Infratil, the infrastructure investor, has appointed Kiwibank deputy chair Alison Gerry to its board. Her appointment as an independent director fills a casual vacancy and expands the Infratil board to six directors, the company said in a statement. She will retire and seek re-election at Infratil’s Aug. 12 annual meeting. She will also the Infratil board’s audit and risk committee. Gerry has been …

Digging deep into NZ’s biggest industry, the 2014 Agribusiness report looks at how the major players fared. Examining industry structures, global supply chains and government programmes to support the industry. We considered the opportunities and constraints on New Zealand agribusiness and some of the rising star companies in agritechnology. We also looked at rapidly developing market opportunities including the Middle …

and Alexander Speirs New Zealand’s oldest dairy co-op celebrated its centenary anniversary on Monday evening. Staunchly independent and refreshingly different, Tatua has evolved from a dairy company of 10 farmers to an international business with nearly 400 staff and revenue approaching $250 million. Based on the outskirts of Morrinsville in Central Waikato, CEO Paul McGilvary describes the company as being …