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Yasmine Ryan writes from Lebanon: As Lebanon heads down the fast track to trade liberalisation, some commentators, including UK-based charity Oxfam, are predicting a devastating impact on small-holder farmers. Unable even to sell produce on the Lebanese market ... More >>
So good are Australia’s dining options that 24,000 Kiwis in 2006 [1] returned to their favourite restaurants to once again experience Australian’s famous food and wine. Also in 2006, over 60,000 New Zealanders visited an Australian winery and in ... More >>
Thank you very much. I'd like to thank you, Jim, for that wonderful introduction. And thank you also Phil -- Phil Cassidy for inviting me here. It's great to be here. I see many friends in the audience and I look forward to having a chance to have ... More >>
QUESTION: Mr. Negroponte. Your visit to Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Panama has to do with the Free Trade Agreement. Do you have a message about that, now that things are getting kind of difficult in Congress? More >>
QUESTION: First of all we'd like to know, is the free trade agreement with Colombia ever going to be a reality? DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE: Well, we certainly hope so. We think it's very important. We think that it's even a strategic agreement which ... More >>
New Zealand agricultural trainees are desperately being sought for international AgriVenture programmes in the United Kingdom. The UK AgriVenture office currently has a large number of host families crying out for trainees from June and July. More >>
The Velconz working group and PGG Wrightson are getting down to the detail of how a marketing organisation for velvet will look. “We’re thrilled by the commitment given by PGG Wrightson to invest and commit its significant resources to play its ... More >>
The Government’s announcement of a $7 million investment to attract visitors from China will be wasted if the money is not targeted well, says National’s Tourism spokesman, Lindsay Tisch. More >>
Speech Notes The Doha development agenda - a New Zealand perspective Address to the US Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC, delivered 9 May More >>
The legislative schedule before the House today has exceeded itself with the use of acronyms. This Bill makes its own contribution – IMF, MIA, MIGA to name a few – and includes such tantalising terminology as neo-liberalism; multilateral investment; ... More >>
Thank you for having me along to your event this evening. I understand it has been a busy day with many new products on show. I am encouraged by the quality of our tourism offerings across all regions of New Zealand, and congratulate each RTO here ... More >>
Tourism Minister Damien O’Connor has announced significant funding for Tourism New Zealand to manage and increase marketing activities in China, and for improvements to the administration of the China Approved Destination Status (ADS). More >>
Thanks for the invitation to be here for the launch of the VentureVoip exchange and Conduit3 product range. More >>
“Can the bank economists this time please stop saying low unemployment is bad news and look in the mirror?” CTU president Ross Wilson said today. “It is significant that today’s labour market statistics show we have the highest employment level ... More >>
Manufacturing activity consolidated in April according to the Business NZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI). More >>
Software of Excellence International Limited (“SOE”, the “Company”) is pleased to provide financial results for the year ending to 31 March 2007. More >>
A New Zealand company is set to take on some of the world’s leading wireless technology innovations following success in the inaugural New Zealand 3G A-List awards held in Wellington last night. More >>
Recent demands to remove cosmetic product advertising claims by the Therapeutic Goods Authority in Australia, demonstrate the issues that the industry has globally with the Australian based regime. More >>
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) notes the announcement this morning by Airline Partners Australia Limited (APA) that it “has decided not to pursue arguments that it did achieve voting power in excess of 50%” by the deadline ... More >>
How the mysterious agricultural techniques of an ancient Amazonian civilization could help New Zealand farming to become more competitive. More >>
The improvement of the livelihoods of coastal communities and the sustainability of the fishery resources on which they depend require increased attention, strong commitment and collective efforts, according to Ichiro Nomura, Assistant Director-General, ... More >>
As economies continue to thrive hand in hand with consumers’ propensity to spend, the race to drive car ownership is on, according to a 2006 Panorama study published by The Nielsen Company. More >>
The low ratings for New Zealanders’ ability in Asian languages and cultural sensitivity are areas of concern if this country wants to increase its business engagement with the Asian region, says a new Asia New Zealand Foundation report. More >>
Business NZ has welcomed United Future’s support for competition in the area of export meat inspection. Last week Business NZ expressed concern at the anticompetitive features of the State-Owned Enterprises (AgriQuality Limited and Asure New Zealand ... More >>
The Green Party is asking where is the accountability in Timberlands and Government after it was revealed that Timberlands had failed to grow sufficient plantation timber to meet the needs of the West Coast sawmilling industry, and that lumber was being ... More >>
The melamine contamination scare has highlighted that the New Zealand Food Safety Authority needs to undertake regular testing of imported foods, particularly those coming from China, the Green Party says. More >>
