Surprises are often a pleasant part of travel but an unpleasant and costly one may await on the return home.

Kevin Podmore, former managing director of St Laurence has declared himself bankrupt.

Investor reaction to an update from Air New Zealand last month has pushed the company's stock to its lowest level in more than two years - and it is still searching for the runway with shares closing down 1c yesterday at 88c.

Former chairman of Hanover Finance chairman Greg Muir says the decision by the FMA to launch civil proceedings against company directors is 'disappointing'.

Former National Finance director Trevor Allan Ludlow has pleaded guilty this afternoon to eight charges of misleading investors and making false financial statements.

It wasn't just flimsy finance companies that were flummoxed by our recent financial misfortunes.