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Kiwifruit sprouting in 'Garden of England'
A New Zealand fruit distributor is behind efforts to secretly grow kiwifruit in southern England.
Crafar claims damages, farms 'mismanaged'
Crafars say receivers have "substantially mismanaged" their farms and the sale process and were called in without any prior warning.
Crafars drop injunction attempt
The Crafar bid to seek an injunction stopping the sale of their dairy empire by receivers appears to have been called off.
Upbeat manufacturers defy gloomy talk
Manufacturers had a surprisingly strong May, with employment growing for the first time since November 2008 and a solid lift in export and local sales, says a new survey.
Crafar injunction request 'unfortunate' - receiver
Receivers for the Crafar dairy empire say the request for an injunction stopping the sale is 'unfortunate' and without merit.
Crafar coy on whether he can pay debts
Allan Crafar is being uncharacteristically coy about whether he’s been able to come up with money needed to settle his debts, despite earlier assurances that he would.
Landcorp's Crafar farm bid 'best chance' to retain NZ control
Real Estate Institute boss Peter McDonald has backed a bid by state-owned farmer Landcorp to purchase the Crafar empire.
Dairy prices down 14pc in Fonterra online auction
Fonterra says milk powder prices in its monthly internet auction fell around 13.7 per cent overnight.
Crafar confident of paying debt
Battling dairy farmer Allan Crafar is confident he can come up with the more than $200 million he needs to settle his debts by 4pm today.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Pandering to China on Key agenda
Prime Minister John Key will launch his own version of 'Panda diplomacy' in Beijing today.
Rates rises wrong as economy stalls: NZIER
Worrying signs of a stalling economic recovery have shown up in the latest Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion published this morning.
Chinese dairy bidder's application finally in
The Chinese backed bid to buy up 16 Crafar family farms in receivership has been lodged with the Overseas Investment Office.
Crafar farms: Near the end of the road
State-owned Landcorp Farming will meet today to decide whether to bid for 16 farms from the Crafar empire being sold by receivers.