My Net Worth: Louisa Yandle, Consilium CEO: ‘One thing that I found so valuable was my overseas experience.’

Review: The singer told his Wellington audience he has no plans to retire.

On the Money: Game of Thrones at the Federated Farmers this week, with several conferences, and much more.

Simon Robertson: Mid-year portfolio review. #Opinion

Fail File: Chand Sahrawat, Cassia and The French Café co-owner: ‘Take time to admire what you’ve achieved.’

Kernel Wealth is upbeat about the prospects for its already-outperforming S&P Global Clean Energy Fund, citing fundamental demand for electricity and forward-looking earnings expectations.

The startup is currently raising $2 million to grow its international customer base.

Legislation to replace the Resource Management Act will not emerge from Parliament’s select committee process this week as earlier promised.

Alan Greenspan died this week. I recall meeting him several times at the central bank meetings in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the Bank of International Settlements in Basel, writes Alan Bollard.

Bronwyn Heenan: Repeated themes included aggressive and confrontational behaviour. #Opinion

Small Cap Wrap: Can Steel & Tube avoid raising fresh capital? Plus, one property to rule them all, who signed up for Genesis again, and more.

A farming couple who invested in a “boat in a box” company should be repaid $200,000 because the firm did not disclose information, including that two married owners of the firm were splitting up.

Those at the coalface of New Zealand’s hospitality and accommodation businesses were urged to stay optimistic amid the flurry of liquidations at the sector’s largest conference of the year.

The Business of Tech Podcast: Odyssey has raised US$310m, valuing the startup at US$1.4b.

The freight sector’s tolerance for congestion charging could determine how much other drivers pay, the Auckland Council believes, if rigid ratios are built into regulations.

The Government’s overhaul of workplace safety laws could pass as soon as this week, as the families of Pike River victims prepare to protest outside Parliament in a last-ditch bid to head off the changes.

Peter Griffin: We need to treat digital skills as essential infrastructure. #Opinion

The designers of a new set of guidelines for green finance are hoping one word will boost the flow of green investment into New Zealand.

Australian insurer BlueInc Group is battling New Zealand life insurer Momentum in court, claiming it was forced to sell the NZ unit at an undervalued price.

Cameron Bagrie: Sometimes it’s easier to cut in the periphery than in the core. #Opinion

CityFitness sent $40 million to its shareholders in the same year it refused to refund $1.59 million it collected from members through a misleading fee.

Costa Rica is looking to New Zealand to help stop the wheels from falling off the international trade system. At the same time, the Central American country sees new trading blocs as an alternative way of keeping trade routes open.

The Green Party’s latest wealth tax proposal is narrower than its last one, but it lands in a country arguably more receptive to the idea of broadening the tax base.

Anzco Foods’ $800 million acquisition of Greenlea Group has lifted the lid on just how well the Waikato beef processor has performed. Anzco’s boss, Peter Conley, says the business is a “very successful” operation that had ticked all the boxes it was looking for in an acquisition.

Global fintech Revolut launches its business offering in New Zealand today with plans to slice market share from big banks and compress foreign-exchange margins as competition bites.

New Zealand’s possible entry into a US-backed critical minerals agreement remains stalled over whether governments should underwrite floor prices for strategically important minerals, Resources Minister Shane Jones says.

David Chaplin: The $1,500 newborn bonus would create an equity gap for certain KiwiSaver members. #Opinion

Under-fire WasteCo chair Roger Gower is stepping down from the company’s board but will remain acting chief executive. The boss of WasteCo will be replaced as chair by Sean Joyce and will exit the board on July 17.

Canadian-owned budget chain City Fitness has overtaken Les Mills as the largest gym operator in New Zealand amid growing industry revenue. Cecile Meier reports.

The industry group representing New Zealand’s blueberry growers says proposed import health standards for products from other countries are not strong enough.

The billion-dollar Waitematā Harbour crossing decision is colliding with another big-budget problem: the troubled Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Cybersecurity risks are becoming increasingly prominent in New Zealand, but one expert warns that it is impossible to protect everything.

James Lee: Why 'maximising everything’ could be the next big financial risk. #Opinion

Private Capital Group has signed its largest-ever deal and will back a fast-tracked housing development with $135 million. The private credit firm is pulling the cash from two funds, including its recently opened infrastructure fund.

Maria Slade: There is much robbing of Peter and dressing up of Paul in the Budget numbers. #Opinion

Resources Minister Shane Jones is hoping to kickstart the Government’s $200 million gas security fund after he says officials became overly fixated on a Supreme Court climate decision.

Review: Hello Sailor is, without a doubt, the new gem of East Auckland.

Review: Jabra’s Evolve 3 85 v Baseus’ Inspire XH1: Both offer amazing noise-cancelling and battery life. Plus, I review the ghd Glide+.

My Net Worth: Clint Cardozo, OneReg co-founder and CEO: ‘I judge my success on how good a dad I've been.’

Review: Heathers the Musical: Westerberg High has lost none of its appeal.

Simon Robertson: Socialists should never be let near the tools of commerce. #Opinion

Eden Bradfield: Stable money flow and clients forever – no wonder PE firms are eyeing NZ. #opinion

On the Money: It was a week of many, many parties.

Review: Dyson’s Spot + Scrub Ai Wet and Dry Robot Vacuum feels like the robot vacuum you assumed Dyson could build – powerful, thoughtfully engineered and genuinely good at both mopping and vacuuming.

The boss of New Zealand’s only farmer-owned goat milk processor says optimism has returned to the sector.

New Zealand’s southernmost region led the country’s strong growth in milk production last season. That’s according to DairyNZ’s milk solids analysis of the 2025/26 season, which finished three weeks ago.

Australian private equity firm Adamantem Capital plans to follow its Stand Forestry transaction with further investments in New Zealand, and is already looking to replicate the fund behind it.

Lofty ambitions to double New Zealand’s honey export earnings by 2030 have been replaced by a realisation that the industry needs to get its house in order first.

Tourism Holdings is back in the spotlight as the subject of takeover attention and how its board of directors are responding. The company has a long history of corporate activity, both on the buy side during its expansion years and as the target itself on multiple occasions.

An imminent final fast-track decision on Meridian Energy’s bid to draw Lake Pūkaki below its normal operating range has exposed tensions over who should decide when to use one of the electricity system’s most important dry-year reserves.