Sir Geoffrey Palmer_Please credit Victoria University of WellingtonFormer Prime Minister the Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC used the 2018 Sir Owen Woodhouse Memorial Lecture at Victoria University of Wellington this evening (Monday 10 September) to call for a bold and visionary overhaul of New Zealand’s accident compensation system.

Technical mining experts gather in Greymouth for the next two weeks to look at risks involved in each of the three re-entry options the Pike River Recovery Agency is investigating for the Pike River Mine.

In partnership with our sister group, the Auckland Ratepayers Alliance, the Taxpayers' Union has just published this year's Ratepayers' Report – online local government league tables – at www.ratepayersreport.nz.

The SBT Group purchase of Liqueo earlier this year from Christchurch based Scales has assisted Scales search for new agri-businesses which better match its remaining portfolio.

Hamish Rutherford reporting in the Sunday Times for Stuff  writes that the mood of boardrooms is currently highly pessimistic, which some take as a sign of a slowdown while others claim should be dismissed as a poll by executives of the Labour-led Government.

Following MPI’s revised directions issued under s122 of the Biosecurity Act, the affected apple and stonefruit industry group is taking some time to fully review the new directions and the accompanying testing plan.

The $268 million Southern Corridor Improvements project on Auckland’s Southern Motorway (SH1)

Workers at OceanaGold’s Waihi underground mine will walk off the job for 48 hours on Saturday in support of their pay claims.

A Gisborne exotic mushroom grower plans to expand his operation, following their successful introduction at the local farmers markets.