95bFM Audio: Mickey Havoc discusses the week's big issues with National Party leader John Key, the mediator, the compromiser, the... "Terminator"?, and how Helen Clark sent him a note during question time. Interesting IV. More >>
FAME (Food and Agribusiness Market Experience) is a four-module course in agribusiness and marketing that includes in-market experience. This is the second course and it is run by a Joint Venture between Lincoln, Otago and Massey universities. The first ... More >>
With the US redaction market being driven by competing Freedom of Information and privacy compliance issues, New Zealand-based software house, Onstream Systems, is seeing a massive upsurge in demand for its industry leading RapidRedact™ product. More >>
Private equity group RMB Capital Partners has today announced an investment in New Zealand based NDA Group. RMB Capital Partners, a mid-market private equity investor, will support NDA as the business expands from its market leading position in New ... More >>
New Zealand’s own super-premium spirit company 42 Below has swept the board at the world’s most prestigious spirit competition, the Monde Selection. In the 2007 Monde Selection of Spirits and Liqueurs, SOUTH Gin received a Grand Gold Medal with ... More >>
Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard leaves for Japan and the United States tomorrow on visits aimed at forging better business connections and a higher profile for New Zealand and New Zealand firms. More >>
Genesis Energy welcomes moves by a variety of parties to develop a carbon trading market for this part of the world, but believes it must provide a trading solution at the least cost for electricity consumers. More >>
Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed National's endorsement of current government policy and support for the exporting sector. "National's economic development policy looks exactly like the work the Labour-led government is already ... More >>
The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) is seeking more information on the proposed TZ1 carbon market announced yesterday by big business and immediately endorsed by the Government. More >>
University of Otago-based company 1000Minds has won a prestigious Consensus Software Award overnight in Australia. The Microsoft and IBM-sponsored event provides the only independently-judged awards in Australasia for innovative and ground-breaking ... More >>
Thank you for inviting me to speak at your conference. This afternoon I am going to talk about five concrete things National will do to advance economic development in New Zealand. More >>
National will put more emphasis on assisting businesses into overseas markets, says National Party Leader John Key. In a speech in Christchurch today, Mr Key outlined five things National will do to advance economic development. More >>
World Vision is adding its support to Fair trade fortnight (April 28-May 13), calling on New Zealanders to buy products that ensure producers are getting a fair price for their work. More >>
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes the announcement of a select committee inquiry into New Zealand’s monetary policies, but is concerned by the political point-scoring the issue has provoked. More >>
Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill: Auckland Protest and Food Safety Minister Annette King; Young Politicians; the Artshole; Robin Byron, Historic Buildings Trust; Green Desk: Fair Trade Fortnight: William Paddilla More >>
The Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce has congratulated the government on the launch of a new resource for schools which promotes exporting. The resource is an Export Year initiative. More >>
It would be the unusual schoolchild who gives much thought to how exports link New Zealand to the rest of the world. To help children make the connection between our products and who uses them, the Export Year private sector Business Reference Group ... More >>
In an effort to fight counterfeiting and piracy, the International Chamber of Commerce BASCAP initiative recently introduced a new anti-counterfeiting product by gaining access to proprietary information and content from Gieschen Consultancy, took what ... More >>
The Directors of SOEI have today received a conditional proposal from an independent party that is contemplating making a takeover offer for all the issued securities of SOEI. More >>
An Export Year initiative focused on the teaching of global trade-related concepts in the social sciences curriculum is being launched at Wadestown School in Wellington by Trade Minister Phil Goff and Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard today. More >>
95bFM Audio: Jose Barbosa talks to Prime Minister Helen Clark on news a Fisher and Paykel manufacturing plant and what this means for workers, the manufacturing sector, and our industrial economy. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark talks to Wallace Chapman about her ANZAC Day, and her husband Peter's birthday. Also discussed was news of Fisher and Paykel moving manufacturing plant offshore. More >>
Auckland is the top destination for international travellers for January to March 2007 according to statistics released by a leading online accommodation reservation service HolidayCity.com (www.holidaycity.com). More >>
It is great to be here in amongst all of this Māori creativity and artistry and I want to thank the organisers for the opportunity to speak tonight. Like me, you all must enjoy celebrating Māori achievement otherwise you wouldn’t be here to ... More >>
Buying fair trade products helps farmers and producers in the developing world receive a fair income for their work, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said at the start of Fair Trade Fortnight. More >>
