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 …

Canadian oil and gas producer TAG Oil has gained resource consents to drill two exploratory wells in the first search for oil and gas on the East Coast of the North Island. The company, which has extensive onshore production wells and processing facilities in Taranaki, already faces some public opposition to the East Coast plans, based largely on fears the …