Processors upset by log export record
Auckland
New Zealand log exports hit a new record last year, underscoring the concerns of local manufacturers that the country is sending too many unprocessed...
No deal yet with Property Ventures, says Allied Farmers
Wellington
Allied Farmers says a deal has not yet been reached with the directors of property developer Dave Henderson's Property Ventures Ltd (PVL), contrary to...
Property value growth halves in 2017
Auckland
House prices around the country in 2017 were a mixed bag, with falling growth and plummeting sales in some regions being pinned on loan-to-value...
Expectations high for investors in 2018
Jeremy Flood
of Craigs Investment Partners
This year has started with a hiss and roar as markets across the globe have already hit record highs, continuing...
Warehouse Group tips earnings to fall 28% in first half of...
Rebecca Howard
Retail giant Warehouse Group expects first-half adjusted earnings from continuing operations to fall 22 to 28% as it keeps investing to transform the...
Synlait teams up with Foodstuffs
Wellington
Synlait Milk said it will enter the fresh milk market in early 2019 by partnering with Foodstuffs South Island and will invest about
$125 million...
Lamb price surprise in good year
Dunedin
Last year was one of surprises, consistency, comebacks and consolidation for New Zealand's agricultural industry, ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny says.
Lamb prices surprised...
‘Super food’ claim boosts blackcurrant growers
Timaru
Tony Howey and his wife bought a blackcurrant orchard near Pleasant Point, about two hours south of Christchurch, 12 years ago.
In the past few...
Bill Osborne: From All Black to business boss
Whanganui
Even as a schoolboy, William Michael (Bill) Osborne showed rare talent in just about any sport he tried his hand at, but it was...
Mobile payment app Pushpay performing
Auckland
Pushpay Holdings, the mobile payments app company, reached its target of $US100 million ($141 million) in annualised committed monthly revenue by December 31 and...
