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Gerry Harvey, of the Harvey Norman chain

Gerry Harvey's New Zealand plan

There is a good chance that a piece of Gerry Harvey is in the room with you right now.

Fonterra 'monopoly' attacked

Strong words against the NZ dairy industry by US lobbyists trying to keep it out of a trans-Pacific partnership free trade agreement are being viewed as curtain-opening rhetoric.

$12 a week better off with tax changes

Most households will be left slightly better off by likely tax changes in the Budget, new research suggests.

Legal hope for failed finance firm investors

By JAMES WEIR - The Dominion Post

Directors of failed finance company Capital + Merchant are facing criminal charges and civil action, which could open the door to a class action by investors trying to recover some of the $167 million lost when the company collapsed.

I can't pay $19m in damages - Birnie

Auckland investment banker Bill Birnie and his associates could not stump up the $19m in damages being claimed if a court case against him succeeded, the High Court at Auckland has heard.

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Firm fined over beekeeper's fatal crash

Fletcher plans for 'upturn'

McVitty's nine farms in receivership

Capital + Merchant directors face criminal charges

Telecom sinks to new low

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