Kate Macnamara

The Government's golden visa scheme is appealing for prospective investors but the greatest disincentive is New Zealand's tax settings, a review by law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts has found.

As New Zealand prepared for a historic visit from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, news of an international crackdown on India-based organised crime rippled across North America and parts of Europe.

ANALYSIS: Govt handout follows rising costs under New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme.

OceanaGold is celebrating the six millionth ounce of gold extracted from its Macraes mine in east Otago, New Zealand's oldest and largest operating gold mine.

Accident Compensation Corporation's rehabilitation programme is beginning to pay off, with claims growth slowing and liabilities falling.

ACC's outgoing chief executive Megan Main has defended her record at the helm of the troubled Government insurer and insisted that a new progress report shows the agency is effecting a turnaround.

Invest NZ has abandoned its roadshow approach to attracting golden visa investors and jettisoned its US and Europe-based staff whose job it was to connect with applicants from those regions.

Health New Zealand is spending $300 million on its first long-term contracts with private hospitals to treat backlogs of orthopaedic patients waiting for surgeries in the public health system.

Powerco's profit rose 348%, but derivatives drove much of the increase.