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David Jones reports improving result in 2024 accounts

Luxury-brand retailer still made a loss in 2024, but had a small improvement.

Whakaari White Island tour company owes $8.5m, liquidators say

Just $53,000 in assets as liquidators work to sell what they can.

Du Val downfall: From champagne, private jets to receivership and $250m debt

It was a lifestyle of flashy opulence - until the money ran out.

ProLink calls in liquidator, 190 laid off a week before Christmas

'This is just so sad, just before Christmas' - liquidator Pritesh Patel on ProLink NZ.

National, local companies are creditors of Rotorua housing project

The financier wants $28.2m; unsecured creditors are listed as being owed another $167,000.

Du Val court hearing pencilled in

Judge this week will be considering PwC’s application for information in the case.

Florida funder loaned $28.2m to Rotorua housing project

Liquidator expects no loss to customers.

Receivers, liquidator in charge of Rotorua's Mountview Green final stages

Receiver says 22 homes completed, not settled; 20 more in various stages of construction.

Jones Lang LaSalle fined $5000 for trust account audit breach

Breaches occurred inadvertently due to a miscommunication and a change, JLL says.

SkyCity AGM: Shareholder criticism for non-compliance, regulatory actions by authorities

Shareholder said company had been mismanaged and asked about accountability.

'I’ve just signed my life away to that woman': Partner's plea for help after changing will

The alterations, made when he had dementia, meant less went to his three daughters.

Eye-watering $237m debts run up by failed Du Val, first statutory report reveals

'A number of limitations in respect of these financial records' - PwC on Du Val entities.

Stonewood Key’s John Chow on house building; Du Val-managed apartments suffer setbacks

'Our current focus is on finishing our existing projects': John Chow, Stonewood Key

Why Fletcher Building needs $700m in extra capital

'Capital raise keeps the wolves from the door' - analyst Andrew Scott of Morgan Stanley.

$3.6m liabilities: PwC report on Sportcraft boating businesses

Staff, Inland Revenue and many others are listed as being owed money by the two companies.

Eleven most important topics before picking a builder: G.J. Gardner chief

'In a challenging economy, it pays to ask a few challenging questions.'