A whiff of lollies in the breeze - with a trace of gravy - is the sweet smell of success for a South Auckland factory providing steady jobs and export earnings.

And so this is Christmas, and what have you done, New Zealand business?

World dairy prices have risen in the last online auction of the year.

The New Zealand dollar hit a four-year high against the Japanese yen yesterday, prompting concern from local exporters whose returns are getting eroded..

Fonterra's Trading Among Farmers (TAF) share trading scheme received its final, albeit retrospective, seal of approval at the annual meeting yesterday.

NZX-listed fishing firm Sanford says its attendance at a major Chinese trade show hooked the company a number of new customers.

TPPA negotiations in Auckland comes to an end the New Zealand public has still not been told what is being discussed behind closed doors.

There is no denying that making products in New Zealand is vital to having a healthy economy.

Kiwi businesses expect the New Zealand dollar to peak against the US dollar in June next year at US86.2c, according to ASB's kiwi dollar barometer.

Commodity prices rose for a fourth straight month in November, led by pelts, beef and wood pulp.

Prices of dairy products fell in Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction - the first decline in four sales.

The terms of trade fell for the fifth straight quarter in September, to be nearly 10 per cent off the peak in mid-2011.

Fifty top NZ businesses have launched a public relations campaign to sell the benefits of the Trans Pacific Partnership deal to ordinary Kiwis.

Units in the new Fonterra Shareholders Fund have debuted at $6.66 per unit - a $1.16 premium to their $5.50 issue price.

Some New Zealand institutions are crying foul over the high level of foreign ownership in the newly-formed Fonterra Shareholders Fund.

New Zealand's wine sector is showing signs of a profit turnaround but is still not producing financial returns which would be acceptable to investors.

Subdued inflation will keep the Reserve Bank's official cash rate on hold until at least 2014, the NZIER predicts.

New Zealand's trade accounts sank deeper into the red last month.

Units in the newly-formed Fonterra Shareholders Fund have been priced at the very top of the dairy cooperative's $4.60 to $5.50 indicative range.

Fonterra said it had set its final price for units in the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund at $5.50 per unit - the top end of an indicative $4.60 to $5.50 range.

New Zealand chalked up its third monthly trade deficit in October, with the annual deficit widening to $1.37 billion.

New Zealand's milk production leaped 11.3 per cent last season, the most productive on record.