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The dry dock at Devonport naval base plays host to a variety of vessels including this mega yacht owned by 36-year-old Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko.

BUSINESS

Devonport dry dock being sussed for move north

17 Sep, 2019 6:03pm
5 minutes to read

Devonport dry dock could head to Northport.

Fonterra CFO Marc Rivers, chairman John Monaghan and CEO Miles Hurrell. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Andrea Fox: Fonterra has a bigger problem than red ink

12 Sep, 2019 6:20pm
6 minutes to read

Why not just publish the results unaudited?

Doug Paulin will take over the reins at Sealord from next year. Image / File

BUSINESS

Sealord to get new CEO next year

10 Sep, 2019 1:36pm
2 minutes to read

Year-long transition ahead for newly appointed Sealord CEO.

A stoush has broken out after a video was released by New Zealand environmentalist Geoff Reid that shows a muddy paddock in a Southland farm owned by the NZ Superannuation Fund. Photo / Geoff Reid

BUSINESS

Watch: Calf-handling video prompts farm investigation

7 Sep, 2019 8:44am
5 minutes to read

NZ Superannuation Fund dairy farm video further fuels public row over winter grazing.

Fonterra has delayed release of its financial statements but confirmed previous guidance of an expected loss of $590-$675 million for FY19.

BUSINESS

Complex situation: But Fonterra results delay not too surprising

6 Sep, 2019 5:43pm
3 minutes to read

Delay in Fonterra results not necessarily harbinger of doom say analysts.

Fonterra's top earners will not be getting pay rises. Photo / File.

BUSINESS

Pay freeze for 6000 Fonterra staff, bonuses cut

4 Sep, 2019 5:56pm
2 minutes to read

Pay freeze for senior Fonterra management as embattled business makes "tough calls".

SOE Minister Shane Jones is questioning whether Fonterra has an auditing issue or a governance problem. Photo/Michael Cunningham

BUSINESS

Fonterra's financial woes: Why the Beehive is suddenly taking interest

4 Sep, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Should Fonterra legislation require top quality directors?

$4 billion has been wiped off shareholders' balance sheets. Photograph/Mark Mitchell.

BUSINESS

$4 billion lost: Fonterra's biggest shareholder is angry and off to authorities

2 Sep, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Leading investor's long-held worries have come to head with FMA complaint.

Fonterra CFO Marc Rivers, Chairman John Monaghan and CEO Miles Hurrell face the media after announcing a net loss of $196 million. Photograph/Dean Purcell.

BUSINESS

FMA asks to see Fonterra's books

2 Sep, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

FMA asks to see Fonterra's books after complaint by biggest farmer-shareholder.

BUSINESS

Workplace drug testers just say no to legalised cannabis

30 Aug, 2019 5:43pm
9 minutes to read

Legal cannabis could be a money maker for drug testers -- but they're adamantly opposed.

Being careful with money may see PoT curb new container berth size.

BUSINESS

Eye on dollars may trim PoT new container berth

29 Aug, 2019 6:08pm
4 minutes to read

PoT could curb container berth expansion but no cause for nerves about growth.

Port of Tauranga passes $100 million net profit milestone on cargo volume growth.

BUSINESS

Port of Tauranga runs out a trifecta of good news

28 Aug, 2019 6:08pm
4 minutes to read

Triple news bonanza for Port of Tauranga shareholders.

Cargo volumes continue growing at Port of Tauranga.

BUSINESS

Port of Tauranga shareholders to cash in on record profit

28 Aug, 2019 8:50am
3 minutes to read

Port of Tauranga profit rises to pass $100 million milestone.

Fonterra CFO Marc Rivers (left), chairman John Monaghan and CEO Miles Hurrell. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Robustness of Fonterra financial reports questioned

27 Aug, 2019 6:33pm
5 minutes to read

Questions from the Beehive about Fonterra's financial reports.

Ports of Auckland dividends to city expected to plummet in next two years.

