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Fonterra's China farms have been loss-making for at least five years.

BUSINESS

Cloud continues over Fonterra's China farms

24 Mar, 2019 1:42pm
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Losses continue for Fonterra's China farms.

Westland Milk facilities producing dairy. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Death throes of a dairy co-operative

22 Mar, 2019 5:00am
10 minutes to read

Westland Milk Products wanted to be independent. Now it looks set to be sold to China.

Westland Milk Products could be sold to Chinese milk company.

BUSINESS

Govt calls off $10m loan to Westland Milk following sale news

19 Mar, 2019 10:49am
Quick Read

Westland Milk Products proposed sale to Chinese company halts Govt loan.

Change continues at belt-tightening Fonterra .

BUSINESS

Fonterra brings jobs home as back-to-basics drive rolls on

18 Mar, 2019 4:07pm
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Fonterra jobs come home as the big dairy exporter cuts its cloth.

Jobs lost and created in Fonterra revamp.

BUSINESS

Fonterra jobs go in shakeup but details under wraps

15 Mar, 2019 5:50pm
3 minutes to read

Fonterra shakeup creates redundancies and new jobs.

Red kiwifruit could be coming to a store near you. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Red kiwifruit to go on trial

13 Mar, 2019 6:00am
2 minutes to read

Red kiwifruit on limited sale as Zespri tests a new offering on consumers.

The new processing plant is expected to deliver $129m in sheep milk export products. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Sheep milk plant expected to deliver $129m in products a year

12 Mar, 2019 11:47am
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The new dryer will be operational by next February.

Farmers have been low-key in their response to a CGT. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Silence of the lambs: Why are farmers quiet on CGT?

9 Mar, 2019 8:00am
9 minutes to read

Farmers called it a "mangy dog", but so far they're quiet on capital gains tax threat.

This season's Bluff oyster harvest will be half the allowable catch.

BUSINESS

Start saving for this year's Bluff oyster treat, they're scarce

8 Mar, 2019 5:40pm
3 minutes to read

Bluff oysters will give the credit card a thrashing again but disease outlook brighter.

Miles Hurrell, a Kiwi and long time employee, has been appointed Fonterra chief executive on a permanent basis. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Hurrell 'best placed' to turn Fonterra around

5 Mar, 2019 6:39pm
4 minutes to read

Miles Hurrell has been helping steer NZ's biggest company out of stormy financial waters.

Fonterra's newly appointed CEO Miles Hurrell. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Fonterra CEO's base salary revealed on permanent appointment

5 Mar, 2019 10:55am
5 minutes to read

Fonterra's Miles Hurrell has been appointed on a permanent basis.

Understanding what went on in the lead-up to Mainzeal's collapse was an enormous job for liquidators BDO and their lawyers. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Mainzeal postmortem: Reckless trading? It's not that hard to avoid

2 Mar, 2019 8:30am
10 minutes to read

Avoiding reckless trading isn't director rocket science.

New Zealand fresh salmon gets through Chinese border again.

NZ fresh salmon clears China border again

26 Feb, 2019 1:00pm
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New Zealand fresh salmon clears Chinese border, easing fears of trade blacklist.

Tourism Holdings CEO Grant Webster. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Tourism Holdings positive about tourism prospects for NZ

26 Feb, 2019 12:36pm
4 minutes to read

Tourism Holdings posts record EBIT result but eases full year forecast.

Kiwifruit export sales move closer to $4.5 billion target after bumper 2018 year.

BUSINESS

Kiwifruit eyes another bumper global export sales result

24 Feb, 2019 7:00pm
3 minutes to read

Kiwifruit export juggernaut rolls on as latest Zespri sales close in on earnings target.

Red flag goes up in capital gains tax proposals for lifestyle properties.

BUSINESS

Capital gains tax alert for lifestyle property owners

23 Feb, 2019 9:20am
5 minutes to read

The good life idea sours with the capital gain tax proposal for lifestyle properties.

