As rumours swirled of work stalling on Du Val sites due to non-payment, subcontractors were left demanding answers. What they got instead were tense meetings and vague promises.

 

Maria Slade takes us inside a period of mounting pressure, where she hears how frustration on the ground collided with Du Val’s increasingly feverish attempts to control the story.

 

She also explores the system that enabled Du Val’s rapid rise, including the eligible investor loophole that saw would-be investors targeted by marketing for wholesale products that arguably weren't suited to them.

 

Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation’s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

 

Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade 
Producer: Hamish Williams 
Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews
Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy
Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman

 

https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

As rumours swirled of work stalling on Du Val sites due to non-payment, subcontractors were left demanding answers. What they got instead were tense meetings and vague promises.
&nbsp;
Maria Slade takes us inside a period of mounting pressure, where she hears how frustration on the ground collided with Du Val&rsquo;s increasingly feverish attempts to control the story.
&nbsp;
She also explores the system that enabled Du Val&rsquo;s rapid rise, including the eligible investor loophole that saw would-be investors targeted by marketing for wholesale products that arguably weren't suited to them.
&nbsp;
Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation&rsquo;s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.
&nbsp;
Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade&nbsp; Producer: Hamish Williams Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman
&nbsp;
https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke. 

But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.

As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group’s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona. 

She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.

Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation’s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke.&nbsp;
But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.
As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group&rsquo;s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona.&nbsp;
She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.
Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation&rsquo;s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

The Fall of the House of Du Val

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke.

 

But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.

 

As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group’s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona.

 

She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.

 

Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation’s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.

 

Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade 
Producer: Hamish Williams 
Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews
Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy
Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman

 

https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

It was meant to be the Kiwi dream: build wealth through property and follow in the footsteps of Du Val group founders Kenyon and Charlotte Clarke.
&nbsp;
But when the Du Val empire collapsed, owing $268 million and leaving investors reeling, that dream came crashing down.
&nbsp;
As the Du Val saga continues to unfold, investigative business journalist Maria Slade speaks to investors owed tens of thousands and former staff about the group&rsquo;s big ambitions, selling tactics, and flashy public persona.
&nbsp;
She also talks with industry experts to examine a system that allowed this to happen, and question why we're so drawn to fringe property schemes.
&nbsp;
Brought to you by BusinessDesk with thanks to The Milford Foundation&rsquo;s Brian Gaynor Business Journalism Initiative and MoneyHub.
&nbsp;
Host, researcher, writer: Maria Slade Producer: Hamish Williams Lead Sound Design: Mick Andrews Additional Sound Design: Lara Healy Executive Producers: Jane Yee and Duncan Bridgeman
&nbsp;
https://businessdesk.co.nz/du-val

3. With us or Against us

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