MFS Living and Leisure Group (ASX: MPY) announced an NZ$277 million cash offer for Tourism Holdings Limited (NZX: THL) on the ASX today - The THL Board intends to recommend the offer in the absence of a future superior offer and subject to an independent ... More >>
Coinciding with international fair trade day (12 May, 2007) New Zealander Diane Abad Vergara has written a children’s book exploring the issue of fair trade. Medellin, COLOMBIA 27 April, 2007 – A truly global book produced over five continents Zapizapu ... More >>
Majorities around the world believe economic globalization and international trade benefit national economies, companies, and consumers. But many think trade harms the environment and threatens jobs and want to mitigate these effects with environmental ... More >>
Fisher & Paykel Appliances (FPA) today announced plans to relocate part of its manufacturing operations to Thailand. Production facilities for the Smart Drive® and AquaSmart® washing machines and clothes dryers, both currently located in Auckland, New Zealand, ... More >>
“The Fisher and Paykel closures yesterday signal an exchange rate accelerated crisis for our manufacturing sector,” CTU president Ross Wilson said. More >>
The Alliance Party says the layoff of 350 workers at Fisher and Paykel is a result of free market policies and corporate globalization. More >>
The current round of international trade talks must succeed, or the world’s poorest countries will slip further behind and the entire multilateral trading system will be in jeopardy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today in Qatar as he urged Member ... More >>
The Green Party is calling on the government to consider measures directly focused on stabilising the booming housing market as a way to increase savings and reduce the high overseas debt identified as a significant concern in the OECD report released ... More >>
A $1 billion cancer deal based on University of Auckland research is further proof of the University’s world-class research capacity, Dr Peter Lee, CEO of Auckland UniServices Limited, said today. More >>
New code-share arrangements between New Zealand and Chinese airlines will bring about future growth in tourism and business travel between the two countries, Transport Minister Annette King announced in Beijing today. More >>
The Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the announcement that New Zealand is to investigate the possibility of a free trade agreement with India and pointed to several areas where Wellington has a lot to gain should such an agreement ... More >>
By changing to fair trade today, you can change the lives of farmers and producers across the developing world. This is the idea behind Fair Trade Fortnight 2007 – a two week celebration kicking off this coming weekend, running from 28th April to ... More >>
Sports Resources Ltd was fined $23,750 in the Auckland District Court today after pleading guilty to two charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act. Company Director Anthony Botica was also convicted and discharged. Mr Botica instructed his staff ... More >>
At 10:45am on Black Friday (13 April), the New Zealand dollar shot up from its already excessive highs, even against the buoyant Australian dollar. Market interest rates for periods from 90 days to 10 years also jumped sharply. The markets were responding ... More >>
Soil & Health is grateful for the efforts of New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) staff in supporting BioGro New Zealand’s drive for better access for New Zealand organic produce into the demanding Japanese market. More >>
Trade Minister Phil Goff says agreement in principle to commence a study into the implications of a free trade agreement between India and New Zealand, was a useful outcome of discussions with his Indian counterpart, Kamal Nath. More >>
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand has concluded an investigation into the interception of a codling moth in a consignment of Fuji apples to Taiwan and a report has been sent to Taiwan for their consideration. More >>
The angst around New Zealand's Kyoto liability is the inevitable consequence of delaying efforts to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, Greenpeace said today. Greenpeace Executive Director Bunny McDiarmid said that since we signed Kyoto New Zealand could ... More >>
BLIS Technologies Ltd (NZX: BLT), developer and manufacturer of BLIS K12, an advanced oral probiotic for the prevention of upper respiratory infection and the treatment of chronic bad breath, announced that it has signed a significant distribution and ... More >>
New Zealand residents departed on 132,400 short-term overseas trips in March 2007, an increase of 8,800 (7 percent) on March 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. There were more trips to Australia and China, as well as to a number of Pacific island ... More >>
Telecom announced today an agreement with CSL, a leading mobile operator in Hong Kong, which will see Telecom’s WorldMode coverage extend to over 180 countries internationally. More >>
New Zealand’s Ambassador to the United States, Mr Roy Ferguson will visit the Girvan Institute of Technology in Santa Clara, US tomorrow (Saturday, April 21NZ time). In collaboration with knowledge-broker Nick Gerritsen of Crispstart, the Girvan Institute ... More >>
New Zealand Winegrowers today announced that the 2007 Air New Zealand Wine Awards will be held in Christchurch later this year. Steve Smith, newly appointment Chef Judge for the Awards, said he is delighted that the trophy awards will be announced ... More >>
The Last Resort, a documentary released in 2006, tells the story of long term Pakeha campers and local iwi opposing the sale of the Blue Bay Campground, Mahia and will be screened at the dinner of the inaugural Ngati Kahungunu Taiao Hui at Te Aute College ... More >>