Plenty to chew over in latest electricity pricing reform ideas, says industry.

BUSINESS

New ideas for electricity price reform cheered - so far

23 Feb, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Latest electricity reform ideas take some digesting, but mostly welcomed by sector.

Proposing a windfarm is not for the fainthearted, Kaimai Ranges planners are learning. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Windfarm plan sparks community storm

22 Feb, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Proposing a windfarm is not for the fainthearted, Kaimai Ranges planners are learning.

The hotel and conference centre at Hamilton's increasingly busy airport is to get a major facelift.

BUSINESS

Hamilton airport hotel revamp to cost up to $5 million

19 Feb, 2019 12:55pm
2 minutes to read

Hamilton airport hotel is getting a multi-million dollar new look.

All eyes next on Port of Tauranga capital management plans.

BUSINESS

Will this year's Port of Tauranga special dividend be the last?

19 Feb, 2019 10:48am
3 minutes to read

Market keen to hear Port of Tauranga's intentions for future dividend policy.

The Port of Tauranga has posted a half-year profit. Photo/Supplied.

BUSINESS

Port of Tauranga half-year trade and profit up

18 Feb, 2019 8:36am
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Port of Tauranga posts strong first half year cargo growth.

Wages wait for stood-down Nelson forestry crews should be short, but fire damage cost for forest owners years off.

BUSINESS

Good and bad news for Nelson fires forestry sector

13 Feb, 2019 3:28pm
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Short wait for stood-down forest workers in Nelson fires but costs years off for owners.

The Nelson fire is costing the forestry department millions. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Nelson fire fallout costs forestry industry $2m per day

13 Feb, 2019 10:36am
3 minutes to read

Nelson economy and hundreds of forestry and sawmill workers hit hard by Nelson fire ban.

An artist's impression of the Tainui Group Holdings development at Ruakura. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Ruakura inland port jigsaw puzzle coming together, slowly

9 Feb, 2019 5:00am
9 minutes to read

Finish time for giant Ruakura distribution and industrial precinct is accelerating.

John Wilson was a New Zealand champion, his huge funeral service told.

BUSINESS

John Wilson funeral a celebration of a life lived to the full

3 Feb, 2019 10:01am
4 minutes to read

John Wilson lived his life with principle, honesty and huge zest, his funeral hears.

By the time it was sold, ProTem had 320 large shed chicken-raising operations in Australia, and supplied 68 million birds a year to the country's biggest chicken processor. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

$60m bonanza for small-town investors

2 Feb, 2019 5:00am
7 minutes to read

Kiwi entrepreneur turns chicken business into an attractive payout.

New Zealand trade deals continue to make US dairy exporters nervous.

BUSINESS

US dairy exporters nervous about trade deals with Japan

1 Feb, 2019 3:56pm
3 minutes to read

US dairy exporters' nerves about rivals' new trade deals inflamed by new in-house report.

Fonterra mourns the death of former chairman John Wilson.

BUSINESS

Former Fonterra chairman's death a big loss to dairying

29 Jan, 2019 9:34am
3 minutes to read

Strong-willed and direct, John Wilson sacrificed much for the good of the dairy industry.

Synlait Milk chairman Graeme Milne. Photo / Christine Cornege

BUSINESS

Synlait: From U-turn to sharemarket sweetheart

26 Jan, 2019 5:00am
11 minutes to read

Dairy company has made success look easy. But behind the scenes, it hasn't been so simple.

Westland Milk Products chief executive Toni Brendish.

BUSINESS

Westland dairy company taxpayer loan terms still secret

23 Jan, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Commercial terms of Government loan to Westland dairy company still secret.

BUSINESS

Change at top of Goodman Fielder NZ

21 Jan, 2019 8:20am
Quick Read

Managing director Tim Deane has resigned.

Just Water founder and philanthropist Tony Falkenstein. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Falkenstein donates $500,000 to university business school

16 Jan, 2019 10:05am
Quick Read

Waikato University management school gets an unprecedented donation.

