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Zespri expects pain of fruit quality issue to start easing this year

Improving outlook for quality but costs yet to be fully counted.

Horror chainsaw accident: MP bounces back from disaster

'Pretty rural bloke' who broke his neck is now ACC spokesman.

Zespri warns of $35m-plus earnings pain coming due to kiwifruit quality

Important Japan market undersold due to quality problems.

‘Take some of the pain off’: Small businesses' advice to new PM

Employment and immigration settings topmost in concerns.

Goodbye to bottlenecks: New expressway plans welcomed

'There are still a few bottlenecks but when they’re gone, it will get better and better.'

Foresters call for independent inquiry into general 'mass failures' in East Coast storms

Young, weak soils and climate change combo results in huge general "resilience" issue.

Winemaker: CO2 shortage no match for ‘Kiwi ingenuity’

'No need to panic,' says can-do Cromwell vintner.

Shrewd brewing to account for CO2 shortage

The brewers only had enough gas for around three weeks of production.

‘We’ll be completely out of beer’: Garage Project runs out of CO2 at one site

One of the country's largest craft breweries has run out of carbon dioxide.

CO2 shortage: Second NZ plant being considered

CO2 suppliers are considering relocating Marsden Point's plant that was closed last year.

NZ's objectives for CPTPP

Trade ministers from 11 nations will gather in Auckland on Matariki weekend.

No longer the ‘it’ shoe? Allbirds responds to WSJ slam

Firm responds to criticism over durability, repeat purchasing, and 'tech bro' sentiment.

Big trade agenda for Damien O’Connor at Davos

The Minister for Trade and Export Growth acknowledges the situation has become dicey.

Safety concerns shuts down Todd Energy Kapuni plant

NZ's sole domestic producer of food-grade CO2 after Marsden Pt closure is now offline.

Pavlova and biscuits at risk as prices rise

Commercial bakers are feeling the heat as egg shortage drives up wholesale prices.

Fonterra's Tīrau site receives multi-million dollar investment

The investment allows the factory to produce lactose, a more profitable product.