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New Zealand’s highest court has begun hearing the final stage in a challenge by Maori to require settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims to freshwater before any partial privatisation of state-owned power companies goes ahead. buy online essays Colin Carruthers QC opened submissions for the New Zealand Maori Council before a full five judge bench of the Supreme Court, in …

Accounting software firm Xero had $85 million of cash at the end of 2012 after raising $60 million in a private placement in December. The figure is revealed in its first quarterly cashflow report, which is required by the ASX. Xero took up a secondary listing on ASX in November. The report shows net operating and investing cash outflows for …