5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (306+ words) Read that again. The minister accepts the label can mislead. He simply does not think enough shoppers are being misled to bother acting. For a portfolio whose entire purpose is protecting the integrity of the market, that is a strange…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (471+ words) NZ Vine Care, a Katikati horticultural labour firm, has been placed into liquidation owing $845,000 to Inland Revenue in unpaid PAYE, GST and accumulated penalties. The striking detail is not the size of the debt. It is that the company ceased…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (493+ words) The headline figure from the Global Dairy Trade auction on 2 September was almost flat, up just under 0.1% to US$3910 (NZ$6639) per tonne. On its own, that reads as a non-event. In context, it is the story. This is the time…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (369+ words) That is a direct shot at the legislative structure underpinning one of the country’s most valuable export industries. And the timing could hardly be worse. Kiwifruit is not a soft target. Export earnings hit a record $3.66 billion in 2024/25, up $958 million…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (423+ words) New Zealand’s national flock is quietly being reshaped by economics, and the latest data leaves little doubt about which way it is heading. Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Stock Number Survey, released on 17 August 2026, shows beef cattle up 3.3% to 3.96 million head…...