Forest & Bird (F&B) has pulled the plug after a two-year legal battle to stop Bathurst Resources' new Buller coal mine.

A Facebook billionaire, an investment company tied to a charitable trust working with Australian Aboriginal communities, and TradeMe founder Sam Morgan are among the largest holders of Xero shares which have soared more than 500 per cent in the past year.

If Twitter's bankers and executives were hoping for a surge on the day of the stock's public debut, they got it.

The Government has launched an independent probe of Chorus' financial position and its ability to deliver on nationwide ultrafast broadband contracts.

Moa boss Geoff Ross says the up to $6 million full-year loss forecast by the craft beer brewer reflects the "triple hit" the company received from a sales shortfall.

Boutique beer company Moa expects later this month to post a bigger loss than expected full year loss.

NZ Oil and Gas has a moral obligation to pay Pike River families it's claimed - after shareholders yesterday voted not to fork out $3.41m awarded by judge.

New Zealand Oil and Gas shareholders voted yesterday not to pay reparation of $3.41 million to the Pike River families.

New Zealand tech stocks continued to soar today. Cloud accounting company Xero touched a new high of $29.30 - giving it a market capitalisation of $3.7 billion.

Why scrap over 2 per cent of the beer market? That's the question being posed by Moa Brewing Company chief executive Geoff Ross.