Despite success with the Ōmarino subdivision, Craig Heatley failed in a bid to fast-track the development of a 200 to 250-berth marina there in partnership with Hopper Developments.
After a cynical report in late February suggesting the 2025 launch timeline for Neutron was unrealistic, Peter Beck responded by saying bringing Neutron to market wasn’t his first ‘rodeo’.
Jeff Douglas is forecasting a significant rise in revenue in the 2026 financial year off the back of some new product releases and an expected lift in sales to the US, depending on what happens with tariffs on NZ exports.
This year, the Meehan’s 244-hectare Winton Sunfield project in Auckland was listed as one of 59 residential projects in the Government’s list of fast-tracked projects, under its Fast-track Approval Act.
Normally very private, Justin Wyborn recently chose to go public with a video saying: ‘Welcome to 2025! ... Wyborn Capital is back in action.’
Through JIT Hillend Investments, Sam Morgan invests in Lodestone, which has three solar farms up and running, and a fourth under construction.
Bought by Cook for $50.8m in 2020, the Bunnings Westgate complex was sold in late 2024 to Investore for an initial purchase price of $51m in cash and with the prospect of another $7m worth of Investore shares.
Ross Green has a 25% share in Viaduct Harbour Holdings Ltd, where ground leases come up for a seven-yearly review in 2025, after previous hikes of more than 100%.
Despite the death of 94-year-old ‘Jimmy’ Kirkpatrick at the end of 2024, the Kirkpatrick brand appears destined to endure for years to come.
Briscoe Group magnate was inducted into the Business Hall of Fame in 2024, and made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business and philanthropy in the King’s Birthday Honours last year.
