Stories by Gyles Beckford

A PwC report has highlighted irregular accounting, questioned valuations of assets, and related party transactions which led to the group being placed into statutory management last month.

The Commerce Commission says it's planning to ramp up regulation and enforcement.

It has just told the NZ stock market that it will have to set aside $168 million in its next financial statement to cover the settlement.

Authorities have tightened their control of Auckland property investor and developer Du Val Group by having it placed in statutory management.

Synlait says settling the dispute is another step in the company's recovery.

Analysis - For the second time in three months the whiff of panic has enveloped the country's power sector.

Australia's Adamantem Capital has made an unsolicited offer to take over the group, with the backing of founder Sir Stephen Tindall.

The Commerce Commission still has considerable doubts about the proposed merger between the North and South Island Foodstuffs grocery groups.

The loan arrangement runs for 12 months with an 8 percent interest rate.

However, the Reserve Bank has hinted rate cuts may be closer than previously thought.

ASB is the latest local bank to bring forward its forecast of a Reserve Bank rate cut, picking it could come as soon as November.

Analysis - For a country that had just crawled out of recession, there were not many happy faces on the capital's streets today.

NZ's first-quarter was better than Australia's - and enough to end a 'technical recession' - but lagged behind most trading partners. Audio

新西兰第一季度经济表现好于澳大利亚，但落后于大部分主要贸易伙伴。

Questions about where the economy is headed come amid weak consumer, manufacturing, and construction activity. Audio

The economic headwinds are getting stronger as the jobs market and retail spending weaken.

The property market's recovery is fading as prices start falling in a growing number of places.

Embattled dairy company Synlait Milk has confirmed that more than half of its suppliers want to quit, its earnings outlook has been downgraded, and it's scrapped the sale of an asset.

The package includes a long-term fixed price contract for wholesale electricity price.

The government has been forced to tighten its belt to pay for tax cuts.

From tax cuts to debt - these are the figures to keep an eye on as Budget 2024 is released.

Higher electricity prices are necessary to fund investment in the electricity network, says commissioner Vhari McWha.

Analysis - The RBNZ is determined that inflation heads downwards - and stays there - and will be watching the Budget closely too, Gyles Beckford writes.

Analysis - A combination of consumer and business conservation measures and cranked up power stations met demand, Gyles Beckford writes.

就业数据具有滞后效应，劳动力市场是最后一个放缓的，它也将是最后一个复苏的。