In December 2024, a High Court ruling revealed a squabble over Fonterra milk payments as receivers and investors wanted recoveries from the failed Waitonui Milltrust dairy group, which leased cows from Kight’s StockCo.
It was the end of an era with the passing of Sir Colin Giltrap in April last year. He had been suffering bad health since a fall in London in 2023 and died peacefully at home with his family, aged 84.
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Gunton’s NZ Retail Property Group was in the Court of Appeal in late 2024 to try and overturn a High Court judgement rejecting his $88m lawsuit against Auckland Council and AT over provision of Westgate services.
In the 2024 financial year, the NZ subsidiary of Karl Ye-owned GMP Pharmaceuticals boosted revenue by 36% to $51m and declared an after-tax profit of $4.7m.
The Hall family’s Tasti Products were chosen last year to supply Air New Zealand with a new range of in-flight snacks.
Gary Lane was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to conservation and philanthropy in 2025.
The past 12 months have been a key growth period for the Armer’s family-owned dairy business, Armer Group.
Less than a year after the Environment Court overturned a resource consent for the $500m Te Kuha project, the family asked for fast-track approval to get the mine project reinstated.
2025 is likely to be a pivotal year for South Canterbury vegetable growers Murray and Margaret Turley as they discover whether their foray into horticulture has borne fruit with their first apple crop.
