Fonterra's board will consider its current farm gate milk price forecast for 2015/6 at its next meeting on August 7, a spokesman for the co-operative said.

Dairy prices have plunged in the latest world dairy auction, taking the Kiwi dollar down with it.

A $16.65m programme to develop and commercialise new ways to process food could add $250 million a year to NZ's export earnings within 20 years.

Investment expert Mark Lister looks at whether our "rock star economy" is headed for recession.

A tourism leader has branded the Government's new travel tax as ludicrous and hypocrisy.

"It's pretty negative, there's a lot of selling in the futures and there's not much buying - this market looks completely stuffed."

A document shows the US was trying to get increased TPP protection for drug company intellectual property.

The New Zealand dollar fell after prices for the nation's largest commodity export declined in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction overnight.

The price for NZ's key dairy export, whole milk powder, is set to decline further at tonight's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

The drop in the New Zealand dollar has enabled local video games producer to focus on expansion and growing its workforce.

There was no suggestion made to a Saudi businessman that he could sue the New Zealand Government, the Prime Minister says.

A letter to the Foreign Minister indicates the Government suggested a Saudi businessman could take legal action against it over sheep exports, the Green Party says.

The Government is looking to China to renegotiate its free trade agreement with New Zealand after China signed a more generous agreement with Australia.

The TPP trade pact does not yet include an acceptable deal on access for NZ's most important exports, dairy products, with little more than a month to go before the controversial 12- nation trade deal could be concluded.

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler and exporters alike will be taking some comfort from the devaluation of the NZ dollar and analysts are calling it lower still.

The fate of the TPP trade and investment pact may be known as early as next Wednesday, after a vote endorsed the elusive 'fast-track authority' for Obama.

New Zealand earned $8.6 billion less from the rest of the world through trade and investment in the year to March than the rest of the world earned from us.

The account surplus was larger-than-expected in the first quarter as spending by tourists widened the services balance.

Dairy prices slipped again at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction, the GDT price index falling by 1.3 per cent.

The export of kauri logs as Maori carvings is closely monitored and is not being used as a loophole, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says.

New Zealand apple growers have enjoyed another strong season and the industry looks set to hit the goal of $1 billion in export receipts earlier than the 10-year target of 2022.

The sharp fall in the New Zealand dollar yesterday, following months of easing, will result in winners and losers.

A taxpayer grant of $11 million to farm wagyu cattle will benefit an overseas businessman at the centre of the Saudi farm controversy.

The yawning gap between supply and demand once again made its presence felt at the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.

International dairy prices continued to fall as the market struggles to recover from a supply/demand imbalance and subdued demand from China.

New Zealand's terms of trade improved 1.5 per cent in the March quarter but only because of the lagged effects of lower oil prices.

NZ's terms of trade rose in the first three months of the year, snapping two quarters of decline.

Kiwi wines are hitting the spot in the United States, with new figures showing a big jump in sales.