11:05 am today

Business commentator Nicholas Pointon

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am today

Company failure rates are on the up, Nicholas explains what the reasons behind this might be. What are land lease communities? And why they work in Australia but have failed to be picked up in New Zealand. Nicholas also discusses call from iwi who want to invest in Kiwibank, and Spark's chair's long tenure is being questioned.

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Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi

Nicholas Pointon is a senior journalist at the National Business Review.