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NZ fertile investment ground for cream of global dairy industry, new report

Private capitalists including Graeme Hart, corporates, state-owned firms put down roots.

Stock Takes: Heat on Synlait’s independent directors, Moutter's CBA pay

D-day looms for minority shareholders in struggling dairy company.

Food price data: Cost of eating out spikes but fruit, vegetables and meat still falling

New Selected Price Index offers insight into how inflation is tracking.

Signs of hope for under-pressure honey industry

The mood in the industry was sombre because it had been a tough few years.

Opinion: NZ is running out of gas - that’s good for the climate, bad for the economy

OPINION: NZ is running out of gas. That’s good for the climate, but bad for the economy.

Big leadership shake-up for Comvita after 'confronting' financial result

The mānuka honey exporter is struggling to overcome a slump in Asia market sales.

People buying cheaper meat, or whole animal, as cost of living bites

'People more than ever looking for good value and good price points at the butcher shop.'

US dairy exporters also feel crunch of lower Chinese demand for imported dairy

But there are bright spots for America's exporters in the outlook.

Red Sea turmoil impacts Kiwi shipping, Maersk warns of supply chain delays

Tauranga and Auckland ports experience knock-on effects of Red Sea tension.

NZ's only organic chicken farm sold to Inghams

Ben and George Bostock will remain involved in the business.

China's red meat demand falls again

The US was again the largest export market with China coming second, although it fell 38%.

Verkerks selling Ashburton abattoir to Japanese firm for $15m

The Verkerks brand markets salamis and small goods into many NZ supermarkets.

Americans' love of the 'good old hamburger' helps NZ red meat sector

“There’s no one in the world that consumes burgers like the North Americans do."

How a $448 million wind farm was nearly blown off course

From multiple cyclones to Covid lockdowns and cement gone wrong.

Farming sector 'red tape' review: Govt releases terms of reference

'The current process is like being in the ice cream queue behind a family of 13.'

Kiwi exporters struggling with doubled shipping costs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said global rates have nearly doubled since April.