Pamu leases about 12,500ha of the Wairakei estate.

BUSINESS

Rich Listers fail to keep Waikato land use out of public eye

16 Jan, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Big business attempt to change land use to dairying out of public eye stymied.

A TRT-made tipper body mounted on a manned military vehicle for the Australian Defence Force. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Waikato's TRT design engineers show the way in Australia

10 Jan, 2019 3:34pm
4 minutes to read

Waikato heavy transport engineering company TRT is on a growth roll.

US dairy exporters see New Zealand's CPTPP trade deal as a warning.

BUSINESS

US dairy sector wary of NZ's latest trade deal success

9 Jan, 2019 2:30pm
4 minutes to read

US urged to rev up its trade deals pursuit in wake of NZ dairy trade deal success.

The colour project began as a result of interest from Asia for brightly-coloured wood.

BUSINESS

Bright outlook for radiata pine earnings

7 Jan, 2019 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Built-in colour could be the next big export and interior decor thing for New Zealand.

Monaghan says there's no room for emotion when it comes to the sale of Tip Top. Photo/File

BUSINESS

Fonterra boss wants to strip the gloss off the business

5 Jan, 2019 6:00am
10 minutes to read

Fonterra chairman John Monaghan opens up to the Herald.

BUSINESS

Fonterra boss wants to strip the gloss off the business

5 Jan, 2019 6:00am
10 minutes to read

Chairman John Monaghan wants to get the beleaguered co-operative back on track.

Payroll people haven't been equipped to do their jobs properly, says EY. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Holidays Act nightmare: 34,000 workers paid out $18.9m so far

16 Dec, 2018 2:00pm
4 minutes to read

Payroll staff low paid, over-tasked as spotlight grows on Holidays Act underpayments.

Aluminium door and window firm Architectural Profiles Limited is to invest more than $250 million in an expansion that will create a 57ha industrial estate near Cambridge. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Manufacturer bankrolls big industrial development for Cambridge

16 Dec, 2018 1:00pm
2 minutes to read

Manufacturing heavyweight APL behind Waipa district's biggest business project yet.

NZ dairy export rival the US takes big tariff fallout hit in China.

BUSINESS

US dairy exports to China plunge, but up in other markets

14 Dec, 2018 11:42am
2 minutes to read

China trade war bites US dairy exporters but record export year still on cards.

High electricity spot prices are the subject of formal complaint to market regulator.

BUSINESS

Electricity spot price probe: Fonterra can't join claim against retailers

11 Dec, 2018 11:28am
2 minutes to read

Heavyweight supporters of wholesale electricity market complaint can't join the action.

Fonterra's move has caused havoc with farmers' budgets. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Fonterra shocks farmers with clawback in advance payments

11 Dec, 2018 9:39am
4 minutes to read

Fonterra blindsides its farmers with milk payment advance rate cut.

Tip Top could take the credit for launching the international modelling career of Kiwi Rachel Hunter. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Andrea Fox: Milking an iconic NZ asset

6 Dec, 2018 6:20pm
3 minutes to read

Tip Top was picked as the first asset to go when Fonterra declared a net annual loss.

Fonterra also mulled the sale of Tip Top during the GFC. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Tip Top sale a case of déjà vu for Fonterra's financial woes

4 Dec, 2018 3:03pm
5 minutes to read

Been there, done that, says former government official of possible Tip Top sale.

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones. Photo / NZME

BUSINESS

A hand up or corporate welfare? Questions around Govt's provincial growth fund

2 Dec, 2018 3:00pm
6 minutes to read

Taxpayer loan to West Coast dairy company has secret terms.

Around 150 million trays, equivalent to 520,000 tonnes of kiwifruit were shipped in the New Zealand season this year. Zespri's revenue was $2.4 billion in the 2018 financial year. Photo / NZME

BUSINESS

North America Zespri's new kiwifruit frontier

2 Dec, 2018 2:39pm
4 minutes to read

Zespri looks to grow kiwifruit in North America as Sungold sales boom.

