the venture-capital business has a lot of money to spend on potentially brilliant but untested ideas.
Baby boomers: flush but forgotten
Subscriber contentBy Karl du Fresne in Business
Issue 3825 22nd Aug 2013
Baby boomers are a huge demographic controlling most of the disposable income but their spending power is being largely ignored.
Brian Easton: culture of dependency
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Business
Issue 3825 22nd Aug 2013
We must remember the lesson of the 1960s and ensure the diversity of our exports and markets.
Future pressures and caring for the elderly
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Business
Issue 3823 11th Aug 2013
How to live with the Treasury’s Long Term Financial Projections.
Editorial: Fonterra's problems are our problems
Subscriber contentBy The Listener in Business
Issue 3823 8th Aug 2013
New Zealand needs to take urgent steps to reduce the country’s economic dependence on farming.
New Zealand's trade dilemma
Subscriber contentBy Brian Easton in Business
Issue 3821 25th Jul 2013
In the new partnerships New Zealand is joining, we need to maintain strong bottom lines.
Making the most of KiwiSaver
1 Comments Subscriber contentBy Paul McBeth in Business
Issue 3820 18th Jul 2013
As the amount of money in people’s KiwiSaver accounts becomes a tidy sum, it’s even more important for them to be in the right scheme.
The real value of nature
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Priestley in Business
Issue 3819 11th Jul 2013
Markets tend to ignore adverse effects on the environment but ways to change this are gaining traction, as Rebecca Priestley found out at a conference focused on truly valuing nature.