CAFCA UPDATE

1/ The Rich Get Richer: Who Wants To Be A Trillionaire?

https://apnews.com/article/income-inequality-billionaires-davos-85baf23e9a2a7d4d94da5aca11f3ca5e

2/ Top Ten Foreign Purchases In NZ In 2023

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/top-10-foreign-purchases-kpmg-reveals-multibillion-dollar-trades/CTT7RC5PVJANVFW34QC4TP6ABI/

3/ Government Plans To Liberalise Foreign Investment Law

https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/26/plans-to-scale-back-ministers-powers-over-foreign-investment/

4/ Climate Change

https://www.stuff.co.nz/climate-change/350170790/will-huge-court-decision-spur-fonterra-genesis-and-z-energy-go-green

5/ Banks

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/301003074/westpac-profit-drops-but-making-more-out-of-borrowers

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/301007493/anz-profit-up-10-despite-tough-economic-times

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/133263001/bnz-profits-climb-to-more-than-15-billion

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350110572/bank-customers-shut-out-commerce-commission-banking-market-study

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-banks-announce-update-on-fight-against-scammers-crackdown-on-mule-accounts/SRIVXGZQYNFEJP2EVXFIBZAQ5Q/

https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350154834/explosive-advice-banks-ombudsman

https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350165800/bnz-ordered-pay-217k-scam-victim-after-failures-identify-warning-signs

6/ Insurance

https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/26/plans-to-scale-back-ministers-powers-over-foreign-investment/

7/ Tobacco Companies

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350119403/devastation-and-celebration-binning-smokefree-legislation

https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350157980/nz-first-mp-casey-costello-under-fire-over-cigarette-pricing-document-leak

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ministers-asked-to-disclose-links-to-tobacco-industry-as-smokefree-repeal-again-takes-centre-stage-in-parliament/62ICOMVRKNDFFESTH7USJBAQKE/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/508127/revealed-nz-first-minister-casey-costello-s-notes-on-tobacco-tax-freeze

8/ Digital Transnationals

https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350097008/us-can-demand-data-held-cloud-giants-nz-lawyer-reminds-clients

9/ Forestry

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/497044/one-application-accepted-so-far-under-new-oio-farm-to-forest-conversion-rules

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300986309/forestry-company-displayed-high-level-of-carelessness-and-should-be-fined-84000–gisborne-council

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/301010571/gisborne-mill-to-close-with-60-jobs-to-go-three-days-before-christmas

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/overseas-company-kauri-forestry-lp-spends-25m-on-1800ha-of-northland-farmland-to-convert-to-forestry/FLLZCUWABZAK5BFIBPYVH73MPI/

10/ IKEA

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/350163993/how-ikea-taking-over-new-zealands-forests-and-farms

11/ Mining

https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350143245/australian-miner-sees-few-barriers-exploiting-8b-central-otago-gold-find

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350157174/new-zealand-precipice-new-gold-rush

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350145560/new-zealand-gold-discoveries-worth-billions-dollars

12/ Bluff Smelter

https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350118084/helter-smelter-tiwai-point-dance-begins-again

13/ Early Childhood Education Sector

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350137703/changes-early-childhood-education-needs-rather-tax-rebates

14/ Water Bottling

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350114342/supreme-court-water-bottling-clampdown-gives-clarity-over-consents

15/ Petrol Companies

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/301017685/consumer-nz-takes-legal-action-over-z-energy-claims