David Ellis pictured in 2012 at one of his regular haunts - the Karaka yearling sales. Photo / Richard Robinson

BUSINESS

And they're off: New start for thoroughbred industry

1 Dec, 2018 5:00am
9 minutes to read

Industry leader says Government support will revive the racehorse business.

Total antibiotic sales via veterinary medicines and agricultural chemicals rose 8 per cent in the two years between 2014 and 2016 year-end. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Antibiotic use in agriculture and horticulture on increase

28 Nov, 2018 6:55pm
3 minutes to read

Mixed news for Kiwi food consumers on antibiotic use in primary food production.

Two-thirds of agriculture's debt is in the dairy sector. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Agriculture in hock for $70 billion and vulnerable

28 Nov, 2018 4:05pm
3 minutes to read

Dairy debt stress eases but no time for in-hock agriculture to relax, says Reserve Bank.

Land available for farming is becoming scarce. Photo/Getty Images.

BUSINESS

New housing eats into farmland for fruits and vegetables

28 Nov, 2018 7:32am
3 minutes to read

New housing developments are taking up land critical for growing food.

The second round will be contested between two previously unsuccessful candidates. Photo/Getty Images.

BUSINESS

Another test for Fonterra board coming up in new election

27 Nov, 2018 9:16am
2 minutes to read

Second Fonterra director election this month limited to two contestants.

Only 108 New Zealanders submitted responses to the Government's review of the electricity industry. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Are power bills fair? Mixed views on low response to electricity pricing probe

26 Nov, 2018 9:51am
3 minutes to read

Kiwis are either happy with what they're paying or the issue is too complex.

Electricity market regulator plays cards close to chest on spot prices complaint. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Regulator quiet on moves in spot price probe

23 Nov, 2018 1:03pm
4 minutes to read

Electricity market regulator plays cards close to chest on spot prices complaint.

A2 Milk chief executive and managing director Jayne Hrdlicka. Photo / Dean Purcell

BUSINESS

A2 management set to face music at annual meeting

20 Nov, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Full menu for a2 Milk's annual shareholder meeting across the Tasman.

The new Waikato economic development agency's chief executive, Michael Bassett-Foss (left), and chief operating officer, Harvey Brookes. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Waikato's four-year growth plan

14 Nov, 2018 6:00pm
2 minutes to read

Dozens of economic development projects ahead for the region.

Mainfreight posted a 30 per cent rise in half-year profit. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Mainfreight delivers solid half-year result

14 Nov, 2018 8:53am
3 minutes to read

Mainfreight delivers strong half-year result and 22c interim dividend.

Oyster mushroom growing in spent coffee grounds. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Like a pink oyster mushroom with that coffee?

14 Nov, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Foodie and surf mecca Raglan adds pink oyster mushrooms to its menu of attractions.

The expected fireworks at the Fonterra AGM failed to materialise as farmer-shareholders were generally quiet through the meeting. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Lack of fireworks at Fonterra AGM hides high feelings

9 Nov, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Fonterra annual meeting puts leadership on notice - not that you'd realise.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell. Photo / FIle

BUSINESS

Fonterra chief earning 'substantially less' than predecessor

8 Nov, 2018 12:57pm
5 minutes to read

Chairman would not divulge salary, but said it was substantially less than Theo Spierings.

Fonterra milk price forecast tipped to be pinched again. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Milk payout outlook tightening - economists

7 Nov, 2018 6:00pm
4 minutes to read

Fonterra milk price forecast tipped to be pinched again.

Fonterra Chairman John Monaghan faces the media after announcing a net loss of $196 million. 13 September 2018 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Dean Purcell.

BUSINESS

Fonterra shareholders demanding change, says chairman

7 Nov, 2018 9:01am
4 minutes to read

Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says shareholders are demanding change.