Cafes and restaurants prove irresistible to smaller investors.

With toilet paper stuck to the heel of his shoe, Hanover co-owner Mark Hotchin walked into his Auckland investor meeting yesterday.

Hanover investors asked heated questions of company directors at a meeting to discuss the $400 million deal put up by Allied Farmers.

Hanover Finance has returned fire on the Shareholders Association's Bruce Sheppard.

"When's your next bloody party in Fiji," one angry investor asked Hanover director Mark Hotchin during heated scenes yesterday.

BioVittoria, the Hamilton-based biotech firm, has pushed out the closing date for its initial public offering.

Hamilton-based natural sweetener company Biovittoria is further extending the closing date of it share offer.

Mark Hotchin has implored Hanover and United Finance investors to set aside their anger and decide on Allied Farmers' proposed deal on its merits.

Hanover Finance shareholders have been urged to put aside the company's poor performance and any animoisty towards its directors when they vote on the Alllied Farmers deal.

Stock exchange operator NZX plans to split its shares four ways, and change the way it calculates dividends.

Figures released today show nationwide values are up 4.1 per cent from April but still 5.9 per cent below the market peak of late 2007.

Two years on from the heady days of 2007, Devonport has weathered the property bust better than anywhere else in Auckland.