New Zealand shares rose as investors reshuffled their portfolios following earnings season, with Warehouse Group and Ryman Healthcare up while Orion Health Group dropped.

F&P Healthcare has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against ResMed, claiming it used its tech in its breathing masks and air flow products.

Details of the case against Milford Asset Management's Mark Warminger were revealed in court today.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare beat its forecast for annual profit, boosting revenue and margins.

Orion Health is targeting a return to profit in 2018 after reporting a 26 per cent increase in annual revenue.

New Zealand shares rose after Orion Health Group said it won new UK clients and SkyCity Entertainment rebounded.

Software developer Orion Health has announced a major contract with an American healthcare insurer, while also confirming it has laid off around a 10th of its US workforce.

Henri Eliot talks publishing a skills matrix that provides shareholders with the information needed to evaluate a board's skill set mix.

Brokers are picking Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Diligent and Infratil to be among the NZX's top-performing stocks in 2016.

Henri Eliot talks to professional directors Mark Verbiest, Tony Carter, Doug McKay and Rob Campbell about their focal points in 2016.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's first-half profit rose to a record $62 million.

Orion Health Group first-half loss was expected, as a weaker kiwi dollar and recurring revenue in North America lifted sales by 26 percent.

Ebos Group will expand its involvement with natural health products after agreeing to buy New Zealand vitamin and herbal tea maker Red Seal for $80 million.

Efforts to sell Fisher & Paykel Finance are gathering momentum, but mixed messages are emerging over when the deal might be clinched.

The departure of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare chief executive Mike Daniell might unsettle some investors but is unlikely to derail the company, say market players.

F&P Healthcare's boss Mike Daniell says he'll retire this year, as the company announces an upgrade to its earnings guidance.

Ebos Group, the healthcare and animal care products company, posted a 15 per cent gain in full-year profit, led by increased sales and an improved margin from its Australian healthcare businesses.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare beat its forecast annual profit and said earnings would rise further in the coming year.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare could beat its own guidance for a record-breaking annual profit when its full-year result is revealed on Friday, a broker says.

Tech company Orion Health says its latest $61m loss is in line with its strategy to grow revenue before profits.

Silicon Valley. Rightly or wrongly it's the totem pole by which countries judge their transition to a more technology-based economy.

Healthcare and animal care products company Ebos reported a 12 per cent gain in first-half profit after lifting earnings in both its divisions and refinancing debt on more favourable terms.

New Zealand shares fell for a second day as the kiwi dollar's slide to a four-year low sapped overseas investor appetite for high-yielding stocks.

Orion Health has blamed disappointing third quarter revenue, which sent the software developer's shares tumbling to a record low, on its own version of the "iPhone 6 effect".