BUSINESS

Big falls in Ports of Auckland dividends signalled

26 Aug, 2019 9:46am
3 minutes to read

Ports of Auckland upcoming "slight" dip in dividends turns out to be major.

Nutricia Karicare toddler sheep milk powder will be 100 per cent New Zealand sheep milk from Maui Milk.

BUSINESS

Maui dairy sheep and Danone join forces in new infant milk

21 Aug, 2019 6:07pm
4 minutes to read

New dairy sheep milk industry jumps into the big time with Danone deal.

Biggest shock of ugly Fonterra news right under Kiwi farmers' noses. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Fonterra's ugliest performance right here at home: Shareholders

17 Aug, 2019 2:00pm
4 minutes to read

Biggest shock of ugly Fonterra news right under Kiwi farmers' noses.

No more bad news likely from Fonterra this year as the blame game starts up. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Commercial 'disaster': Can it get any worse for Fonterra?

17 Aug, 2019 1:40pm
9 minutes to read

No more bad news likely from Fonterra this year as the blame game starts up.

Chief executives Mark Cairns of the Port of Tauranga and TGH's Chris Joblin.

BUSINESS

Port of Tauranga signs rail deal with Ruakura inland port

15 Aug, 2019 10:30am
2 minutes to read

Countdown starts to Ruakura inland port opening with new port and rail deal.

AgriSea directors Tane and Clare Bradley. Photo/Dave Allen.

AgriSea growing on a diet of seaweed and science

9 Aug, 2019 5:00am
10 minutes to read

AgriSea brews up a case for the commercial power of seaweed.

US Social Media Research Foundation leader Dr Marc Smith.

BUSINESS

Silicon Valley helps NZ producers in food fraud fight

5 Aug, 2019 11:11am
6 minutes to read

Food fraud Part 2: New tech helps defend New Zealand.

This year's Fonterra director elections have kicked off.

BUSINESS

Strong trio to measure Fonterra director hopefuls

2 Aug, 2019 6:00pm
Quick Read

Fonterra director elections open with strong independent skills' assessors.

At least one thing you ate today will have been fraudulently adulterated. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Food fraud: when our food isn't what it claims to be

2 Aug, 2019 5:00am
8 minutes to read

At least one thing you ate today will have been fraudulently adulterated.

KiwiRail former chairman turned CEO Greg Miller (left), a Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones.

BUSINESS

Revealed: State-owned company's new board members who were kept secret

30 Jul, 2019 6:22pm
4 minutes to read

Non-disclosure of new KiwiRail board appointments untidy but not illegal.

Knowing where they can and can't go is a big issue for campers, particularly foreigners, says Iain Cossar, general manager tourism at MBIE. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Dirty dollars: Trade-off of visitor boom

28 Jul, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

How to train your freedom camper.

NZ Motor Caravan Association members pay it forward with working bees. Photo/Supplied

BUSINESS

Kiwis with caravans head for the hills in droves

27 Jul, 2019 12:00pm
7 minutes to read

Kiwis bitten by the motor camper bug.

Comfort Group director Craig Turner. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Sleepyhead boss: 'It's time to give a bit back'

25 Jul, 2019 6:27pm
4 minutes to read

Hopes the Sleepyhead Estate will be a beacon of hope for local young people.

The 176ha site, 5km north of Huntly, would include 1100 new homes over the next 10 years, while boosting manufacturing space from 30,000sqm to 100,000sqm. Image / Supplied

BUSINESS

Sleepyhead's $1b dream: New mega site's staff home plan

24 Jul, 2019 6:10pm
6 minutes to read

Sleepyhead takes staff welfare to new extremes with a $1b new Waikato community plan.

Cattle disease fight still looking positive 14 months into eradication attempt. Photo / File

BUSINESS

179 infected farms, 108,000 lost cattle: The cost of a disease

24 Jul, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Chances of wiping out cattle disease M. bovis looking good - so far.

BUSINESS

Westland buyer Yili in 'relentless' global expansion: report

23 Jul, 2019 12:13pm
2 minutes to read

Westland buyer, China's Yili threatens Danone for world No.1 dairy brand value title.

