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Dollar little changed in sleepy session

Dollar eases back under US77c

Telecom pushes NZ market higher

Shares: Telecom up 4c on quiet day

Hundreds of millions of kiwifruit dollars at risk

Orchardists growing gold kiwifruit may have had their hopes of bonanza returns this season dashed as they wait on confirmation that a vine-killing bacteria has arrived in NZ.

Kiwifruit company shares halted

Suspected kiwifruit pest hits big NZ operators

Two listed companies are the first victims of a suspected incursion in NZ of a bacterial disease which has ripped through gold kiwifruit varieties overseas, particularly in Italy.

Disease fears threaten NZ kiwifruit

An orchard is under quarantine after the discovery of a suspected bacterial disease that may threaten NZ's $1.5b kiwifruit industry.

'Frontline jobs' also casualties of big cuts

Public service job numbers have continued to fall.