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Inside Money: Crowding-out and peer pressure
The new age of finance has arrived in the shape of the Financial Markets Conduct Act (FMC), which sets down rules for the…
Fran O'Sullivan: IMF dulls shine on China trade goal
John Key won't be thanking the IMF for taking a little bit of the shine off his new joint goal for bilateral trade between…
World dairy prices plunge overnight
Prices have plunged nearly 9 per cent in the latest overnight global dairy auction. It is the fourth consecutive fall in…
Trials stoke clash over milk types
New research has stoked the health and nutrition controversy over "A1" cows' milk.
Employer of man killed by runaway tractor fined
The employer of a man killed by a runaway remote-controlled tractor has been fined in relation to his death. Gursharan…
Farmers offered guaranteed milk payout
Fonterra's farmer members will be offered two opportunities to lock in the price paid for a percentage of their milk in…
Agriculture
Man kicked by cow airlifted to hospital
A man kicked by a cow has been airlifted to hospital with back injuries. The Lowe Corporation Rescue…
Gold kiwifruit bounces back
Zespri is predicting a rise in the harvest of gold kiwifruit this season after two years of decline.
Faster bill payments reflect healthier company finances
Businesses are paying their bills in record time, with the forestry and agriculture sectors winning the prompt payment stakes…
Lack of rain a 'serious concern'
Farmers dealing with a second year in a row of parched weather might not receive financial assistance, but will gain "psychological…
Fonterra profit slumps 53pc
Fonterra has posted a 53pc drop in interim net profit as high dairy commodity prices hit the dairy co-op's…
EU to consider NZ free trade deal
John Key says the EU has agreed to consider a free trade deal with New Zealand.
Fran O'Sullivan: Ex-Fonterra exec leads China firm
Head-hunting former Fonterra executive Gary Romano as chief executive of Pengxin International is a coup for the rapidly…
Lock out fishers and hunters, farming magazine says
A popular farming publication wants farmers to lock out fishers and hunters over what it calls an anti-dairying attitude…
Rural
Stolen guns prompt security warning
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Gun owners are being warned to upgrade from unsecure wooden cabinets following a recent burglary of…
Business
Z's plan to turn meat fat into biodiesel
Z Energy plans to spend $21 million on a biodiesel plant in Auckland using fat from the meat industry.
Currency
NZ's first Bitcoin ATMs unveiled
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New Zealand's first Bitcoin ATMs have been unveiled - but they won't be in one place and you can't get…
Trade
Michael Barnett: Shift in leadership of Auckland urgent
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If we are to move at a pace that keeps Auckland in the game we need to move from a government-led economy…
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