Curious Media’s register of interests
Our disclosure policy is still a work in progress, but we think you should know where we put our money, what memberships we have, whether we rent or own our house – you know, the things that help you make up your mind whether our journalism is as straight up as we say it is.
We have a two-week cooldown period either side of publication from buying or selling anything we’ve covered – and if any exceptions come to prove the rule you can be sure we’ll let you know.
We’ll review this register at the end of every month and update as need be, plus anything major that happens in the meantime will go to the front of the queue too. And we’ll flag when something amounts to more than 5% of our portfolio (including property of course).
Last updated on April 10, 2026.
And if there’s anything you think we’ve missed, please let us know – editor@thebottomline.co.nz.
Curious Media purchases financial data services from IRESS, office services from Regus, web services from PageMasters, advertising from Google Ads and email delivery from MailChimp.
The Bottom Line Media’s payments are processed by Stripe. It has offered a three-month trial to NZ Shareholders’ Association members (of which Paul McBeth is one – see below).
Curious News has republishing agreements with the National Business Review, Tarawera Publishing and Jenny Ruth’s Just the Business substack.
The Curious Media group banks with Bank of New Zealand.
Paul McBeth’s register of interests
Editor and proprietor of The Bottom Line Media, Curious News, and Curious Media.
Company directorships and controlling interests
Curious Media group of companies – director, sole shareholder, shareholder loan. Material.
Equity interests
Allied Farmers -first bought in February 2024 through Invest Direct
Bremworth – first bought in February 2024 through Invest Direct
Geneva Finance – first bought in 2024 through Invest Direct
Kiwi Property Group – first bought in January 2024 through Sharesies, dividends reinvested
Mainfreight – first bought in July 2025 through Sharesies, dividends reinvested
NZX – first bought in January 2024 through Sharesies, dividends reinvested
Rakon – first bought in January 2024 through Invest Direct. Bourns takeover offer accepted in April 2026
Stride Property – first bought in January 2024 through Sharesies, dividends reinvested
Tower – first bought in January 2024 through Sharesies, dividends reinvested
Vista Group International – first bought in January 2024 through Invest Direct
WasteCo – first bought in January 2024 through Invest Direct
Managed investment schemes
Milford Active Growth Fund – first bought in January 2024. Material.
Milford Aggressive Fund – first bought in January 2024. Material.
Milford KiwiSaver Active Group – first entered in May 2014. Material.
Salt Long Short Fund – first bought in January 2024. Material.
Smart S&P/NZX 50 ETF – first bought January 2024 through Sharesies, dividends reinvested
Property/Accommodation
Tenant in a private rental in Auckland CBD since July 2023
Insurance
Car insurance – Tower
Banking
Westpac – term deposits, transaction and savings accounts. Material.
ASB – transaction and savings accounts. Received settlement payment on the CCCFA representative action in March 2026. Material.
Debts owed
Westpac MasterCard
ASB Visa
Memberships
New Zealand Shareholders’ Association member since February 2024
Crypto/commodities
None
Travel, hospital and/or gifts
Tāiko Critical Minerals – West Coast site visit, January 2026 (flights, accommodation, meals)
Consulting/contract roles
Trans-Tasman Business Circle – host of CEO/chair series 2025 (through Curious Media)
Former employment
BusinessDesk 2008-2021
NZME (as owner of BusinessDesk) 2022-2023
Contractor to NZME/BusinessDesk 2024
Disposals in past six months as at April 10
Rakon – April 2026 (conditional on Bourns takeover conditions being met)
