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Latin American blog

Going on the Prime Minister’s Latin American swing sounds glamorous (and in some parts it is). But you have to be seriously interested in New Zealand’s push to deepen its engagement with countries like Mexico, Columbia, Chile and Brazil to sign up for a 12 day trip: 15 separate flights, seven different hotels, multiple conferences and meetings and the challenge …

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Fonterra to go ahead with Dutch cheese factory partnership

Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, is going ahead with a plan to build a cheese plant and dairy ingredient factory in the north of the Netherlands with Dutch dairy firm A-ware Food Group. The dairy companies will develop a greenfield site in Heerenveen where A-ware will operate a cheese plant and Fonterra the ingredients unit alongside, Fonterra …

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Murdoch’s News Ltd to exits Sky TV stake in sale reported to be at discount

 Rupert Murdoch’s News Ltd is quitting its stake in pay-TV operator Sky Network Television in what’s expected to be a discounted sale, ahead of the global media group’s split along print and broadcasting lines later this year. Sky TV’s shares were halted after News said it will sell its 44 percent stake in the New Zealand firm in a placement …

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Diligent promises more diligence after options error; FY profit almost triples

Diligent Board Member Services, whose software helps directors to manage corporate governance information flows, is promising better board oversight after a review found an embarrassing oversight meaning executives got more options than they were entitled to. The mis-step tarnished an otherwise strong year operationally, with the New York-based and locally listed firm nearly tripling annual profit. Chairman David Liptak said …

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Canterbury better off as Commissioners’ leadership extended

Local Government Minister Chris Tremain says the passage of the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Amendment Bill will leave Canterbury better off. The bill passed its third reading in Parliament yesterday. “The Commissioners have done an outstanding job in turning around the situation in Canterbury over the last three years,” saysTremain. “They have been very effective in …

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ANZ offers farm drought relief package

ANZ Bank announced an assistance package to help drought-affected farmers get through the Big Dry.  Parts of Northland have had their driest February since records began. This week the Government declared a state of drought in Northland, and Federated Farmers expects other regions to follow soon. “As with any serious weather event that impacts on dairy and meat production, the …

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Day two – Getting to know Mexico

Ministry of agriculture mexico… view agtricutrue and agribusiness – very import relationship nz – new administration..very similar to mexico – the vision…our president has instructed us to strengthen the relations we have with all countries of world.. mexico wants to strengthen and recover leadership role in different borders of world now open – borders to a point -no longer exist …

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Ask me anything: Helen Clark takes to Reddit

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