Tributes flow for North Shore businessman and mentor Bill Smale
During the Covid-19 level 4 lockdown in 2020, the Smales provided 100% rent relief to the precinct’s retail…
Waikato businessman David Anderson jailed for sex acts in Auckland with underage girls
“I am of the view your meetings with the victims were well planned and orchestrated. The range of…
Media Insider: Jim Grenon, Julian Batchelor ordered to pay costs of more than $230,000 to TVNZ, academic after failed defamation case
Batchelor – the Stop Co-Governance campaigner who was adamant he had been wronged by TVNZ in an August…
Alan Trent named as businessman who felled native trees on Tasman conservation land
The offence carried a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment, or a fine not exceeding $100,000, or both.…
Inside NZ’s mega-philanthropy: What drives richlisters and millionaires to donate
Avie told them why she was lucky to be alive, saved by revolutionary cellular therapy available in the…
Birch Ave businesses fed up with ‘hoons’ tearing up Tauranga street
Cole said the street, which is lined with businesses, was being used as a racetrack and burnout pad,…
Horse racing riches: The Pukekohe businessman Malcolm Wrigley who turned his wife’s deathbed gift into $600,000 in winnings
Malcolm Wrigley says most of his horses have been mediocre and Jumal is different. Wrigley, who owns a…
North Shore seawall at Berridge Spencer’s home declared illegal
The seawall as it has been built at the home of Berridge Spencer at Stanley Bay on Auckland’s…
Adam Harris named as wealthy Auckland businessman acquitted in 2024 of family violence
Jurors heard the couple lived a life of luxury funded by Harris, where money was not an issue…
Judge discharges businessman who cut native trees on public land near Tasman property
In the Nelson District Court today the businessman was granted a discharge without conviction on charges described as…
Waiheke Stony Batter lease awarded to Berridge Spencer’s Man O’ War and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
Fort Stony Batter Heritage Park held the concession, which expired last June. Top secret: Visitors make their way…
Rotorua businessman charged with neglecting vulnerable woman
The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. The Rotorua Daily Post understands the woman died,…