Local med tech company raises cash for commercialisation
Devonport-based medical technology company Veriphi is raising up to $2 million on equity crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect, as it moves toward commercialisation of its patient safety product. Veriphi founder and managing director Greg Shanahan [...]
Screen industry booms – $3.2b for the year
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016 The Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi during production. New Zealand's screen industry is booming, despite a decline in film revenue from production hub Wellington. Data from Statistics [...]
IRD to get new power to share tax secrets
Wednesday Apr 13, 2016 The tax changes unveiled by John Key today include plans to provide Inland Revenue with new powers to share information about tax debts with credit rating agencies. Changes to tax [...]
New deals open more airline routes to NZ
Monday Apr 4, 2016 New Zealand Has signed 10 new or amended air services agreements, opening up the possibility of more direct connections with countries ranging from Turkey to The Bahamas. Cabinet today has approved [...]
Little wants to ‘stiff-arm’ banks
SUNDAY APRIL 3, 2016 Labour leader Andrew Little says he stands by his threats to ‘stiff-arm’ the banks into passing OCR cuts on to customers. "I stand by the stance I took, which is to [...]
Bernard Hickey: How Kiwis get rich
Sunday Apr 3, 2016 How do New Zealanders get richer? It seems an obvious question, but it's one we seem to be ignoring. New Zealanders make a lot of wrong assumptions about wealth and income [...]