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Fisher & Paykel delists – Haier reaffirms commitment to keep icon Kiwi

Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Limited (Fisher & Paykel Appliances) has been delisted from the NZX.  Haier New Zealand Investment Holding Company Ltd (Haier) has reaffirmed its commitment to keeping Fisher & Paykel Appliances Kiwi.  Haier New Zealand Investment Holding Co chair Liang Haishan said Haier recognised Fisher & Paykel Appliances was a unique Kiwi company. “We think a key part of …

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Two Chinese men sentenced for biosecurity breaches

As the result of two successful prosecutions by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), two men have been sentenced for separate breaches to the Biosecurity Act after being caught with prohibited plant material. In the first of two cases, Yaping Wang was intercepted on January 12 at Auckland Airport with a number of packets of seeds concealed in his jacket …

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Environment watchdog OK’s fracking, wants better rules

The controversial oil and gas discovery technique known as fracking is safe when conducted to best practice standards, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, in an interim report However, she will spend the next six months assessing whether New Zealand’s “fragmented” regulatory system is up to scratch and lays out seven recommendations in the meantime relating to …

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