Dileepa Fonseka
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
WorkSafe is given six months to pursue fewer 'novel' prosecutions or face deeper restructuring. A Road of National Significance north of Levin is cut down to two lanes, while Microsoft cuts its global… Audio
Super-market failure, ad income slump, local paper paper row
Just two companies have carved up most of our grocery bills for years. The government says change is coming - but many in the media don't seem to believe it;s possible. Also - our media's slumping… Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
Four projects have been named by Treasury as ready-to-go public-private partnership projects as major banks and investment funds come to the country for an infrastructure summit at the end of this… Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
BusinessDesk senior correspondent, Dileepa Fonseka. Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
Dileepa and Kathryn mark the passing of former Fonterra Chief Executive Theo Spierings who has died after a short illness. Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
Dileepa looks at what is going on in the energy market including what high prices are doing to the manufacturing sector. Also the science system restructure with Sir Peter Gluckman leading two reviews… Audio
Business: Cloud chaos in govt ministries, Fonterra and the ETS
Business correspondent Dileepa Fonseka joins Kathryn to talk about two big IT blowouts within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defence. Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
Dileepa looks at figures showing the number of highly skilled migrants is falling, despite a bump in immigration. And a new BusinessDesk series, JobWatch 2024, looks at layoffs in both the private and… Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
BusinessDesk launches its Business of Education series today, looking at the role of the private sector in education. Dileepa discusses Official Information Act figures which reveal a four and a… Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
Dileepa discusses a China Business forum which he attended this week, as well as newly appointed trade minister Todd McClay's upcoming trips to Singapore and India, to establish deeper trade… Audio
Business commentator Dileepa Fonseka
Dileepa joins Kathryn to talk about the New Zealand supply chain strategy report that was released on Friday to little fanfare. He'll talk about what was in the report, but also what it left out - for… Audio
What life is like for an RSE worker
Covid has meant huge disruption for seasonal workers, but they're back now - if they ever left. What is it like for RSE workers who leave their families so they can feed them? Audio
What life is like for an RSE worker
Covid has meant huge disruption for seasonal workers, but they're back now - if they ever left. What is it like for RSE workers who leave their families so they can feed them?
AudioDebate over high-density housing grows
Debate is heating up among some city councils over higher-density housing and where to put it. Audio
The huge fraud issues Immigration staff have to tackle
Sharon Brettkelly gets a rare look inside Immigration New Zealand as staff deal with increasing cases of fraud, and political clouds on the horizon. Audio
The huge fraud issues Immigration staff have to tackle
Sharon Brettkelly gets a rare look inside Immigration New Zealand as staff deal with increasing cases of fraud, and political clouds on the horizon.
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