The last Roy Morgan opinion poll before the general election on Saturday shows the National Party gaining ground in the first fortnight of September, up 1.5 percentage points to 46.5 percent, while both the Labour and Green parties slipped in the rolling poll of 935 people taken between Sept. 1 and 14, one day before Kim Dotcom’s ‘moment of truth’ extravaganza …

Duco Promotions has appointed former head of New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup 2011 Martin Snedden as head of the sporting events company as it chases international growth Snedden will join the Auckland-based company as chief executive in November. The former test cricketer has previously headed up New Zealand Cricket, and is still on its board, before switching codes to take the top …

Danone Nutricia chief executive Corine Tap said it would take the infant formula manufacturer 18 months to recover from the adverse effects of the Fonterra Cooperative Group botulism scare. The New Zealand subsidiary of the French food giant posted a 97 per cent profit drop in 2013 to $1.99 million after sales were disrupted in August when it had to …