John Hawkins

The Shareholders' Association has slammed Abano Healthcare's disaffected shareholders, saying a number of their claims are directly contradicted by documentary evidence. Audio

The Shareholders' Association can see a place for schemes of arrangement but it doesn't believe they are usually appropriate for companies covered by the Takeovers Code. Audio

Shareholders' Association urges Guinness Peat Group investors to vote against reappointment of company's founder and director, Sir Ron Brierley, at annual meeting next week. Audio

Two international ratings agencies - Moodys and Standard & Poors - are considering downgrading Chorus's credit rating. Audio

The Government wants to put shares in Genesis Energy up for sale next March even though it will still be owed money for the partial float of Meridian Energy in November. Audio

The Government is offering to let people pay over time for shares in Meridian Energy to encourage buyers in the face of public disenchantment with its asset sales programme. Audio

The New Zealand stock market has roared ahead in the last year, but the same can't be said for the economy, which has ambled along at a modest annual rate of 2-and-a-half percent. Audio

The Government is seeking advice about whether Sir Douglas Graham should be stripped of his knighthood. Audio

The nation's benchmark NZX 50 stock index is near a record high ahead of today's debut of Mighty River Power shares. Audio

The Government has approved a hike in the fees paid to Mighty River Power's directors by tens of thousands of dollars in the run up to its partial privatisation. Audio

The chair of the Shareholders' Association says investors will end up bearing the cost if a listed software firm breaches rules over having its financial reports audited properly. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

Bondholders in the struggling Blue Star group look unlikely to recover their money even though the printing company is considering a takeover bid. Audio

A shareholder's lobby group is urging investors to dump Sir Ron Brierley from the board of struggling investment firm Guinness Peat Group, saying his time is up. Audio

Bridgecorp investors want to see the failed finance company bosses who lied to them, sent to jail for a long time. The Shareholders Association chair John Hawkins joins the programme. Audio

Ralph Chivers, chief executive of the Institute of Directors, and John Hawkins chairperson of the Shareholders Association. Audio

Sir Douglas Graham and Lawrence Bryant have both been given 300 hours of community work and are to pay 100-thousand dollars reparation. Audio

The big chemicals maker Nuplex has backed down over its plan to hike the fees it pays its directors by 50 percent. Audio

Christchurch man, Bernard Whimp, is again upsetting companies and shareholders by trying to buy shares off unsuspecting investors. Audio

The shareholders' association says it hopes jail terms for two company directors found guilty of theft will be enough to deter future offenders. Audio