I’ve always been reluctant to believe in media conspiracies, but having watched the way in which Radio New Zealand and TVNZ have been covering this election campaign I have to conclude that those driving the election coverage on those channels are either wildly Left-wing or plain ignorant, and I’m genuinely not sure which explanation is the more plausible. The media …

The former directors of Feltex Carpets have been found not liable for alleged disclosure failings in the failed carpet-maker’s 2004 prospectus in a representative lawsuit on behalf of 3,639 former shareholders.     In a reserved judgment in the Wellington High Court, Justice Robert Dobson  said while there was “some justification” for a number of the criticisms of the content of the prospectus, …

New Zealand service sector activity expanded in August, with employment at its highest level since the survey began in 2007, though retail trade was subdued in the month.     The BNZ-BusinessNZ performance of services index slipped 0.5 points to 57.9 in August, and was up from 53.7 in the same month a year earlier. The service sector, which accounts …