The Forest Owners Association says the carbon blow-out calculated by former climate change official Murray Ward and released by National Party environment spokesperson Nick Smith reflects a tragic failure of public policy. More >>
Omega president Stephen Urquhart, IOC president Jacques Rogge, the head of ETNZ syndicate Grant Dalton and Omega Brand ambassador and ETNZ skipper Dean Barker More >>
Super Premium wine brand Oyster Bay has made New Zealand wine export history by becoming the number one selling bottled white wine across Australia by value; a first for a New Zealand product to lead Australian wine sales lists. More >>
Today in Wellington's Manners Mall, Oxfam New Zealand staged an uneven tug of war to symbolise unequal trade deals being imposed on Pacific nations. A small crowd gathered a three-strong Pacific team battled six EU 'negotiators' over trade goods. ... More >>
Oxfam campaigners performed a protest stunt in Wellington city today as part of an international call to action against unfair trade deals the European Union is imposing on the Pacific. More >>
Pioneering South Auckland based engineered solutions company Flotech have continued their string of successful international deals with a project to deliver customized fuel gas compressors for a new 300-megawatt power plant in Karachi, Pakistan. More >>
IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), a global provider of critical technical information and consulting services, today announced the upcoming launch of the Iraq Atlas, the first and only detailed analysis of oil reserves, production and development opportunities developed ... More >>
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to participate in this important workshop and provide you a few remarks on something that we at the State Department are focused on - preventing the world's most dangerous people from acquiring and using nuclear ... More >>
NZ On Air has announced new terms for funded TV productions. The deal was locked off in late March, after discussions with SPADA and the Screen Council, and announced yesterday by Minister of Broadcasting, Steve Maharey. More >>
Mitsubishi Motors New Zealand has sold its Lower Hutt and Wellington Kirk Motors businesses to the Armstrong Motor Group. The sale takes effect on 1 June and both operations will continue to retail Mitsubishi products. More >>
The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) is pleased a party supporting the Labour-led Government on confidence and supply is prepared to keep an open mind on the issue of ownership of post-1990 carbon credits. More >>
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union has welcomed a delegation of Chinese mining representatives who are visiting New Zealand to investigate safer mining practices. More >>
Dr. Riane Eisler first captured world attention with her bestselling book, The Chalice and the Blade. With her new book, The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Berrett-Koehler Publishers; ISBN-13: 9781576753880, $24.95, April 2007), she offers ... More >>
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union expects APN to announce its decision regarding the outsourcing of its subediting this afternoon. More >>
Catherine O’Shea, Board Member of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, is in Wellington on 14 May and will deliver a free workshop for all performers and producers thinking of taking a production to the largest arts event in the world. More >>
Farm leaders yesterday met with all Cairns Group Ministers and stressed the urgent need for significant progress in the Doha Round of World Trade Organisation negotiations in coming months, with a view to concluding negotiations this year, said Charlie ... More >>
The rising NZ dollar makes New Zealand board game publisher think outside the square. Board game publisher, Matt Taylor, says "while the rising NZ dollar is presenting considerable challenges as export sales slow, thinking outside the square can turn ... More >>
One of the most influential figures in the current American government is Paul Wolfowitz with a history that takes him back more than a generation to the Reagan era and the renewed militarism of the United States and its emphasis on nuclear armaments. More >>
Air New Zealand has today renewed its naming rights sponsorship of the most important event on the New Zealand fashion calendar – Air New Zealand Fashion Week. More >>
The Ministry of Economic Development's New Zealand Made Regional Showcases have been postponed to enable their integration into the Buy Kiwi Made media campaign, says the Government Spokesperson for Buy Kiwi Made, Sue Bradford. More >>
National finance spokesman Bill English's one track fixation with government spending underlines how keen he is to slash essential public services, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. More >>
“Labour’s spending and its plan to accelerate spending are two of the reasons behind a relentless rise in the Kiwi dollar,” says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English More >>
The results of renewed negotiations aimed at liberalizing international trade might hurt rather than help the world’s poorest countries unless those nations are given the necessary leeway to protect their food security and essential development needs, ... More >>
The fastest law in the west; Truancy Policing; Aussie Rules on apples More >>
It is a pleasure for me to make this official visit to Spain - only the second by a New Zealand Prime Minister. Fifteen years ago it was the amazing World Expo in Seville which brought Prime Minister Jim Bolger here. On that occasion he performed ... More >>
