China Business Summit

By Fran O’Sullivan New Zealand is on a winning streak with China despite the perception of setbacks, says China investment strategist David Mahon. But cautions Mahon, who is chief executive of Beijing-based investment advisory firm Mahon China, NZ has to box clever to retain its pole position. Mahon who is a keynote speaker at the forthcoming China Business Summit forecasts …

By Keith Woodford – NZ Herald Dairy firm lacks people who understand the impact of new, disruptive technologies, writes Keith Woodford. The Chinese Government may like Fonterra but Chinese companies find Fonterra arrogant and difficult to deal with. There is no escaping that Fonterra’s path forward has to be closely linked to China. No one else needs and has the …

By Alexander Speirs Air New Zealand’s General Manager of China, Nick Judd, sat down with the Heraldin Shanghai recently to explain how their new joint venture with Air China between Beijing and Auckland will work. Judd likens the new joint ventures to other JVs the airline has with its Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines alliances. “The key different to those …

By Jan Bierman, Rare HQ The second China Business Summit, hosted by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and NZ Inc Ltd, was held on the 16 October 2013, at the Langham Hotel, Auckland. The focus of this year’s summit was on how New Zealand can lift its game in the wake of the Fonterra botulism scare, and on the changing …

By Laura Walters To regain the confidence of Chinese consumers and regulators New Zealand needs to get rid of “corrupt cowboys” trading off Brand New Zealand, a communications expert says. Marco Marinkovich, head of communications agency Creative Bank, said New Zealand had a long way to go to restore trust in Brand NZ. Speaking about the fallout from the Fonterra …

By Laura Walters, Fairfax Media It is not the media’s job to communicate the message to Chinese consumers that the botulism scare was a false alarm, the Financial Times bureau chief in Beijing says. Jamil Anderlini told the China Business Summit in Auckland this afternoon that the message the botulism scare was a false alarm had still not filtered down …

By Christopher Adams, NZ Herald New Zealand businesses need to wake up to reality that they are not viewed as being particularly “special” in the Chinese market, says Beijing-based Kiwi businessman David Mahon. Addressing the China Business Summit in Auckland this afternoon, the managing director of Mahon Investments said this country was good at “self-propagandising” its success in the world’s …

By Christopher Adams, NZ Herald Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says a “she’ll be right attitude” was one of the causes of the company’s botulism fiasco. Business leaders have gathered in Auckland today for the annual China Business Summit. The event’s main focus this year is the ongoing impact of Fonterra’s whey protein contamination scare, which led to a global …

By Laura Walters The Ministry for Primary Industries is under-resourced and communications inadequate to deal with the food-safety issues facing New Zealand exports to China, Trade Minister Tim Groser says. Groser told the China Business Summit in Auckland today that it was undeniable the ministry did not have enough resources in China to deal with the recent DCD residue issue, …