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By Bernard Hickey – interest.co.nz PM defends decision to block sale of Lochinver to Shanghai Pengxin; says decision not political; ministers made independent decisions; says public debate over foreign land sales not hurting National in polls. Prime Minister John Key has defended the decision by two of his ministers to reject the sale of the Lochinver Station near Taupo to …
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Changing the China game
After years of high-speed economic growth, China moved down a gear. This created concern in some circles, yet as session moderator Minter Ellison Rudd Watts chair Cathy Quinn noted: both Air New Zealand (then) CEO Christopher Luxon and Fonterra (then) CEO Theo Spierings thought any negativity was overdone. Instead, they were tuning their strategies to meet the challenge of a …
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By Christopher Adams – NZ Herald Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says losing Chinese market share to European dairy competitors is a concern for New Zealand. Addressing the China Business Summit in Auckland this morning, he outlined the dairy giant’s five-year plan in the world’s second-biggest economy. Spierings said Fonterra was aiming to grow its business in China from around …
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China Business Summit 2015: Game Changers 9 November 2015 7.00 – 8.00am Registration & Coffee 8.00 – 8.45am Scene-Setting & Big Picture for the Summit (Light Breakfast) Fran O’Sullivan (Co-chair), Managing Director, NZ INC. Michael Barnett (Co-chair), CEO, Auckland Chamber of Commerce RT HON JOHN KEY, Prime Minister His Excellency Wang Lutong, Ambassador to New Zealand 8.45 – 9.45am Session …
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Light Breakfast and Scene-Setting: Big Picture for the Summit Fran O’Sullivan (Co-chair), Managing Director, NZ INC. Michael Barnett (Co-chair), CEO, Auckland Chamber of Commerce RT HON JOHN KEY, Prime Minister His Excellency Wang Lutong, Ambassador to New Zealand The 2015 China Business Summit was opened by Fran O’Sullivan and Michael Barnett who set the agenda for the discussions ahead: What will be the nature …
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China’s Game-Changing Market: View from the Top Table Cathy Quinn (Moderator), Chair, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Christopher Luxon, CEO, Air New Zealand Theo Spierings, CEO, Fonterra The Chief Executives from Air New Zealand and Fonterra shared insights about: The current opportunities in China; Potential challenges when operating in China; and Game Changers in the Chinese market Christopher Luxon was optimistic about the China …
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Is China (and NZ) Heading for a Hard Landing? Will the TPP and Australia’s China FTA Change the Competitive Environment for NZ with China? Michael Barnett (Moderator), CEO, Auckland Chamber of Commerce Huang Xiaoguang, CEO, ANZ China Mike Frith, Senior Economist, NZ Super Fund Shamubeel Eaqub, Independent Economist Stephen Jacobi, Executive Director, NZ International Business Forum Huang Xiaoguang, CEO of ANZ China, illustrated the scale …
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Making the Most Out of Chinese Investment in New Zealand: What are the New Trends? Is Lochinver the New Norm? Does Perception Matter? Fran O’Sullivan (Moderator) Terry Lee, Director Pengxin International Quentin Quin, GM Capital, NZTE Martin Thomson, Chair, NZCTA Jeremy Gardiner, CEO, NZ Premium Whitebait Ltd Liam Dann, Business Editor, NZ Herald Having heard earlier from John Key regarding the Lochinver decision, Session 3 …
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What’s Next in China? Hear from Two Leading China Commentators Fran O’Sullivan (Moderator) Andrew Browne, Pulitzer Prize China Columnist, Wall Street Journal David Mahon, CEO, Beijing-based Chief Executive of Mahon China Session four provided a change of pace, with an ‘on the couch’ discussion featuring two speakers with deep knowledge of the Chinese economy. Both speakers were cognisant of the challenges facing …
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Optimising Returns from China: What are the Strategies for Reaching the Right Customer Segments? What’s Changing and How is New Zealand Placed to Play? David Green (Moderator), Managing Director, Institutional New Zealand, ANZ Professor Keith Woodford, Agri-Food Systems, Lincoln University Dean Hamilton, CEO, Silver Fern Farms Chris Hopkins, CEO, Scott Technology Dean Hamilton emphasised a key demand of the rising middle class is for meat …
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