Search engine Google, through its popular Google Earth™ product, has teamed up with New Zealand’s tourism marketing organisation in a world first. Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to provide in-depth, easily ... More >>
Audio & Text Report: The Premiere of Niue has invited all Niueans living in Auckland, Wellington and Sydney to consider returning home. He encouraged them to do so, before family land they abandoned over the past 30 years is lost to them. The call came ... More >>
Fonterra Co-operative Group today announced the resignation of Managing Director, Fonterra GlobalTrade, John Shaskey. Mr Shaskey leaves Fonterra at the end of June. Fonterra Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Ferrier, said his wealth of knowledge and ... More >>
Shortly after protests in Seattle nearly shut down a round of negotiations for the World Trade Organization (WTO), a group of academics, trade negotiators and business people met in Washington to figure out a way to reduce the hostility to their trade ... More >>
Vatican City - Rich countries bent on power and profit have mercilessly "plundered and sacked" Africa and other poor regions and exported to them the "cynicism of a world without God," Pope Benedict writes in his first book. More >>
WHY BOTHER - The storm broke in the fall of 1999, leading to uprisings on campuses, in Seattle and Washington, and at the political conventions. The protests encompassed both specific complaints and a generic critique. More >>
Hamish Laude, the Wellington entrepreneur famous for selling off countries on his website http://EarthIsOnSale.com, has an audacious new goal of selling every province or state of every country in his online representation of Earth More >>
The latest Canterbury Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) Survey of Manufacturers completed during March 2007, shows total sales in February 2007 increased just under 19.5% (export sales were up almost 60% with domestic sales decreasing around 0.14%) ... More >>
The world will not achieve the series of anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) if the poorest countries in Africa are left behind, a United Nations envoy has told a conference of the continent’s finance, planning and development ... More >>
It’s an area where some Kiwi companies strike trouble, but Dental software company Software of Excellences’ foray into the Australian market is proving to be an extremely successful exercise. More >>
The dairy industry review group established at the request of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Council to examine the effectiveness of industry good delivery has recommended merging the functions of Dairy InSight and Dexcel. More >>
Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that she is to take part in trade, cultural, tourism, and sports promotional activities during Americas Cup events in Valencia, while on an official visit to Spain starting next week. More >>
New Zealand companies, trade and tourism will be promoted internationally through a series of America's Cup-related events starting tomorrow at the Emirates Team New Zealand base in Valencia, Spain, Economic Development Minister Trevor Mallard and ... More >>
A report released Thursday by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office concludes that worldwide oil production will eventually grind to a halt and the United States has no strategy in place to deal with the possible catastrophic results. More >>
JADE Master Terminal has been selected as the Port Operating System for Poland’s new deepwater container terminal Christchurch, New Zealand. Jade Software Corporation (JSC) today announced that DCT Gdansk, Poland’s new and only deepwater container ... More >>
William Davidson could not have imagined that what he began with the sailing of the Dunedin from Port Chalmers to London in 1882 would lead to the development of an industry which today contributes $5 billion to our economy annually, and 14% of our ... More >>
Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to open your new premises and facilities Last November I came to the Nelson region to open the impressive new winery at Woollaston Estate. More >>
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) appears to offer a fair deal. It promises to open U.S. markets to Colombia in exchange for opening the Colombian market to the U.S. But in reality it is a Trojan horse in a minefield. More >>
Yet another of the world’s police forces has chosen to use Tait radios as the South African Police Service (SAPS) commits to a new two-year multi-million dollar contract. SAPS, which is one of the largest forces in the world, is purchasing Tait radios ... More >>
The Council of Trade Unions said today that it is a major concern that Statistics NZ are attributing the widening of the income deficit in the December 2006 quarter to an increase in income payments to foreigners on their investments in New Zealand, ... More >>
The seasonally adjusted current account deficit increased $329 million in the December 2006 quarter, to $3,537 million, Statistics New Zealand said today. The current account measures the value of New Zealand's international transactions in goods, services, ... More >>
New Zealand has slipped down the international league table in terms of its proportion of “super growth companies” compared with other nations. In the latest results from the Grant Thornton International Business Report, New Zealand heads off only ... More >>
Another widening in the current account deficit for the December quarter underlines the need for New Zealanders to think harder about saving, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. More >>
A Parliamentary Select Committee was told today that New Zealanders need to be confident that all therapeutic products on the market are safe to use, are of good quality and do what they say they will do. More >>
