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Wellington buildings withstand quakes well, owners say

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Fonterra denies DCD claims after Sri Lankan court imposes temporary ban on products

Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, faces a 14 day temporary ban on selling products in Sri Lanka, and denies claims its products still contain traces of a nitrate inhibitor that sparked a food scare earlier this year. Three workers representing Sri Lanka’s National Health Services Union have won a temporary injunction to stop the Auckland-based company from …

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English appoints lawyer Ross, venture capitalist Liddell to RBNZ board

Finance Minister Bill English has appointed former Bell Gully partner Jonathan Ross and US-based venture capitalist Bridget Liddell to the board of the Reserve Bank. Ross joins the board today, replacing academic Chris Eichbaum, whose five-year tenure ended on July 31, and Liddell will join the board from October, replacing outgoing chairman Arthur Grimes. Rod Carr was elected chair by …

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Infant Formula Update

Health Minister Tony Ryall and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye confirm that Nutricia has today narrowed the scope of the recall for infant formula.  “The Ministry for Primary Industries and Nutricia’s verification work has enabled the recall to be narrowed only to 900g cans manufactured between 21 May 2013 and 2 August 2013 inclusive,” Kaye says.  The following 900g cans remain …

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MPI probe into Fonterra food scare to take up to six months

The Ministry for Primary Industries investigation into Fonterra Cooperative Group’s potentially tainted whey protein concentrate will take up to six months. jobs working from home Acting MIP director general Scott Gallacher said the 20-person probe spear-headed by the ministry’s compliance director probably take between three and six months. The investigation will determine whether Food Act and Animal Products Act regulations …

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Kevin Rudd’s new Chief of Staff has good links with NZ, even if his boss doesn’t

Kevin Rudd’s new chief of staff Jim Murphy has strong links with New Zealand’s policy and business elites, even if his boss doesn’t. Murphy, an Australian Treasury deputy secretary, was at Peter Costello’s side when the former Australian Liberal Treasurer co-launched the Australasia single market process with former NZ Finance Minister Michael Cullen a decade ago. A taciturn man, he …

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Michelle Grattan: Turnbull sees election as presidential Rudd versus team Abbott

With Tony Abbott lagging as preferred PM against Kevin Rudd, Liberal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has cast the election as a contest between a presidential pitch and “a traditional cabinet-based, consultative team approach to government”. In a speech titled “Leadership in times of Uncertainty”, Turnbull said: “We do not see this election as a presidential contrast, a contest between Kevin Rudd …

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