Battle over Du Val begins
Property

Battle over Du Val begins

Interim receivership is only a stop-gap measure to preserve assets, experts say.

Maria Slade 08 Aug 2024
Du Val liquidation hearing to proceed despite FMA raid
Property

Du Val liquidation hearing to proceed despite FMA raid

Out-of-pocket subcontractor is going ahead with winding up attempt.

Maria Slade 06 Aug 2024
Queenstown throws out affordable housing levy
Infrastructure

Queenstown throws out affordable housing levy

The resort town would have been the first area in NZ to impose a charge on developers.

Maria Slade 02 Aug 2024

Maria Slade
Maria Slade

Property editor



Maria Slade is the NZ Shareholders Association 2021 Business Journalist of the year and was runner-up in the 2021 Citi Journalism Awards. She joined BusinessDesk in 2024 from NBR where she was a senior journalist. Prior to that she was business editor of the Spinoff. Slade has worked for most major NZ media outlets including NZ Herald, Stuff, Newstalk ZB and RNZ, and is the author of a how-to book for house hunters, Buyer Beware: A New Zealand Home Buyer’s Guide.

Followers will be emailed
articles by Maria