Joanna Hewitt, Secretary of The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has now signed the final Policy Determination on exporting New Zealand apples to Australia. More >>
Delegates from a dozen different countries begin a once in five years World Corriedale Congress tomorrow (Thursday) in Christchurch. New Zealand Corriedale Council president, Gordon Gilbert, says the three-day Congress is, in part, a celebration of the New ... More >>
Audio: Manning on Radio Adelaide discuss: A science experiment by two teenage girls saw GlaxoSmithKline being fined $227,500 for false advertising + Parliament's Speaker is writing to the Chinese embassy informing its must respect NZ's free speech ideals. More >>
Reports that 400 jobs would go if Air NZ decided to outsource airport services to Swissport are wrong. Air NZ predicted that about 30% of its staff would choose to take redundancy and would not accept jobs with Swissport on lower pay and conditions. More >>
Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton and Trade Minister Phil Goff have noted the removal of another hurdle to gaining access for New Zealand apples to the Australian market. More >>
Fish & Game New Zealand is delighted with the public access conditions attached to the sale of Poronui Station to Westervelt Sporting Lodges Ltd., approved by the Government today. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to the Prime Minister Helen Clark about highlights of her meeting with US president, George W Bush. More >>
New Zealanders have gained access to popular angling, tramping and hunting opportunities through the scenic Poronui Station near Taupo, after the government imposed strict conditions on an overseas land sale. More >>
NZ Communications Ltd, formerly Econet Wireless New Zealand (EWNZ), has announced the signing of a major contract with leading Chinese telecommunications supplier, Huawei. This follows capital investment from international private equity funds, ... More >>
Here in heartland America, farmers, manufacturers, and workers know what it is to be part of a global marketplace, as does the Chicago Mercantile Exchange - with its truly global reach - which I will visit this afternoon. More >>
New Zealand Apple Growers need you to please sign the Final Policy Determination on exporting apples to Australia which is now in your hands. Until you sign this, it is impossible for both countries to commence work on a mutually agreeable “Standard ... More >>
'Made in China' is often written on the clothes we wear, but under what circumstances are those cheap jeans and T-shirts actually made? We invite you to to join Sue Bradford for a private showing of the documentary film 'CHINA BLUE', on the big screen at ... More >>
“Zig when the others zag”, 42 Below Vodka Founder Geoff Ross told over 100 business representatives at the official launch of the Westpac Manukau Business Excellence Awards last night. More >>
Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton has welcomed the High Court's decision validating MAF Biosecurity New Zealand's actions in allowing imports of honey products from Australia. More >>
The National Beekeepers Association (NBA) is very disappointed with the decision it has just received from the High Court which has rejected the application to stop the importation of honey and other bee products from Australia. More >>
Rich countries are using regional and bilateral trade deals to attain concessions they cannot get at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with serious implications for poor countries' development, says a new report published by Oxfam today. More >>
The Mexican actor, Gael Garcia Bernal, star of two films currently playing in UK cinemas, Babel and The Science of Sleep, today added his voice to calls for fairer trade rules for poor countries, as Oxfam, the international development charity, ... More >>
Following her meeting with President George Bush today the NZ Prime Minister visited Arlington ceremony where she found time to call her dad by cellphone and held a brief standup press conference with media to talk about her meeting with the President. More >>
New Zealanders with high-end, premium products should look to the UK market was the message from Opportunity UK, trade and investment summit, presented by Export New Zealand. More >>
Rich countries are using regional and bilateral trade deals to attain concessions they cannot get at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), with serious implications for poor countries' development, says a new report published by Oxfam today. More >>
Scoop FULL COVERAGE of NZ PM Helen Clark's state visit to the United States. Includes audio/video/images and full text coverage of Helen Clark's meetings with Condoleezza Rice and Geore W Bush. More >>
Once a month the Canterbury Software Cluster will be hosting an informal networking get together for members and others in the wider community interested in meeting up with like minded people in the technology sector. Our first session will be held ... More >>
Continuing their acquisition and expansion strategy across the Asia Pacific region, the Omnilab Media Group, the Regions largest, privately owned, vertically integrated content development and media service business, today announced it had acquired Oktobor, ... More >>
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that Non-proliferation efforts in North Korea. "The energy assistance package we would contribute to is part of the Initial Actions Agreement (IAA) which was negotiated at the February session of the Six Party Talks. ... More >>
US PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam Prime Minister, welcome. We've had a really fruitful discussion. The Prime Minister and I have visited several times over the course of the years. Every time I've talked to Helen Clark I've found a very straightforward, honest woman ... More >>
