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David Shearer’s Green-free Plan B

Norman & Shearer: not necessarily post-election buddies (TV3)

The standard assessment is that the 2014 election is between Labour/Green and National/NZ First.

BOOK EXTRACT: Heart to Start by Derek Handley

In this chapter extract, Hyperfactory and Snakk Media co-founder Derek Handley recounts creating online betting business Feverpitch at age 22.

Own a whale and save it

Rodney Hide

HIDESIGHT Imagine if whalers could ranch their own whales. You could sponsor one and follow it by computer – and no doubt there'd  be a phone app.

CAR TORQUE: Holden's hot hatch

The go-faster Barina will be a version of the US market Chevrolet Sonic RS

ALSO Goodyear on the block | BMW’S new high five

Ford EcoSport: likeable wee car with a Brazilian kink

Demanding conditions: Ford launched the EcoSport in India

MOTORING This is a cheap and cheerful car, no question. But as with almost every small Ford, the fundamentals are right.

Carry On: News for business travellers

China Eastern's new A320 with Sharkle

China's first Sharklet A320 | Air NZ's Melbourne kiosks | Dreamliner route mooted | Jetstar's first Boeing 787 | Singapore upgrades cabins | Emirates flies more to Colombo

NZ POLITICS DAILY: Is Parliament too dominated by ex-journalists & broadcasters?

Shane Taurima

That’s certainly the trend at the moment, with more and more candidates for office coming from a media background.

International Film Festival's first six confirmed

Antarctica: A Year on Ice

The first six films confirmed for the 2013 programme includes the world premieres of four from New Zealand.

Australian Ballet in Vanguard of contemporary dance

The latest trio of works in Vanguard shows what an extraordinary depth of talent that company has to offer.

Sydney Symphony and Vladimir Ashkenazy – the perfect duo

Vladimir Ashkenazy in action

Walton's First Symphony was initially regarded as modern, dissonant and difficult, but the Sydney Symphony made it seem like a perfectly controlled runaway train.

Justice Robert Chambers knighted

Justice Sir Robert Chambers

Supreme Court judge Robert Chambers, who died in his sleep on Tuesday, has been knighted posthumously from May 20.

SFO lays charges in $9.2m mortgage fraud case

Eli Devoy at Auckland's Soul Bar

Auckland businesswoman Eli Devoy has been charged as the ringleader of an alleged complex mortgage fraud.

NBR TOP PROPERTIES: Top five apartment sales

The five biggest apartment sales so far this year. 

Ecoya ekes out small profit as underlying earnings climb 26%

The Auckland-based company posts a profit of $34,000 in the 12 months ended March 31, from a loss of $218,000 a year earlier.

Wiggs to float $50m tech fund

Lance Wiggs

Snakk raises $6.5m for expansion and takeovers

Derek Handley at the March 6 listing

“The response from investors is spectacular and greater than we expected.”

ASK ME ANYTHING: David Parker v Shamubeel Eaqub

Labour finance spokesman David Parker

The Economist  versus The Politician -  can, or should, New Zealand do something about the high dollar? Readers can quiz Labour's finance spokesman and NZIER's principal economist on this and other finance issues.

ASK ME ANYTHING: Andy Lark

Andy Lark

Über ex-pat will field NBR reader questions 1pm and 2pm Monday May 27.

Cold War relic past its use-by date

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon attended last year’s summit in Tehran

COMMENT The Non-Aligned Movement was certainly relevant during the bleak Cold War era, but those days have long passed.

NBR Weekly Biz Quiz

Who wants to raise $50m for a tech fund?

Test your knowlege with 10 rapid-fire multichoice questions.

NBR Business Pulse

Should Nick Smith have approved Australia's Bathurst to mine conservation land?
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