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All DHB members were responsible to the health minister rather than their local community. Fees paid to chairs, deputy chairs and members varied according to the size of the DHB area and ranged from about $13,000 to $80,000 for chairs, and $6510 to more than $40,000 for members. Supplied Professor Robin Gauld, of the University of Otago’s Centre for Health Systems and Technology, says health board fees will be better spent on improving skills and expertise within the public health system rather than on consultants. The health minister decided how much each DHB member received based on a...

It starts with legislation with worthy intent – to protect workers when they take a holiday. “Modern” Holidays Act legislation, first introduced in 1945, is there to make sure people aren't financially worse off when they take a break. “So if you normally work a lot of overtime, the Act makes sure you get your overtime paid when you are on holiday,” says self-confessed Holidays Act nerd, and Buddle Findlay partner Hamish Kynaston. Same with allowances. Or with sales people on low salaries and high commissions. “If they didn’t get their commissions built into their holiday pay...

Mainland Matters: A high-growth Christchurch software company is dominating its market niche. It is a world-class New Zealand company that isn’t a household name and yet its success should be a beacon for others to follow its path. So how does this company build a world-class software business from Christchurch? Ask the people at Seequent, previously known as Aranz. Seequent is a remarkable success story. And the guy next to me from Westpac hadn’t known about Seequent until this presentation. Everyone should know about Seequent and the circumstances that have got the company to this...

Female partners on the rise at major law and accounting firms but still well below 50 per cent 7 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Men still dominate partnership roles at professional services firms in New Zealand. Photo / File New Zealand's major professional services firms are still struggling to reach gender parity at the partnership level despite a major push in recent years to bring women through into their senior ranks. Partners at law and accounting firms are the most senior members of staff and can earn money through either an equity share of the business' profit...

Thursday, 11 February 2021, 10:31 am Refreshed brand reflects positioning as New Zealand’s collaborative law firm In late 2019, Buddle Findlay's Board mandated a project team to focus in on what Buddle Findlay stands for and offers to its clients, and to ensure its branding and visual identity is an accurate reflection of that. The project team, led by Paul Beverley (the firm's former National Chair), worked with an external brand agency who undertook engagement with the firm's people, clients and non-client entities. The research confirmed that Buddle Findlay's key point of difference in t...