Boardroom Magazine Autumn 2025 | IoD NZ

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How New Zealand’s largest company delivers optimal value

How New Zealand’s largest company delivers optimal value

By leveraging its comparative advantages and de-risking the co-op, Fonterra has a strategy for success.

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Raising the anchor on ROC

Raising the anchor on ROC

While New Zealand’s ports are not generating a sufficient return on capital, it can be fixed over time, says Sue Sheldon DistFInstD.

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Jan Dawson: Focus on the fundamentals

Jan Dawson: Focus on the fundamentals

Chair of the Year Jan Dawson CNZM, CFInstD says the board should determine the appropriate metrics and monitor performance regularly.

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‘Backcasting’ to the future

‘Backcasting’ to the future

Hypothetical scenario-based exercises highlight key strategic questions for board action, says Chorus Chair Mark Cross CFInstD.

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James Miller: Invest where you have a competitive advantage

James Miller: Invest where you have a competitive advantage

Channel Infrastructure Chair James Miller CFInstD says you should treat shareholder capital and trust as precious assets.

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Lifting the ‘Vail’ – it could be a ‘black run’ in NZ

Lifting the ‘Vail’ – it could be a ‘black run’ in NZ

The world’s largest ski resort operator is under activist pressure with calls for capital discipline and a leadership overhaul.

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Hōhepa Hawke’s Bay: How true capital is derived

Hōhepa Hawke’s Bay: How true capital is derived

Extending beyond financial metrics, it embodies communities served, resources used and the enhancement of human dignity.

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Dentons

Pain or gain: dividends v capital deployment

Pain or gain: dividends v capital deployment

Declaring a dividend, or using capital for other means, is becoming more and more complex.

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Why New Zealand boards punch above their weight

Why New Zealand boards punch above their weight

Newly appointed MNZM recipient, IoD CEO Kirsten Patterson CMInstD, says
the level of performance of NZ boards “continues to amaze me”.

More articles from this issue

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David Wright: A four-star visual effect

David Wright: A four-star visual effect

Wētā FX director David Wright CMInstD hits his ‘four-quadrant’ goal of private, public, profit and not-for-profit boards.

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Embracing te ao Māori wisdom: lessons for non-indigenous organisations

Embracing te ao Māori wisdom: lessons for non-indigenous organisations

Lady Tureiti Moxon CFInstD shares why the indigenous approach to governance offers insights into leadership, sustainability and wellbeing.

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What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

Being defined by what you are not can impact on your social licence to operate.

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HSE Global

The value of H&S investment

The value of H&S investment

A more sustainable business model is attainable if boards can improve their approach to health and safety, says HSE Global’s Phil Parkes.

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Climate change: The defining health challenge of our time

Climate change: The defining health challenge of our time

We must rise to this challenge, not only because it is the right thing to do but because the health of billions depends on it.

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Climate goals: Aspire higher – the sky’s the limit

Climate goals: Aspire higher – the sky’s the limit

Safe decisions bring achievable goals but you will never hit the stars, says sustainability advocate Gavin Mark Fernandez CMInstD.

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KPMG

Navigating the short- and long-term trade-offs

Navigating the short- and long-term trade-offs

The need for business to take a broader and more integrated view of capital has become even stronger.

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Dawn Sangster: Taking the bull by the horns

Dawn Sangster: Taking the bull by the horns

New Zealand Order of Merit recipient Dawn Sangster MNZM, CFInstD is a beacon for women in governance.

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Diligent

Where boards must stay alert in 2025

Where boards must stay alert in 2025

Research identifies key areas where directors need to be informed, proactive and connected.

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ASB

Growth tops the agenda for 2025

Growth tops the agenda for 2025

The Fourth Industrial Revolution can help turn our manufacturing sector from a laggard to a leader.

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Kordia

What your cyber strategy should look like

What your cyber strategy should look like

Cybersecurity has moved centre stage but New Zealand businesses are still slow to get with the show.

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WAIT (Why Am I Talking)

WAIT (Why Am I Talking)

In the first of a three-part series, eight directors across our branches tell us where they are at in their governance journey.

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Dentons

Pain or gain: dividends v capital deployment

Pain or gain: dividends v capital deployment

Declaring a dividend, or using capital for other means, is becoming more and more complex.

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Why New Zealand boards punch above their weight

Why New Zealand boards punch above their weight

Newly appointed MNZM recipient, IoD CEO Kirsten Patterson CMInstD, says
the level of performance of NZ boards “continues to amaze me”.

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Hōhepa Hawke’s Bay: How true capital is derived

Hōhepa Hawke’s Bay: How true capital is derived

Extending beyond financial metrics, it embodies communities served, resources used and the enhancement of human dignity.

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Lifting the ‘Vail’ – it could be a ‘black run’ in NZ

Lifting the ‘Vail’ – it could be a ‘black run’ in NZ

The world’s largest ski resort operator is under activist pressure with calls for capital discipline and a leadership overhaul.

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James Miller: Invest where you have a competitive advantage

James Miller: Invest where you have a competitive advantage

Channel Infrastructure Chair James Miller CFInstD says you should treat shareholder capital and trust as precious assets.

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Jan Dawson: Focus on the fundamentals

Jan Dawson: Focus on the fundamentals

Chair of the Year Jan Dawson CNZM, CFInstD says the board should determine the appropriate metrics and monitor performance regularly.

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‘Backcasting’ to the future

‘Backcasting’ to the future

Hypothetical scenario-based exercises highlight key strategic questions for board action, says Chorus Chair Mark Cross CFInstD.

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Raising the anchor on ROC

Raising the anchor on ROC

While New Zealand’s ports are not generating a sufficient return on capital, it can be fixed over time, says Sue Sheldon DistFInstD.

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