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Kiwifruit workers earning up to $40 an hour as sector battles labour shortage

Some seasonal kiwifruit workers are choosing the days and hours they want to work.

Fran O'Sullivan: NZ-UK free trade deal seen as a down payment

Britain keen to go further and join the Asia-Pacific region's CPTPP.

Record fertiliser prices seen pushing higher still on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Fertiliser prices are likely to push higher still on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The worker shortage that will be everyone's problem

Desperate employers want Kiwis to come home rather than go as the borders reopen.

Red-faced Fonterra backtracks on plan for all-male International Women's Day panel

All-male panellists were "allies" of inspiring women in top management.

Transport squeeze: Strain on South Island deliveries

Truck driver shortage, made worse by Omicron, and ferry issues frustrate carriers.

Farmers welcome proposed changes to NZ carbon farming regime

Farmers and environmentalists have welcomed proposed changes to carbon farming rules.

Canterbury's walnut industry keen for more growers

Canterbury's walnut growers making a living off nut trees now they are fully grown.

Fonterra suspends export shipments to Russia

Fonterra monitoring developments, Maersk suspends Ukraine ship calls.

Hundreds more RSE workers for Hawke's Bay - but is it enough

Hawke's Bay poised for more RSE workers

Tech startup helping labour-starved horticulture eyes new markets

Tech in the field for beginners aims to lift horticulture productivity.

$1b boost: NZ and UK sign free-trade deal - what it means

Damien O'Connor has signed a free-trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

Liam Dann: Where Kiwis will pay the price for Putin's war

We will feel the shock of war at the petrol pump, on our investments and interest rates.

'It hasn't sunk in yet': Meet the $10 million man, Dudley Barton

He first tried to sell half in 1996, then fought the council over $400,000 rates

Russia dairy supplier Fonterra closely monitoring conflict

New Zealand exports dairy, meat and apples to Russia - but in small volumes.

Sweet as! Will ice cream be NZ's export bonanza?

Ice cream is tipped as New Zealand's next big export hope but not all manufacturers agree.