The historic Westland dairy company will be owned by China's Yili from next month.

BUSINESS

Westland Milk to have Chinese owners next month

18 Jul, 2019 6:22pm
2 minutes to read

Westland dairy company sale sealed.

Shane Jones has warned of sovereign asset losses. Photo / File

BUSINESS

OIO changes must protect Kiwi assets from offshore sale - Jones

17 Jul, 2019 6:26pm
5 minutes to read

Shane Jones gives farmer governance a serve and warns of sovereign asset losses.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor agrees the OIO process around the Westland sale

BUSINESS

Westland farmer creditors call for action on OIO process

17 Jul, 2019 12:12pm
4 minutes to read

Westland farmer creditors owed up to $11 million still on warpath in sale countdown.

Urban dwellers in for a rough economic ride if agriculture is forced into ETS. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

ETS for agriculture equals economic pain for cities

16 Jul, 2019 6:08pm
4 minutes to read

Urban dwellers in for a rough economic ride if agriculture is forced into ETS.

Only two directors got the support of more than 50 per cent of farmers last year. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Fonterra board loses power over director candidate choice

16 Jul, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

New rules curb Fonterra board's room to interfere in farmer-director elections.

Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Late invoice payments: does NZ Inc need an ethics code - or Govt measures?

14 Jul, 2019 4:00pm
3 minutes to read

Does New Zealand need a code of ethics on invoice payment times?

Mainfreight chairman Bruce Plested. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Mainfreight chairman speaks out again on social inequality

10 Jul, 2019 2:05pm
3 minutes to read

Mainfreight chairman tackles social inequality again in annual report.

The Westland dairy co-operative will be sold to Chinese dairy giant Yili for $588 million. Photo / File.

BUSINESS

Minnow political party hits out at plans to sell Westland Dairy to Chinese firm

10 Jul, 2019 11:47am
3 minutes to read

Social Credit urges Govt to save Westland dairy company through the Reserve Bank.

Dairy farmers paid $66 million in levies last year, and there's much more to come. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Farmer levies $100m a year and counting

10 Jul, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Farmers estimated to have paid $1 billion in levies in past decade.

Fonterra's share and unit prices are recovering after a slump. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Fonterra share price perks up after tumble mystery

5 Jul, 2019 6:06pm
5 minutes to read

Fonterra's share price dive is probably because of a mix of factors.

Fonterra shares are 30 per cent lower than this time last year. Photo / File

BUSINESS

The big sink: Fonterra shares falling fast

4 Jul, 2019 6:34pm
6 minutes to read

What's going on with Fonterra's diving share price?

BUSINESS

Double blow to dairy co-op business model

4 Jul, 2019 6:18pm
4 minutes to read

Is the cooperative dairy company business model headed for the scrap heap?

Westland CEO Toni Brendish, who was paid more than $1 million last year, will receive $680,000 of the $1.6m cash bonus. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Westland sale: Independent adviser kept in dark about $1.6m executive bonuses

3 Jul, 2019 6:43pm
4 minutes to read

Westland executive bonuses not mentioned to sale independent adviser Grant Samuel.

Westland chairman Pete Morrison. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Westland dairy creditors have better prospects with Yili

3 Jul, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Westland dairy company creditors "safer" selling to China.

BUSINESS

Calls to stall Westland dairy company sale

2 Jul, 2019 6:40pm
3 minutes to read

Former Westland farmers owed money poised to throw spanner in sale to Chinese.

The deal is a major one for Rich Lister Murray Bolton, a former Brierley Investments and Skellerup chief executive.

BUSINESS

Kiwi's business sold to global giant for more than $1b

28 Jun, 2019 5:56pm
3 minutes to read

New Zealand payment solutions firm Transaction Services sells majority stake for $1b.

Eastcliffe Retirement Village in Ōrākei. Photo / Doug Sherring

BUSINESS

Displaced Eastcliffe Ōrākei village elderly take loss of homes to High Court

28 Jun, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

One 91 year old woman has had to move three times.

