Women are recruited disproportionately into tough top jobs - where the title is big but the odds of success are small.

In the conservative world of company boardrooms, the notion of directors signing up to Twitter and having followers is contrary to their traditional role.

Abano is mulling the extraordinary meeting request from rebel shareholders who want to dump Trevor Janes as chairman and refresh the board.

The Cornwall Park Trust board is applying once again to extend freezing orders over assets of a woman it is suing after she abandoned her house.

The Cornwall Park Trust Board has proposed a new "modern lease" to resolve long-running dissatisfaction from Greenlane and One Tree Hill residents.

A rebel shareholder group has launched a campaign to unseat Abano Healthcare chairman, Trevor Janes, in a coordinated attack that also questions decisions by NZX Regulation and a valuation by investment house Grant Samuel.

Women should think again about directorships, for far from trailing men, it's greatly to their credit that so few are debasing themselves in this way, writes Bob Jones.

Len Brown has called for a funding board at the centre of a row with the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust to be scrapped after its push to slash funding for the trust.

Members of a board which yesterday agreed to halve funding to the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust could find themselves in court.

A top New Zealand businesswoman says Kiwi women are still being "frozen out" of the boardroom.

Broadcaster Willie Jackson is taking legal action after failing to secure one of two urban Maori positions on the Independent Maori Statutory Board.

SME owners often don't understand the need for, or value of, an independent director. Kare Johnstone offers seven tips.

Gareth Morgan's offer to stump up $5 million to save New Zealand Football if the Government contributes another $10 million.

An angry Vital Healthcare Property Trust investor has criticised performance and investment in Australia at New Zealand's expense.

The Shareholders Association will next month vote against the reappointment of Rakon chairman Bryan Mogridge and director Darren Robinson...

With the annual meeting season gaining momentum Brian Gaynor looks at some of the key issues raised by shareholders over the next few months.

Dysfunction at the Greymouth Petroleum board has become "more serious" since a judge ordered one group of shareholders to sell up, the High Court has heard.