The tobacco lobbying plan that worked rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/…

Exclusive: Kāinga Ora is spending nearly $3 million on contractors and consultants to assist with its restructuring. Cécile Meier reports. businessdesk.co.nz/article/public…

Political messaging to one side. This is an excellent social media video

“We want to see it started and finished" Excellent story by Ethan Manera on the front of today's Herald: nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga-oras…

For this article I toured a factory that could build 2000 houses a year. In the past year, it built 40. businessdesk.co.nz/article/invest…

Prefab is becoming the default mode for building classrooms. Principals say this is a "drastic change" but offsite manufacturers welcome MOE’s commitment to the sector. businessdesk.co.nz/article/infras…

MOE has received 122 registrations of interest from businesses for its revamped school lunch programme, which will kick in next year. businessdesk.co.nz/article/busine…

Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk ignored officials’ advice to proceed with planned regulations to slash buildings’ emissions and improve their energy efficiency. Cécile Meier reports. businessdesk.co.nz/article/climat…

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Congratulations to Cécile Meier for winning this year's NZSA Business Journalism Awards as the best feature writer.

In the first of a three-part series on the cost and impact of this year's mass restructuring of the wider public service, BusinessDesk looks at redundancy payouts and the varying scale of job cuts. Cécile Meier reports. businessdesk.co.nz/article/invest…

Pretty interesting that the wider development the McDonald's is meant to be part of is scheduled in the Fast-track Approvals Act, including 263 homes!

Government officials raised concerns about Compass and Libelle after hearing the companies were shortlisted to provide the revamped school lunch programme last year. nzherald.co.nz/business/offic…

The Compass Group has bought Libelle’s school lunch operations under a conditional sale. Will be interesting to explore the role the school lunch contract has played in Libelle’s demise.

Interesting piece by Cécile Meier showing Compass Group's "profits have increased three times as fast as its revenue in the past decade" and "CGNZ provides royalty payments to its parent company, thus reducing its taxable income." Few quotes from me too! businessdesk.co.nz/article/busine…

Who is gobbling up $130million in school lunch contracts? Full story out now on YouTube or BusinessDesk_NZ