A health technology start-up hoping to help with the early detection of skin cancer has secured $400,000 in investment from a group of angel investors.

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Was the decision to not prosecute Peter Whittall, former chief executive of the disastrous Pike River mining operation, “an unlawful bargain to stifle a prosecution in exchange for payment” as families of deceased miners claimed, or a legitimate exercise of the prosecutorial discretion?

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Pharmaceutical and animal care products company Ebos still sees growth by acquisition as a key part of its strategy.

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Geoff Simmons, the Opportunities Party candidate in Mt Albert’s by-election, has floated the idea of using areas such as a local school farm and parts of a transport museum property for new housing developments.

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New Zealand recently tested its relations with Israel by sponsoring a UN Security Council resolution that condemned the Jewish state over its settlement policies.

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Meridian Energy says it’s looking at how it can sell the electricity freed up by last year’s deals relating to the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

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The Commerce Commission has declined to grant clearance for the proposed merger of Sky Network Television and Vodafone New Zealand. The commission said its assessment focused on the impact of the proposed merger on competition in both the broadband and mobile telecommunications markets.

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The World Trade Organisation says a new agreement on reducing red tape and other cross-border barriers will be a trillion-dollar boost for importers and exporters.

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After a poor first-half result, Sky TV boss John Fellet says the second half looks better, at least in terms of content that's likely to win back subs -- whether his company is standalone or combined with Vodafone. "I’ve been in New Zealand for 26 years and by far the hottest ticket in a 12 year period is always the Lions’ tour. It’s even bigger for us than the Rugby World Cup," he says.

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In an age when a man with a comb-over has altered our perception of "power" and the way it is exercised, LawFuel has nonetheless undertaken the second edition of the New Zealand power list of the most powerful lawyers in New Zealand in the past year.

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