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With the industry facing further reform, the liquor barons are jostling for position.

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Business Hub: 42 Below founder, outgoing Savor chair Geoff Ross on his next chapter 12 minutes to read Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw Fifteen hundred kilometres away from Savor Groups Auckland head office, outgoing chair Geoff Ross is mustering away at his lakeside farm, scoping out plans for his next venture. The 53-year-old is retiring from the board of the hospitality group at the end of this month to ...

Savor is better known for successfully developing new restaurants.

Moa brewery sold in February for $1.9m, leaving behind an unsavoury legacy. Michael Andrew speaks to the new owner about how the brewery plans to move forward, while at the same time returning to its Marlborough roots. Moa Brewing Company’s new owner Stephen Smith has criticised the company’s old marketing strategy, saying it does not reflect the values of the brewery today. In response to a Spinoff story discussing the negative reputation of Moa beer, Smith, who has also been Moa’s manag...

Its 2012 investment prospectus was all suits, cigars, guns, sports cars and models in short skirts, and its consumer advertising was possibly even worse. Did the Moa brand’s dodgy attitude to women contribute to its huge losses? The middle of the road can wind up being a risky place for a business. Typically a conservative approach, it’s where a brand avoids the extreme or dedicated ends of the market to target a broad swathe of malleable consumers. The problem is, without a vivid identity,...

The announcement comes with little fanfare, but marks another huge moment for people power, for iwi, hapū, environmental groups, and the hundreds of thousands of people who for the last decade have maintained one of the most relentless campaigns of the modern era to put an end to deep sea oil exploration in New Zealand.

The announcement comes with little fanfare, but marks another huge moment for people power, for iwi, hapū, environmental groups, and the hundreds of thousands of people who for the last decade have maintained one of the most relentless campaigns of the modern era to put an end to deep sea oil exploration in New Zealand.

Hi Pat. I think that ChCh is a bad example. Since the earthquake the city has spread out hugely to the west, north west and south west. In the east of course, which has historically been lower cost housing, its just one huge barren landscape in many areas. The whole market is totally distorted. The new dwellings are all of a certain type. Flashy, expensive and not really good rental material. So, I would strongly disagree that supply has increased in the rental market. Agree with you re exces...

New owners confident they can turn things around. NZX-listed Moa Group is rebranding to a hospitality-only venture and has sold off its loss-making brewing arm for $1.9 million. As part of the business transformation, Moa will rebrand to Savor Ltd and operate under the SVR ticker from March 1. Moa hit the NZX in a $16m IPO in late 2012 and operated solely as a brewing company before purchasing the Auckland-based Savor Group of restaurants in early 2019. In a release to the market, Moa’s boa...