President Bush Welcomes Prime Minister Clark of New Zealand to the White House The Oval Office More >>
Miranda Burdon has been appointed as General Manager Global Marketing for Pernod Ricard New Zealand and assumed her new position on 19 March 2007. Miranda joins Pernod Ricard at an exciting time for the business, with both domestic and export markets ... More >>
Record revenue of $274.1 million for the half year, ended December 2006, has produced a net surplus after tax of $35.1 million for Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd. Revenue was up 7% on the same period last year (2005: $257.1 million), but profit down slightly ... More >>
Nano Cluster Devices Limited, one of the technology enterprises spun out of the University of Canterbury, has issued a prospectus to raise a total of $2.25 million. More >>
BZP is an export New Zealanders should not be proud of, says National MP Jacqui Dean. She is commenting on media reports that at least seven million New Zealand-manufactured party pills have been exported to Britain. More >>
Communications Minister David Cunliffe has conducted talks with British and continental European telecommunications authorities during his visit to Europe to support New Zealand's presence at the CeBIT information technology trade fair. More >>
Speech Notes for the Institute of International Affairs function on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, Auditorium, National Library, Molesworth St. More >>
05/03/07 ( www.mountainsentinel.com ) Two recent news stories, taken together, could signal an ominous turn in the invasion of Iraq. The first story appeared on the Time website on February 28th.[1] It discusses Iraqi opposition to government plans to ... More >>
Introductory Remarks Charles Finny The Europe Series New Governance, New Opportunities, New Partnerships European Union Commemoration of the Signing of the Treaty of Rome Wellington Wednesday 21 March, 1.30 pm More >>
Last week U.S. President George W. Bush concluded his "South of the Border '07 Tour" around Latin America. Narco News contributor Garrett St. James, reporting from Brazil, analyzes Bush's visit to the region's countries, which included Uruguay, Colombia, ... More >>
The NZ US Council congratulates Fred Benson of Alexandria, Virginia, USA, on the award of an Honorary New Zealand Order of Merit. Mr Benson received his honour from Prime Minister Helen Clark at a reception organised by the US NZ Council in Washington ... More >>
A Formula One racing car doesn’t perform well on a trip to the supermarket, a massive Mack truck fails the grade on a grand prix circuit and a data management system built to handle computer use even a few years back is just as out of place in meeting today’s ... More >>
Friendships old and new Address to the Opportunity UK Trade Summit Sky City Convention Centre Auckland 8am, Tuesday 20 March More >>
Scoop Video: Significant attention is now focusing on what Australia, NZ the US are planning to take instability out of the Pacific. Scoop today releases footage of Helen Clark and the Bush Admin's Chris Hill talking about FTA, Nukes, and Pacific ... More >>
A Sri Lankan company introduced two new “ethical” teas of the Ceylon variety today, the first products ever to be jointly branded with the United Nations Global Compact to promote responsible corporate citizenship around the world by including ... More >>
Rt Hon Winston Peters: Friendships old and new Address to the Opportunity UK Trade Summit Sky City Convention Centre Auckland More >>
Utilities software provider Catapult Software have announced today that they have sold a stake in the company to the AintoG group to help expand Catapult's markets. More >>
Sustainability policy aims for the entire industry to be operating sustainably within five years. * Policy builds on more than a decade’s experience. * Sustainability is seen as the ‘passport to trade’. More >>
EMS-Cortex announced that UTICA Managed Solutions, one of the first providers in the Netherlands, has selected Cortex to provision a full range of Hosted Microsoft Services. More >>
Speech to NZ-Europe Business Council Seminar: In the 50 years that have passed since the Treaty of Rome, we have seen a great coming-together of the peoples and institutions of Europe. Today I want to make some reflections on Europe and New Zealand. But first ... More >>
The New Zealand tourism industry has gone one step further in making Australians feel welcome in New Zealand A cheeky television advertisement telling Australians we’ve turned New Zealand into their national colours of green and gold launched ... More >>
Sixteen leading-edge New Zealand companies are represented at the world's biggest computer technology trade fair, CeBIT in Hannover, Germany, says Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe. More >>
Audio: NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark talks to Wallace Chapman about the response to Mt Ruapehu’s Lahar on Sunday, as well as her pending meetings in the United States with President George W Bush and other top U.S officials. More >>
Brussels, 15 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): Global trade unions are demanding that this week's high-level session on cotton at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva must embark on a root and branch reform of trade in cotton instead of tinkering at the ... More >>
Establishing free trade between NZ and the USA is a long-held goal of New Zealand govts going back to 1990. But is talk of an FTA with the United States a clever disguise, a red herring masking a more significant shift in New Zealand foreign policy? More >>
NZ education providers and the global market Speech to the International Education Summit, Sky City, Auckland More >>
