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type: Director duties
date: 17/09/26

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Borrowed credibility is not due diligence

Borrowed credibility is not due diligence

Not-for-profit boards may lack big recruitment budgets, but cannot afford shortcuts. Due diligence depends more on discipline than dollars.

type: Digital
date: 11/09/26

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Could you explain your organisation’s ethics to an AI?

Could you explain your organisation’s ethics to an AI?

If AI needs ethical guardrails, there is a fundamental governance question for boards: has your organisation actually defined them?

type: Board practices
date: 18/09/26

KPMG

How boards can turn confidence into long-term resilience

Family business growth ambitions remain strong, but succession, funding, leadership and AI will demand closer board attention.

type: Director duties
date: 14/09/26

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The $15 million bet Malaghan chose to take

David Downs CMInstD explains how a board backed fundamental science when neither the outcome nor the funding was guaranteed.

type: Director duties
date: 16/09/26

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Have we actually overreached? Recognising when your business needs to pivot

Have we actually overreached? Recognising when your business needs to pivot

Family-owned Ernslaw One moved closer to contractors to improve safety. CEO Darren Mann MInstD says the next challenge is knowing when to…

type: Finance
date: 18/09/26

MARSH

When supply chain efficiency concentrates risk

Geopolitical disruption can turn lean inventories and single-source procurement into costly points of failure.

type: Leadership
date: 11/09/26

Meridian’s record result lifts Verbiest to top spot

Mark Verbiest overtakes Alison Gerry in The Boardroom Table rankings, while Rachel Taulelei jumps 24 places after Mercury’s record year.

type: Director duties
date: 02/09/26

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Share registers: a duty directors cannot outsource

Share registers: a duty directors cannot outsource

Recent requests for shareholder information show why boards need confidence in the processes for maintaining and disclosing it.

type: Board practices
date: 04/09/26

Induction must match the weight of school governance

Induction must match the weight of school governance

New school board members carry full responsibility from day one. Strong induction helps them govern without drifting into management.

type: Director duties
date: 03/09/26

Forestry slash and directors’ duties: when environmental risk becomes personal

Forestry slash and directors’ duties: when environmental risk becomes personal

A Gisborne forestry case shows how environmental compliance failures can leave directors personally liable.

type: Climate
date: 27/08/26

What supply chain dashboards leave out

What supply chain dashboards leave out

Stock levels and supplier data tell part of the story. So do the ecosystems, knowledge and relationships behind supply.

type: Finance
date: 18/09/26

MARSH

When supply chain efficiency concentrates risk

When supply chain efficiency concentrates risk

Geopolitical disruption can turn lean inventories and single-source procurement into costly points of failure.

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Insurance
Supply chains

type: Board practices
date: 18/09/26

KPMG

How boards can turn confidence into long-term resilience

How boards can turn confidence into long-term resilience

Family business growth ambitions remain strong, but succession, funding, leadership and AI will demand closer board attention.

AI
Family business
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type: Board practices
date: 15/09/26

DENTONS

RMA replacement Bills near final form after further changes

RMA replacement Bills near final form after further changes

Changes to goals, environmental limits and transition arrangements clarify how the proposed planning system will work.

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Policy and legislation
Regulation

type: Board practices
date: 06/08/26

KORDIA

AI has entered the attack chain

AI has entered the attack chain

Two recent cases show human-directed AI finding and exploiting software flaws, making faster patching, isolation and response more urgent.

AI
Cyber security
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type: Sectors & perspectives
date: 04/08/26

KPMG

The next phase of public sector AI: practical steps for leaders

The next phase of public sector AI: practical steps for leaders

Decisions made now will be crucial to the future of AI in government.

AI
Digital transformation
From our sponsors

type: Board practices
date: 25/06/26

KORDIA

AI is shrinking the cyber defence window

AI is shrinking the cyber defence window

A rare Five Eyes advisory warns AI is changing cyber risk timelines from months to days.

AI
Cyber security
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type: Director duties
date: 28/05/26

DENTONS

QEX penalties put directors’ financial reporting duties in the spotlight

QEX penalties put directors’ financial reporting duties in the spotlight

The first FMA civil proceedings remind directors of FMC reporting entities they may face personal liability for late financial statements.

Compliance
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type: Digital
date: 20/05/26

Kordia

What an AI model “too dangerous” for public release means for directors

What an AI model “too dangerous” for public release means for directors

Faster vulnerability discovery may leave organisations more exposed if remediation cannot keep up.

AI
Cyber security
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