Bankruptcy? Fraud conviction? For some, this is no barrier to running a bad business.

Businessman sentenced in 2023 fails to overturn conviction and retain name suppression.

Cabinet agreed to invest $16.5m more into mussel business despite ongoing losses.

Prosecutors claim New Zealand victims bankrolled private jet and a Spanish football club.

Construction of accessible bathroom at Auckland Zoo triggers year-long standoff.

Law Society action follows guilty plea to mortgage fraud charges.

NZ-founded conglomerate comes a-cropper with US advertising regulations.

His only remaining ties to NZ are a passport, a Booktrack stake, and a Wānaka landbank.

Capital inflows could be at risk if anti-organised crime rule changes fail.

Twice-bankrupted Ritesh Mani's Eco-Smart Homes slides into liquidation.

Commerce Minister Andrew Bayly says beneficial registry isn't currently a top priority.

Taxman hauls in millions after international journalists' tax and trust exposés.

New Zealander with colourful history finds himself in third continent's courts.

A long-running dispute over the charity's political-party financing reaches its end-game.

Equipment rental firm sees revenues decline as interest costs skyrocket.

Shane Jones defends Crown investments into struggling Ōpōtiki aquaculture firm.

The company employed a lot of immigrant workers as contractors now owed money.

The technology giant's sales still top $1 billion, but have declined 6% over the year.

Rich-lister family says doubled repayment levels "unlikely to be repeated".

Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke's key people in Du Val Group.

Man parole board calls "prolific high-risk confidence man" spotted in Prague.

Sir Peter Jackson's special effects group's financials are now public for the first time.

The farmer was found dead in the vehicle he’d complained had trapped him inside.

Fabricated chatlogs with "hackers" spread widely amongst Vietnamese-NZ community.

Private school, rocked by historic abuse allegations increase, redress provision by $11m.

Francis Peters, one of five members of a family charged by SFO, sentenced.

Two Peters family members flee NZ; SFO seeks justice in fraud case.

Embattled businessman, representing himself, claims US$10m in 'reputation damage'.

The charities regulator concludes a four-year probe into the trust's political donations.

Some professional directors collect more than $500,000 in annual fees.

The berry juice ran into trouble with NZ Food Safety last year.

Gene DeMarco claims he has not consented to his bankruptcy, so it does not apply.

SFO prosecution of Gerard Peters and others comes three years after Herald reports.

The collapse of a $2.2b deal for VFX software leaves Wellywood more powerful than ever.

Credit Union Auckland, skating on and under capital ratio requirements, proposes merger.

Ground-breaking visual effects venture explodes on launch pad.

Embattled businessman engages with bankruptcy and insider trading cases.

The controversial religious community faces a number of regulatory and legal challenges.

The now-shuttered mill had faced environmental complaints going back decades.

A landfill site long used by a Tasman mill is subject to a half-dozen claims.

Covid caused the New Zealand International Film Festival to burn through reserves.

Multinational cinema operator a long way from giant.

The little channel that thought it could can't any more. Can it?

A Herald investigation finds Waipareira has the highest exec pay in the charitable sector.

Analysis of financial records ranks New Zealand's highest-paid charity bosses.

Liquidators untangling massive Ponzi settle with estate of late mastermind.

Artist Simon Denny on space and critiquing and selling to billionaires.

Dilworth is budgeting to provide redress for up to 250 victims of historic sexual abuse.

Regulator says it acted on concerns consumers were being misled about "Brain Drink".

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) first filed claims in US courts in July 2021.

Ambitious beverage startup faces criticism and regulatory turbulence.

Staff were threatened with dismissal if they didn't comply.

Billionaire unlocks potential development site after E tū sells its headquarters.

The banker claims he resigned from the board weeks before the sanction was imposed.

The Lord of the Rings mogul has doubled the value of his property holdings since 2019.

Individual found guilty in rare prosecution of insider trading flags appeal.

Receivers lodge formal complaints over winemaker, which collapsed in 2021 owing $100m.

Just when it seemed the fightback was worth it, an employment relations judge went AWOL.

The Charities Service is demanding evidence of the campaign loan repayment by today.

Donovan Clarke had been chief executive of Toitū te Waiora for only 14 months.

High-stakes political donations dispute still sees regulators in the dark.

Lawyers, Opposition MPs say questions have been asked for months about mystery departure.

Employment Relations Authority member abruptly departs, leaving 19 cases dangling.

A computer hack sees scammers intercept emails and cause redirection of a US$1m payment.

Regulator says Te Pāti Māori president has agreed to turn off donation taps.

The two-bedroom apartment was bought in May 2020.

Victims of convicted fraudster get near-zero final payout of 0.36 cents in the dollar.

Government audit of billions in wage subsidy payments sees dozens charged.

Phone directory business, worth billions two decades ago, has again been sold.

An Avondale brewer is one of hundreds facing demands to repay Covid support payments.

Failed attempt to dismiss insider-trading complaint over Watson's lack of profiteering.

Ex-Chinese consulate staffer feared his Catholicism was putting his life in danger.

Whangārei importer admits "it doesn't look good" teak found to come from Myanmar oligarch.