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says the purchase of 49% of Spring Creek mine by global energy company Cargill will provide longer term job security for its members. More >>
Coal producer, Solid Energy, has secured a significant international commitment to Spring Creek Underground Mine, near Greymouth, from Cargill, a major international company in the food, agriculture and energy sectors. The conditional agreement, announced ... More >>
Phil Goff Speech: Speech to Incubators New Zealand International Conference on Business Incubation New Thinking Week Sky City, Auckland More >>
Phil Goff Speech: Lifting New Zealand's Global Competitiveness through Exports Speech to New Thinking Week Breakfast Sky City, Auckland Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen More >>
Phil Goff Speech: Beachheads Dinner New Thinking Week Sails restaurant, Westhaven Auckland It's great to be here this evening to celebrate "Beachheads Week". More >>
Seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales decreased 2.2 percent in the December 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The largest contributor to the decrease was the meat and dairy product manufacturing industry which fell 6.3 percent. More >>
It is increasingly looking as if the Government will suffer an embarrassing defeat over its Therapeutic Products and Medicines bill, the Green Party says. "The bill passed its first reading by the narrowest of margins - by one vote. If, as indicated, ... More >>
The Soil & Health Association welcomes the launch of the Green Party initiated $2.1 million Organic Advisory Program, and sees the program as part of New Zealand’s aim of being a truly sustainable nation. More >>
Auckland biotech firm CoDa Therapeutics has received the inaugural NZBio Deal of the Year Award, in recognition of the company’s outstanding success over the past 12 months. The award was announced at the annual NZBio Conference Dinner in Auckland ... More >>
European Development Ministers meeting in Bonn this week (March 12-13) must act to stop the unfair free trade deals between the EU and countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific (ACP), otherwise millions of people will be locked into poverty, said ... More >>
THE NATIONAL (Port Moresby / PNG), March 8th, 2007 : ABG offers to re-open Panguna mine More >>
The big winners from the Reserve Bank's decision to raise the Official Cash Rate today will be overseas investors in the New Zealand economy, the Green Party says. More >>
The European Commission is pushing the world's poorest countries, including those in the Pacific, to sign Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU by the end of the year. As currently proposed, these trade agreements will make the lives of 750 ... More >>
Forestry Minister Jim Anderton’s strategy of continual personal attacks on the forestry industry does not obscure the political and deforestation crises his policies and approach to the job have caused, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) has welcomed comments on carbon credit ownership made by Opposition Climate Change Spokesman Nick Smith today when he, National Leader John Key and Agriculture Spokesman David Carter attended MAF’s land-use consultation ... More >>
The Green Party is welcoming news that the government is considering splitting the New Zealand Food Safety Authority from MAF and turning it into a stand-alone department, but says consumers and not just be vested interested must be consulted about its ... More >>
A fashion show featuring New Zealand Wool and top labels has been added to the programme for the 13th World Corriedale Congress in Christchurch. More than 250 Corriedale breeders are expected at the March 29-31 Congress, more than half of them from overseas. ... More >>
The tsunami of Latin American milk powder that the global dairy industry has been anticipating will not flood New Zealand’s key export markets in the short to medium term, Rabobank visiting expert, Osvaldo Cappellini told audiences in Hamilton, Hawera ... More >>
The West Coast could lose at least $148 million and potentially up to $227 million from the Government's decision to nationalise carbon credits legitimately owned by forest owners and forestry investors, the Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) said today. More >>
“Any discussion on building sustainable pacific economies must have a focus on the rights and development of workers in the Pacific,” CTU secretary Carol Beaumont said today. More >>
New vehicle sales in February fell slightly behind the cracking pace set in January, but year to date, new car sales were 2.6% ahead of January and February 2006. More >>
Lucire publisher Jack Yan will give the New Zealand Trade & Enterprise breakfast address for the Vodafone ID Emerging Designers' Awards on Thursday, March 8 in Dunedin. Mr Yan will speak about how young designers can launch their brands internationally, ... More >>
“Union members will decide whether to accept the proposal to avoid outsourcing at Air New Zealand,” Council of Trade Unions president Ross Wilson said today. He was commenting on the media focus on differences in approach of the two unions ... More >>
The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union and Air New Zealand have reached a deal that could stop the outsourcing of 1800 ground services jobs. The deal is based on the same heads of agreement offered to Air New Zealand by the EPMU late ... More >>
Air NZ has told its ground-handling staff -- either accept cuts to your pay and conditions, or you will be outsourced. Yet if they accept the company’s latest proposal, the workers will be sitting ducks for future outsourcing, says the Service and Food Workers ... More >>
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