Canny view: Diversification a great luxury
9 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Diversification is about not putting all your apples in one basket. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Nick Stewart
Horticulture is a tough business. One that currently seems in perpetual crisis with a fruit picker shortage reaching crisis levels. Orchard owners face a constant stream of challenges ranging from commodity price volatility to their exposure to natural events and closed borders, as seen in the past year with Covid caused distress.
In New Zealand, our horticulture sector represents a significant credit exposure of our banking sector, which is growing by 15 per cent a year. Technology can present an opportunity for horticulture, but scale means the efficiencies and the benefits are typically skewed to the largest orchards.
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Sir Ron Brierley: Three guilty pleas and a fall from Olympus
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He was always a private man , says Georgina Beyer, who once slept in Sir Ron Brierley s bed. Oh not when he was in it, of course, she laughs. Rather, it was a coincidence of a broken marriage and her step-father Colin Beyer flatting with Brierley in early 1970s Wellington.
It illustrates the close proximity Beyer enjoyed to watch the creation of a new royalty. Brierley, her step-father Colin and uncle Trevor Beyer, along with others in their circle, redefined wealth in New Zealand.
Those who founded Brierley Investments Limited have been called titans of business but in Greek mythology, the titans were the old gods who were overthrown. Rather, these men were the new gods who savaged New Zealand s traditional definition of wealth.
New Zealand tycoon Ron Brierley pleads guilty to possessing child sexual abuse images Businessman will be sentenced later over allegations more than 1,600 images of child abuse were stored on a database
Ron Brierley was arrested at Sydney international airport in December 2019 over possession of child sexual abuse images. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
Ron Brierley was arrested at Sydney international airport in December 2019 over possession of child sexual abuse images. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
AssociatedPress
Thu 1 Apr 2021 01.52 EDT
One of New Zealand’s most well-known businessmen has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse images, including some showing children as young as two.
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