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ELE group collapse: Māori workers caught out
Crown entity paid the money to support more Māori getting into the workforce.

ELE Group collapse: Immigration NZ seeks direct contact with fired workers
Visas give the workers the right to remain in this country while they are working.

ELE Group collapse: Massive foodbank drive for hundreds of laid-off workers
"My phone is blowing up right now," organiser says as hundreds face a perilous Christmas.

ELE Group collapse: Pay cut, redundancy threat came before receivership
Collapsed company ELE was a 'good employer in a tough industry' - but now wages are gone.

ELE collapse: 750 Filipinos fired from sites
'Workers’ ability to stay here is now under threat, many will find it hard': Mikee Santos.

1000+ jobs 'terminated' - Deloitte on 11-office national labour hire business
ELE - global recruiter went overseas, particularly the Philippines, to fill jobs here.

Is the worst behind us? Business confidence on the mend
Firms' confidence in the economic outlook and their expectations rose again in December.

City Rail Link fight: YMCA wanted $18m, Auckland Council offered $262K
Arguments put that only three basement car park levels can now be built instead of six.

$19b business moving, Brian Gaynor library planned for new offices
'Fearless champion for NZ companies and investors' to be commemorated in new premises.

State houses built in China, delivered to Hamilton
Kāinga Ora is accelerating its public housing programme.

Christmas joy: $5.4m Parnell repairs, owners get keys back
Chubb New Zealand insured units where repairs were carried out by Tauranga’s Align Group.

Auckland property lawsuit: The $20 million man who offered but didn’t settle
One vendor kept a $2m deposit, second one kept $834,000. But they then went further.

Grouting Services ordered to pay $290k after worker killed by falling beam
WorkSafe prosecuted the firm over the death of a 21-year-old construction worker.

More Mitre 10 layoffs: 14 made redundant at North Shore HQ
A spokeswoman said those leaving were offered support.

Property Insider: New marae, waananga planned for Te Motu a Hiaroa/Puketutu Island
Next major step in rehabilitating the debased landscape where maunga were removed.

'I sympathise': Liquidator on 16 customers of failed double-glazer
One customer had paid $55,000 in advance and didn’t have the products.

Cambridge Clock Tower to get its time and chime back
The Westminster chimes sequence – the same used by Big Ben in London – will be back.

Pipeline becomes nightmare: Ryman axes $150m plans
'Frustrating' local community, residents had to pay $40,000 to battle plans in their area.

Pokie, economic downturn hit SkyCity profit forecast
A combination of four factors was cited as reasons for the change.

$200m retirement village, luxury hotel gets green light near Arrowtown
'Do you want to live in a multi-level retirement apartment in the middle of a paddock?'

Court rejects $176k costs claim for Aotea Square apartment
'Disappointment' as court finds John Love's company wasn't entitled to the extra money.

Big payday for Hirepool shareholders
Fat dividend for private equity firm Next Capital and other shareholders.

Three retirement village issues NZ Shareholders Association is considering
'More transparency in cash-flow reporting: something we’re happy about, some way to go.'

Property Insider: Catholic college in Drury to open; Downtown Carpark alternative
St Ignatius of Loyola to have nearly 340 pupils when it opens in February.

St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College nears completion
The construction of St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Drury, Auckland, is nearing completion. Video / Supplied

Cosmetics to art: Ex-Helena Rubenstein building new gallery
Existing Gow Langsford gallery will be retained, new buy is expansion of business.

Information-free: Liquidators complain about publishing boss
An order was made in the High Court at Auckland on October 26 to put the company under.

Financier debt on failed Dawn Park apartment project declared at $53.4m
High interest rates and rising costs of labour and materials blamed for Dawn Park trouble.

New Bunnings store anchors large Taupō development
Plans have been released for a proposed new retail development in Taupō.