The debt relates to a personal guarantee he made over the lease of one of the failed chain’s stores.
Maritime unions say up to 32 seafaring jobs are under threat if Holcim replaces cement carrier MV Buffalo with a Panamanian-flagged vessel.
There will be a new two-agency approach for medical device procurement in public hospitals.
A new 3.3 million cubic metre reservoir south of Dargaville is set to shift land into higher-value horticulture and firm up local water security.
Analysis shows doubling the number of concert events could triple its contribution to Auckland’s economy.
The co-chair of Champions for Change says there’s a lot of work to do on ethnic diversity at senior levels within organisations.
‘You’re always generating leads, but you have to be careful that you’re not generating 12, when you can only do two,’ owner Marcus Moore says.
Principles for Responsible Investment executive says US war on ESG could have benefits for foreign investment into New Zealand.
The regulator’s head of external relations and its executive adviser for strategy and design are understood to have resigned.
The group’s administrators have recommended they tip the company into liquidation.