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Success: Making butter even better
Canary Enterprises' success is built on taking a familiar product, then adding value.

Instinctive approach
Lots of people start new businesses. Not so many sell them for more than $10 million. Two sisters tell Christine Nikiel how they did it - and why lunch matters.

NZ firms to gain from aussie dollar surge
New Zealand tourism businesses and manufacturers that export to Australia are expected to be the winners from a strengthening Australian dollar.

Dairy leads exports up 15pc in August
Exports were up 15 per cent or $405 million in August from a year earlier to $3.2 billion, led by higher prices for dairy products.

Success: Surgical strategy wins overseas buyers
Christchurch company that make tools for surgeons is exporting almost everything it makes.

Current account deficit up $600m
Lower taxes from foreign investors have helped push NZ's current account deficit up.

Success: Crisis fails to snuff out bright idea
Energy-saving lightbulb maker survived tough times thanks to keeping a close eye on cashflow.