Director remuneration

date: 25 Aug 2023
read time: 9 min to read

Governance insights from the Directors’ Fees Report 2023/2024

Governance insights from the Directors’ Fees Report 2023/2024.

Director remuneration
Transparency

date: 18 Aug 2023
read time: 4 min to read

Complex business challenges see directors working longer, seeking insurance

Directors are working longer and many have turned down roles due to time pressure as the median hours worked climbs towards pandemic levels.

Director remuneration
Insurance
Not for profits

date: 15 Jun 2023
read time: 3 min to read

GST on director or board member fees – IRD rulings

Inland Revenue recently issued a total of 46 pages of discussions on how director or board member fees should be treated for GST.

Director remuneration

date: 15 Jun 2023
read time: 2 min to read

GST: Directors and board members providing services through a personal services ...

Inland Revenue's draft guidance consulting on GST treatment for individuals offering director services through a personal services company.

Director remuneration

date: 04 Apr 2023
read time: 4 min to read

Changes to NZX Corporate Governance Code and ESG Guidance Note released

In the recent changes directors will be held more accountable to investors with a greater focus on ESG factors and reporting.

Audit
Board committees
Board composition

date: 20 Mar 2023
read time: 5 min to read

GST on directors’ fees: Professional directors’ fees not eligible for GST

New rulings by Inland Revenue on director's fees and GST will require some directors to review their current arrangements.

Director duties
Director remuneration

Staff wage rises outstrip director fees increases

Media release

date: 26 Aug 2022
read time: 3 min to read

Staff wage rises outstrip director fees increases

according to the 2022/23 Directors’ Fees Report by the IoD and EY.

Director remuneration
Diversity

date: 26 Aug 2022
read time: 3 min to read

Directors' Fees Report 2022/23

A key source of information on director remuneration trends in the New Zealand market.

Director remuneration

Directors’ Fees Survey reveals lift in remuneration for some directors

MEDIA RELEASE

date: 13 Aug 2021
read time: 2 min to read

Directors’ Fees Survey reveals lift in remuneration for some directors

And increase in ‘virtual’ board meetings.

Director remuneration

date: 13 Aug 2021
read time: 3 min to read

Directors' Fees Report 2021/22

A key source of information on director remuneration trends in the New Zealand market.

Director remuneration

date: 26 Aug 2020
read time: 10 min to read

Global resources for not-for-profits

We’ve compiled a list of key global resources that are relevant to NFP board members in New Zealand.

Director remuneration
Not for profits

Longer, harder and riskier – what are directors paid these days?

MEDIA RELEASE

date: 20 Aug 2020
read time: 2 min to read

Longer, harder and riskier – what are directors paid these days?

When COVID-19 first hit New Zealand earlier this year, 40% of directors stopped being paid or took reduced fees.

Covid-19
Director duties
Director remuneration

date: 23 Apr 2020
read time: 2 min to read

Weathering the COVID-19 storm

The IoD carried out an online poll in early April 2019 with four questions about governing through COVID-19.

Covid-19
Director remuneration

IoD supports transparency in setting board fees

MEDIA RELEASE

date: 12 Feb 2020
read time: 1 min to read

IoD supports transparency in setting board fees

While director remuneration can be complex, the Institute of Directors says setting fees should be fair, defensible and transparent.

Director remuneration

date: 21 Nov 2019
read time: 39 min to read

Governance Update - November 2019

Future of audit | Latest policy and advocacy matters | Overview of CBL litigation and developments in the class action landscape

Audit
Climate change
Conduct

Directors spend more time on board responsibilities

MEDIA RELEASE

date: 23 Aug 2019
read time: 1 min to read

Directors spend more time on board responsibilities

Directors are spending more time on board responsibilities, the Institute of Directors and EY New Zealand has found.

Accountability
Director remuneration

date: 01 Sep 2018
read time: 60 min to read

Boardroom magazine August - September 2018

Te Papa chair Evan Williams talks museum governance | Private equity governance | David Kirk gets philosophical

Climate change
Director remuneration
Diversity

Director fees rising slowly, company risks rising

MEDIA RELEASE

date: 10 Aug 2018
read time: 3 min to read

Director fees rising slowly, company risks rising

An increasingly complex operating environment is demanding more time from directors, the annual Directors’ Fees Report 2018 has found.

Director remuneration

date: 01 Mar 2018
read time: 60 min to read

Boardroom magazine February - March 2018

Governance lessons from the Rt Hon Sir John Key | Shareholder activism and risk management | Setting director remuneration

Director remuneration
Diversity
Shareholders

date: 01 Sep 2017
read time: 60 min to read

Boardroom magazine August - September 2017

Building a governance pipeline | Slavery - a modern problem? | Building blocks for innovation | Gender pay gap is closing

Director remuneration
Ethics
Innovation

Directors’ fees – gender pay gap closing

MEDIA RELEASE

date: 04 Aug 2017
read time: 2 min to read

Directors’ fees – gender pay gap closing

The gender pay disparity between male and female non-executive directors has dropped by more than half over the last three years.

Director remuneration

date: 01 Aug 2017
read time: 21 min to read

Governance Update - August 2017

Stepping up corporate governance with the NZX Corporate Governance code | Worldwide cyber-attacks a reminder to address cybersecurity

Climate change
Court decisions
Cyber security

date: 06 Jun 2017
read time: 4 min to read

Submission on Inland Revenue exposure draft

Institute of Directors' submission on the Inland Revenue’s exposure draft.

Director remuneration

date: 01 May 2017
read time: 60 min to read

Boardroom magazine April - May 2017

Big data, big questions | The global risk landscape | Tips for seeking a board position | Directors' fees