Cut-price petrol retailer Gull Petroleum has won the right to appeal to the Supreme Court in its stoush with the Customs Department over the rate of excise duty it should charge on butane added to petrol arriving at the wharf in New Zealand. The addition of locally produced butane effectively “waters down” the potency of Gull petrol, but allows the …

Diligent Board Member Services, whose software helps directors to manage corporate governance information flows, will replace chief financial officer Steven Ruse and general counsel Robert Norton after an internal probe into compliance missteps. The personnel changes are among a number of recommendations adopted by the board after it set up a special committee to look into share options for executives …

Around half of New Zealanders don’t realise their personal information is being collected online for use by companies, governments and other organisations to market goods and services, while approximately a third of people don’t worry about it. International research for telecommunications provider Ericsson found 39 percent of people worldwide know the makers of “apps” for smartphones and tablets are collecting …