It's often cited that business can learn from sport successes and while PR practitioner Mark Blackham thinks that's not always true, he says there are useful lessons to be gleaned from the mistakes sports administrators make when faced with public relations problems.

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Promising to liven up the school run is the latest addition to Mercedes-Benz’s ever-expanding portfolio of AMG-suffixed firepower, the AMG GLC 43.

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Don’t be fooled by the Greens’ declarations of undying fidelity to their memorandum of understanding with Labour: Their decision not to stand a candidate against Peter Dunne in Ohariu is entirely self-interested.

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In Editor's Insight, Nevil Gibson discusses Trump and Muldoon comparisons and other quirky news of the week

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It was once said what was good for General Motors was good for America. Now, the onetime world’s largest car maker has found bigger isn’t better after all.

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Nearly three-quarters of chief executives in PwC’s 20th annual survey believe it's harder to gain and keep trust in an increasingly digitised world.

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Merger and acquisition activity is expected to increase this year, law firm Minter Ellison predicts.

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New Zealand’s third largest telco, Vocus Group, is trying to become a major player in the cyber security industry while also dipping its toes in cloud backup services.

The company owns retail service providers such as Orcon, Slingshot, and Flip after it merged with M2 last year. Vocus Communications is one of its business-to-business divisions.

Vocus Communications director of wholesale, corporate and government Maxine Elliott caught up with NBR's Andrew Patterson to discuss the company's latest moves.

Skellerup seeks steadier, if less profitable, business by National Business Review

The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund is being vague on its return on investment in Phitek, which last month was sold to NYSE-listed Amphenol for $60 million.

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