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FMA has stern words about life insurance industry conduct

FMA has stern words about life insurance industry conduct

The New Zealand life insurance sector has been too ''complacent'' around risk and not focused enough on developing a culture that aligns the interests of shareholders and customers.

Turning challenges into a strength

All about quality genetics and ensuring stock are looked after. Photo: Brent Melville

Turning challenges into a strength

The dual challenges of landscape and climatic diversity can also be a strength, says Fernvale Genetics farmer Lloyd Brenssell.

NZ ranks top in ease of doing business

NZ continues to set the bar in terms of ease of doing business, but we still have some way to go to improve our international competitiveness, according to recently released global business rankings.

Blue River Dairy has formula for expansion

Blue River Dairy operations manager Rod Bott (left) and marketing manager Gareth Lyness celebrate...

Blue River Dairy has formula for expansion

The plaudits keep coming for Southland's infant formula manufacturer Blue River Dairy.

Tastings at NZ House

The United Kingdom is a premium market for New Zealand wines, says Akarua Wine general manager...

Tastings at NZ House

The penthouse of New Zealand House, the home of New Zealand's High Commission in London, is playing host to a "walk-around'' wine tasting for New Zealand's most promising new releases.

Honey business not so sweet for Ngai Tahu Holdings

MPI has recently updated regulations involving manuka honey. Photo: supplied

Honey business not so sweet for Ngai Tahu Holdings

A $57 million write-down on Oha Honey and lower valuations for its farming interests proved bitter pills to swallow for Ngai Tahu Holdings, serving to cut profits by 76% to $37.5 million for the...

Synlait paying $112m for Dairyworks

Synlait is looking to ramp up the production of nutritional powder with the second factory. Photo...

Synlait paying $112m for Dairyworks

infant nutrition producer Synlait Milk will pay $112million for South Island cheese and ice cream business Dairyworks.

Fairness of agriculture's emissions plan questioned

Fairness of agriculture's emissions plan questioned

The petroleum exploration sector says that ring fencing the farming sector out of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) could leave the "other half" of the economy carrying the can.

Not a sweet result for Ngai Tahu Holdings

A $57 million write down on Oha Honey and lower farm valuations has proved a bitter pill to swallow for Ngai Tahu Holdings, cutting profits by 76% to $37.5 million for the year to June.

New university Clean Lab offers scientific opportunities

Prof Claudine Stirling, of the University of Otago's department of chemistry, works in Clean Lab....

New university Clean Lab offers scientific opportunities

Scientists can breathe easy, following the launch of Dunedin's Clean Lab.

Power politics of aluminium smelting

Manapouri Power Station, on the western arm of Lake Manapouri in Fiordland National Park, is the...

Power politics of aluminium smelting

The uncertain future of the Tiwai Peninsula aluminium smelter near Bluff is all about electricity.

Tiwai Point 'on notice' of closure

Energy and resource minister Megan Woods. Photo:

Tiwai Point 'on notice' of closure

The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Bluff is ''on notice'' and facing possible closure next year.

Tiwai Point smelter review could affect up to 1000 jobs

The smelter at Tiwai Point. Photo: ODT files

Tiwai Point smelter review could affect up to 1000 jobs

New Zealand's only aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point, Southland, is "on notice" as its owners face up to "challenging market conditions and high costs."

Soon to be chocolate

Soon to be chocolate

Dunedin craft chocolate company Ocho this week took delivery of one of its largest orders - four tonnes of cocoa beans from Papua New Guinea.

Horticulture's contribution grows

Cherries are graded in Cromwell. Photo: Otago Images

Horticulture's contribution grows

The proverbial ''cash cow'' is shifting to ''cash cherries'' as primary sector confidence in New Zealand drains from dairy and into horticulture.

'Amazing science': Uni's new Clean Lab hailed

Professor Claudine Stirling, of the University of Otago's Department of Chemistry. Photo: Supplied

'Amazing science': Otago Uni's new Clean Lab hailed

Scientists can breathe easy, following the launch of Dunedin's Clean Lab.

Rethink urged on natural remedies

Artemis founder Sandra Clair (left) enjoys Artemis herbal tea with University of Canterbury (UoC)...

Rethink urged on natural remedies

The New Zealand health community needs to change its attitudes to plant-based remedies, says registered medical herbalist Sandra Clair.

Aust, N. America still top NZ export markets

Australia and North America were the most popular markets for New Zealand export products last year.

Heat pump service company faces fair trading charges

McClelland Refrigeration owner John McClelland shows how a heating coil should look post cleaning...

Heat pump service company faces fair trading charges

The Commerce Commission is taking legal action against a South Island heat pump contracting company which it says misled the public.

Heat pump company in hot water

Madeline Clark. Photo: Gregor Richardson

Heat pump company in hot water

The Commerce Commission is taking legal action against a South Island heat pump contracting company which it says misrepresented its services to the public.

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