Election 2026: Labour to pull up to $50m from Super Fund for Elevate fund
“We’ll redirect up to $50 million a year of the government’s contribution to the NZ Super Fund into…
Emilia Wickstead Launches Luxury Homewares Collection With Mother Angela
Aotearoa-born and London-based designer Emilia Wickstead is embarking on a new venture. Designer to the royals Emilia Wickstead…
Ngāi Tahu recruits Movac to boost its $40m-and-counting investments in tech start-ups
The iwi has invested $35 million across various funds in the Wellington venture capital firm’s stable, including the…
‘Squeamish’ no more: Mount Maunganui military drone maker Syos taps three local funds for capital
“Silicon Valley VCs are happy with defence and dual-use investing. New Zealand is behind, in my opinion. We’re…
Oprah Winfrey Says People-Pleasing Led to Her Making a Bad Career Move
Oprah Winfrey, 72, said she made a career decision she knew was wrong, simply because she didn’t want…
Society Insider: Dominic Bowden’s Queenstown wellness venture Watershed gets endorsement from UK pop star Gary Barlow
“The sauna with the best view I have ever seen; I cannot wait to come back.” Barlow was…
Calocurb triples revenue, raises $27m as it rides the GLP-1 boom
Kennedy also revealed to the Herald that her young firm’s revenue tripled from $5m to $15m last year,…
On the Beaton track: Auckland University ‘Navigators’ student raises venture capital for crime-fighting startup at multimillion valuation
The raise was supported by Antler, a venture and private equity firm based in Singapore, Beaton, Eliot Crowther…
GD1 raises $56.7m for first close of new venture capital fund as golden visa holders pile in, targets $150m
While GD1 will continue to hunt for capital for Core Fund II into next year, it has already…
Health NZ official masqueraded as patient to feed information back to Ministry
Price had started True Proactive after discovering that bowel screening wasn’t routinely available until age 58 in New…
Outlier Space raises US$7.5m for its reusable satellites
Make that, will be in orbit. France and his team of a dozen engineers and scientists aim to…
Society Insider: Wilhelmina and Ben O’Keeffe launch longevity and wellness clinic in Auckland
Ben, who specialised in ophthalmology in Wellington after university, moved to Auckland three years ago to be with…