By Alexander Speirs, Fran O’Sullivan New Zealand’s red-meat sector has not been a picture of robust health in recent years. While dairy has boomed – that’s until this year when China put the clamps on to cope with a massive overbuild of milk powder inventory resulting in Tuesday’s downgrading of the Fonterra milk payout — meat has stuttered with below-par …

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New Zealand shares were mixed, with the NZX 50 Index edging higher while more stocks fell. A2 Milk Co rose after securing a licence to export infant formula to China, while other so-called growth companies Pacific Edge and Diligent Board Member Services fell. The NZX 50 rose 6.967 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5133.866. Within the index, 16 stocks rose, 22 fell and 12 were unchanged. Turnover …