Westland Milk facilities producing dairy. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

The money or the flag? Dairy farmers face dilemma

26 Jun, 2019 6:30pm
7 minutes to read

Westland dairy farmers toss up much-needed cash over local patriotism.

BUSINESS

Biggest killer of small business: Will it take legislation for them to get paid on time?

26 Jun, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Time to pay small business on time for the good of the whole economy.

Food Safety New Zealand says the country's high rates of campylobacter - attributed to broiler chickens - were heavily reduced by a safety strategy implemented in 2006 but the gains have since plateaued.

BUSINESS

Jump in chicken eating prompts new food safety testing probe

25 Jun, 2019 7:27am
4 minutes to read

Fresh look at campylobacter testing limits as Kiwis eat more chickens.

AgResearch senior scientist Dr Seth Laurenson helped create software that allows farmers to see what would happen to their properties after various changes were made. Photo / Alan Gibson

BUSINESS

Sports technology helps farmers see the future amid environmental change

17 Jun, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

America's Cup visual technology comes to the Kiwi farm.

AgResearch senior scientist Dr Seth Laurenson. Photo / Alan Gibson

BUSINESS

Land use change goes hi-tech with Hyper Farm visualisation

17 Jun, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Initial computer tool attracts much interest at this year's Fieldays.

BUSINESS

Ireland offers Kiwi businesses door to EU markets

13 Jun, 2019 6:32pm
4 minutes to read

High-powered Irish trade mission keen to deepen business links with New Zealand.

This year's kiwifruit crop is the best tasting ever, Zespri says.

BUSINESS

New Zespri sales season off to a tasty start

13 Jun, 2019 3:17pm
3 minutes to read

Great kiwifruit growing conditions deliver best tasting fruit ever.

Construction of Open Country Dairy's plant in Wanganui.

BUSINESS

Open Country Dairy expands manufacturing again

12 Jun, 2019 12:33pm
Quick Read

Open Country Dairy to expand manufacturing again.

The average New Zealand dairy cow herd produces about 158,000kg of milksolids per season.

BUSINESS

New Fonterra fixed milk price debut close

9 Jun, 2019 2:56pm
2 minutes to read

Fonterra farmers await setting of new NZX Futures-linked fixed milk price.

Kiwi Kevin Dobbs, owner of Tokyo Euro in Japan.

BUSINESS

Accident-damaged Japanese import numbers on the rise

7 Jun, 2019 5:48pm
7 minutes to read

Kiwi car dealer in Japan worries about accident repaired cars heading for NZ.

Synlait Milk off to Supreme Court over Pokeno land dispute.

BUSINESS

Supreme Court next stop for Synlait over Pokeno land

7 Jun, 2019 2:05pm
4 minutes to read

Synlait takes fight to remove covenants from its new Pokeno site to the Supreme Court.

Fonterra chairman John Monaghan called on the Government to oblige all milk processors to publicly declare the average milk price they paid to farmers.

BUSINESS

Dairy industry law changes greeted with frustration, disappointment

6 Jun, 2019 7:00pm
4 minutes to read

New dairy industry law change proposals please few and anger many.

Operational costs for the eradication attempt at the end of May had reached $154 million. Photo / Mark Mitchell

BUSINESS

M.bovis cattle disease wipeout 'shambolic', farmers say

4 Jun, 2019 4:46pm
3 minutes to read

Confidence in Government effort wobbling.

One of Synlait's dairy factories. NZPA / Ross Setford

BUSINESS

$280m Pokeno factory may have run foul of housing hopes

4 Jun, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Synlait Milk's Pokeno plant neighbour and opponent has plans for housing.

Budget breathes new life and hope into national railroad.

BUSINESS

KiwiRail's heavy metal not the only part ageing

31 May, 2019 6:02pm
6 minutes to read

KiwiRail in the money thanks to Budget but faces a people shortage challenge.