The Bottom Line’s Paul McBeth and New Zealand Shareholders’ Association chief executive Oliver Mander try their hands at this podcast thing with The Long and the Short of It, where they discuss the latest goings-on in marketland.

This week, Oliver’s holiday is disrupted by the governance battle lining up at Rakon (predating two of the independent directors calling it quits). And while he’s at it, Alliance’s incoming Irish friend has him ponder raising capital as a cooperative, the Trouchet family’s bid for Tourism Holdings raises some interesting questions on when to recuse yourself from a board and Craigs Investment Partners’ web of director links makes for some interesting mind-mapping. Paul swivels in his chair.

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Disclosure: Oliver Mander and Paul McBeth both own shares of Rakon.