Matt Nippert

business investigations reporter, NZ Herald

Matt Nippert is the NZ Herald's business investigations reporter

Business
Oct 27, 2020

From penthouse to prison cell: The downfall of Eric Watson

The jailing this week of New Zealand playboy businessman Eric Watson was nearly a decade in the legal making.

Read on.

Business
Aug 13, 2020

Why the forecasters got it so wrong on the Covid unemployment rate

Matt Nippert and Keith Ng pick through economic forecasts and wage subsidy and company administration data to find an economy that's doing better than anyone predicted.

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