Jevic New Zealand, a company that pre-vets imported used vehicles, offered to buy all the shares of Vehicle Inspection New Zealand, valuing the target at $4.1 million. Jevic is offering $1.65 a share for VINZ, the vehicle inspection company that trades on the Unlisted platform. The offer represents a 10 percent premium to VINZ’s last trading price of $1.50. Jevic …

New Zealand politicians are wary of racking up more criminal penalties on directors who breach their duties to companies and creditors, and have asked the government to take another look at pending legislation. Parliament’s commerce select committee supports Commerce Minister Craig Foss in taking another look at the drafting of legislation that would criminalise directors for breaching their fiduciary duties, …

Shareholders of TeamTalk, the owner of the CityLink fibre-optic broadband service, have voted in favour of the acquisition of Farmside Group for up to $42 million to extend its reach into rural areas. The Wellington-based company has agreed to buy Farmside for an upfront payment of $19 million in cash and $12 million in TeamTalk shares, with an additional $7 …