Synlait Milk, the dairy company controlled by China’s Bright Dairy & Food, is considering an initial public offering in New Zealand three years after abandoning such a capital raising because of lack of investor demand. Bright Dairy emerged with a 51 percent stake in 2010, paying $82 million and said at the time it would consider a share market listing …

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has excluded Barrick Gold, the world’s biggest gold miner, and an African subsidiary from its $22 billion investment fund, citing its human rights and environmental record. The Canada-based mining giant, which has a market capitalisation of C$21 billion, didn’t meet the human rights and environmental standards of the UN Global Compact, which the Super Fund …

The New Zealand dollar may decline this week as a resurgent US currency is buoyed by optimism growth is accelerating in the world’s largest economy. The kiwi dollar recently traded at 82.77 US cents, from 82.98 cents late Friday in New York, and earlier touched a seven-week low of 82.58 cents. The dollar may trade in a range of 81.50 …