Rod Oram
US Business visas & seed business sale
Rod Oram elaborates on PGG Wrightson selling its seeds business, Air NZ gets a new chair and and NZ business people win access to business visas for the US. Audio
Fonterra 'squandered ... best part of a billion dollars' - Oram
Fonterra’s next chair will need to tackle poor performance and capital spending problems, business commentator Rod Oram says, by changing the co-op’s culture. Audio
Multinational's appetite for leading edge new foods
Business correspondent, Rod Oram looks at leading edge new foods interesting multinationals, and escalating trade and diplomatic tensions between the US and the EU. Audio
Business: How are Insurers behaving?
The Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank send a "let us how you're behaving" letter to life insurers, following on from their recent and similar letter to banks and Fonterra lifts its forecast… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
This week Rod looks into ANZ overcharging some customers; the NZ Superannuation Fund says its interested in bank-rolling Auckland's trams and Xerox calls off its plans to sell its half-share in… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram has more on the letter sent by the Financial Markets Authority and the Reserve Bank to NZ banks with a clear message about their expectations about bank behavior. Rod is also looking into the… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram looks into some questionable pricing tactics in the petrol industry and further analysis the Productivity Commission's draft document on turning New Zealand into a low emission economy. Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod looks at New Zealand's banks in light of the Australia's Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services. Are the dramas with Australian banks likely to… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
The oil and gas industry's response to the government decision not to offer any offshore exploration blocks. Comvita signals it is a takeover target. Audio
Farmers want new CEO to be a NZer
Fonterra's had a Canadian and a Dutchman as CEO and there's a feeling among its farmer-shareholders that it's time for a New Zealander. We ask commentator Rod Oram what attributes an in-coming CEO… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Air New Zealand has dropped its seven-year alliance with Virgin Australia; Auckland-based health software company Orion Health suffers a share slump and My Foodbags' CEOs step down. Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram has been gauging the mood of shareholders at Fonterra's roadshow events this week; how do they think the coop and its board are performing? Audio
Fonterra CEO resigns
Fonterra has announced its chief executive Theo Spierings is leaving after seven years in the job. Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Shell sells its NZ gas assets to OMV, an Austrian company - meanwhile the government's considering whether to offer any more oil and gas exploration blocks. And impact investing gains a toe-hold in… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram has more on Insurer CBL's liquidation as the story around its demise gets ever more complex; Fonterra invests in a German food startup but reveals nothing about the scale of its investment… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Business commentator Rod Oram has more on the repercussions of Rod Drury stepping down at Xero and also Fonterra going to court to get an injunction against the media. Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
On Rod's mind this week is the A2 Milk's deal with Fonterra which has caused A2's shares to soar making it the most valuable company listed on the NZX. Also the NZ start-up, Trademonster, that's sent… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
On Rod Oram's radar this week is Fletcher Building's problems and losses, which are far worse than expected. Also Genesis Energy which says it will stop burning coal by 2030. Rod joins Kathryn from… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
More bad news from Fletcher Building and Fonterra invests in a controversial joint venture in Russia. Audio