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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.

The results of Fonterr'a board election have just been released. Photo / Mark Mitchell

BUSINESS

Fonterra shareholders vent anger: Director ousted in election

6 Nov, 2018 5:57pm
3 minutes to read

Frustrated Fonterra shareholders have their say at director ballot box.

The commercial and export appeal of sheep milk products is being driven by evidence of the emerging industry's lower environmental impact than bovine dairying. Photo / Hawkes Bay Today.

BUSINESS

Sheep milk players back export future with new build

5 Nov, 2018 11:30am
3 minutes to read

Building of $50 million sheep milk processing plant to start before Christmas.

Annual report of Fonterra shareholders' monitoring council makes for grim reading. Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Fonterra shareholders' 2018 report makes grim reading

1 Nov, 2018 11:57am
3 minutes to read

Fonterra shareholders' annual report tells it like it is about a bad year.

Autogrow's vision is to fuse plant biology, data science and high-tech. Photo / supplied

BUSINESS

Artificial intelligence sprouts in Kiwi agtech's global plans

28 Oct, 2018 2:00pm
6 minutes to read

Artificial intelligence is coming to a lettuce crop near you.

Keeping the lights no has become more expensive for customers on spot price agreements. Photo/Getty Images.

BUSINESS

Power price hike sparks blame game

26 Oct, 2018 10:41am
5 minutes to read

The Electricity Authority says the market is behaving as expected.

Economist Cameron Bagrie Photo / Paul Taylor

BUSINESS

Govt urged to give small business a tax cut with costs piling up

23 Oct, 2018 7:30pm
3 minutes to read

Government called on to give SMEs a tax cut next year to relieve rising cost burden.

A worker became stuck under the old Panmure Bridge when scaffolding collapsed into water in 2017. Photo / Brett Phibbs.

BUSINESS

Scaffolding collapse injuries: Engineers avoid prosecution

23 Oct, 2018 4:51pm
2 minutes to read

WorkSafe agrees to remedial actions after Panmure Bridge scaffolding collapse last year.

BUSINESS

Andrea Fox: Business advisory council a head scratcher

22 Oct, 2018 8:20am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Prime Minister's business advisory council creates more questions than answers.

Grant Brady managing director for Action Manufacturing. Photo / Doug Sherring

BUSINESS

All Action at Kiwi vehicle maker

20 Oct, 2018 5:00am
7 minutes to read

THL joint venture partner Action Manufacturing seeing plenty of business action.

Soul Machines creates lifelike digital avatars like Sarah. Photo/Supplied.

BUSINESS

Global investor backs Kiwi tech company Soul Machines

18 Oct, 2018 3:12pm
3 minutes to read

Kiwi emotional intelligence avatar creator attracts blue chip investor.

The Port contributes 43 per cent of Bay of Plenty's GDP. Photo/Alan Gibson.

BUSINESS

Port of Tauranga signals growth to continue in 2019

17 Oct, 2018 2:01pm
4 minutes to read

Port of Tauranga shareholders hear they have plenty to smile about.

Shareholders are calling for an update to Fonterra's profit retention policy. Photo/123RF.

BUSINESS

What Fonterra needs to do to get the balance sheet back to black

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

Retentions seem inevitable to repair Fonterra balance sheet but policy review ruled out.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern holds a drawing given to her by Hobbiton artist Will Bechnan during a tour of Hobbiton. Photo / Getty

Waikato gets its first nibble of economic boost fund

5 Oct, 2018 5:00am
2 minutes to read

Te Aroha feels the Prime Ministerial love again.

The money is out there, so why isn't it reaching small companies looking to grow? Photo / 123RF

BUSINESS

Capital drought leaves small business struggling to grow

5 Oct, 2018 5:00am
11 minutes to read

The money is out there, so why isn't it reaching small companies looking to grow?

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Up to Fonterra owners to fix its issues, says minister

4 Oct, 2018 3:49pm
5 minutes to read

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor sends clear message.

Fonterra remains the biggest dairy provider by a significant margin. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Fonterra maintains grip on raw milk market despite predictions

3 Oct, 2018 6:32am
2 minutes to read

Fonterra milk collection defies expectations, still rules market by a country mile.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Mood of the Boardroom: 150 CEOs deliver their verdict on the Government

3 Oct, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Mood of the Boardroom survey confirms Coalition confidence wobbles and some wins.

