January 27, 2012
Spice It Up is an online deal a day site launched in December 2011 focused on selling products that make people feel, be or look sexy. As the business starts to gather momentum, the partners are becoming increasingly focused on the range of products...
January 27, 2012
Environment Minister Nick Smith yesterday launched the environmental recovery plan, to address the long term effects of the Rena disaster on the wider Bay of Plenty region.Bay of Plenty Regional Council Chairman John Cronin said the plan is a key...
January 27, 2012
Federated Farmers believes Overseas Investment Office (OIO) rules must be applied without fear or favour. In respect of Shanghai Pengxin Group’s approval to purchase the former CraFarms, it still faces two hurdles. The first is a 31 January deadline...

Ten questions in ten minutes

October 31, 2011
Medical director of Mercy Breast Clinic, David Benson-Cooper, shares his ‘prescription’ for ‘clinical’ performances in the healthcare sector.
September 21, 2011
Henry Lynch is the chief executive of the New Zealand Association of Credit Unions

A word from the editor's desk

December 7, 2011
Business seems forever to be a two-sided coin. When we think everything is going well, something proves us wrong. Then, when it’s all doom and gloom comes the flip and it takes just one (or two) effervescent Kiwi entrepreneurs to boost...

blogs

January 24, 2012

Auckland’s restaurants are alive and well and like Aucklanders themselves are as diverse and sophisticated as anywhere in the world. This year we dined at some of Auckland’s most celebrated establishments and for devoted foodies that...

The IT report

July 12, 2011
Information technology is so intricately and inextricably woven into the fabric of our daily lives that it is almost inconceivable to think of a working day without it.
May 31, 2011
In a time when more and more business discussions are taking place via LinkedIn, Twitter or email than over cocktails and canapés – it is vital that professionals know how to present themselves online.