TDB said over the past 17 years Fonterra had recorded annual compound growth in revenue of less than 2.5 per cent. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Fonterra gets a fail mark in new report card

27 Sep, 2018 6:00pm
6 minutes to read

New report on Fonterra's 17 years in business makes for disappointing reading.

The Kiwisaver fund screens potential investments for prohibited activities including alcohol, tobacco and defence/weapons. Photo/123RF.

BUSINESS

Shariah law-adhering KiwiSaver plan takes FMA to court

27 Sep, 2018 12:37pm
2 minutes to read

The plan screens for investments in prohibited activities, including alcohol and weapons.

Dairy company Tatua posted record revenues. Photo/123RF.

BUSINESS

Tatua posts tasty dairy payout and record revenue

27 Sep, 2018 11:22am
Quick Read

Another creamy payout season for the Tatua dairy company.

Canterbury dariry farmer John Nicholls. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Fonterra director system flawed for farmers

25 Sep, 2018 3:31pm
5 minutes to read

Fonterra's director election system appoints suits not farmers, says candidate.

BUSINESS

Chile farmers revolt against Fonterra milk pay levels

23 Sep, 2018 6:00pm
5 minutes to read

Fonterra's milk payments to Chilean farmers "taking advantage", says Kiwi boss.

Fonterra interim CEO Miles Hurrell faces the media after announcing a net loss of $196 million. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Fonterra too focused on long-term returns

19 Sep, 2018 2:43pm
2 minutes to read

Fonterra says too much of its investments have focused on long-term returns.

The meeting was at Huntington Beach, a tourist mecca famous for its surf culture. Photo/123RF.

BUSINESS

What loss? 200 Fonterra staff flown to California meeting

19 Sep, 2018 9:42am
2 minutes to read

Fonterra staff meeting at a California beach a long trek for some.

Auckland boasted 90 or 64 per cent of the total New Zealand crane count. Photo / Getty Images

BUSINESS

Record crane count confirms building boom

15 Sep, 2018 7:00am
2 minutes to read

Record nationwide crane activity confirms construction boom, says new report.

Regional development minister Shane Jones has called on Fonterra to brave and get back to the basics of dairying. Photo/File.

BUSINESS

Shane Jones: Fonterra's top earners 'don't deserve minimum wage'

13 Sep, 2018 10:16am
5 minutes to read

New Fonterra boss urged to cut out deadwood after annual results loss.

QEX Logistics founder and chief executive Ronnie Xue. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Stellar share price performer heading for main board

7 Sep, 2018 1:05pm
3 minutes to read

One of year's best share performances was from one of market's lowest-profile companies.

Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) chairwoman Ngaio Merrick. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

KiwiNet appoints new chairwoman

6 Sep, 2018 1:57pm
2 minutes to read

The Kiwi Innovation Network farewells Ruth Richardson, appoints new chairwoman.

MPI says it is open to fruit industry compo claims after destruction order. Photo / File

BUSINESS

More tax-funded biosecurity claims on way

5 Sep, 2018 7:11pm
3 minutes to read

MPI says it is open to fruit industry compo claims after destruction order.

The new Waikato economic development agency has announced Michael Bassett-Foss (left) as its new chief executive and Harvey Brookes as chief operating officer. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

CEO named for new Waikato economic growth push

5 Sep, 2018 11:24am
2 minutes to read

New Waikato economic development agency appoints new leaders.

Apricot, plum and peach trees among those affected by biosecurity order.

BUSINESS

Fruit group urges 'commonsense' from MPI

4 Sep, 2018 3:34pm
2 minutes to read

High Court gives MPI and orchardists a little longer to sort biosecurity stoush.

Agritech NZ founder Peter Wren-Hilton (right) and Dennis Donohue, head of Western Growers Technology & Innovation Center, Northern California.

BUSINESS

NZ agritech forges new pathways to US and beyond

3 Sep, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

Big opportunities opened for Kiwi agritech in US after breakthrough deals.