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Hawke’s Bay deer farmers and Federated Farmers members, Tim Aitken and Lucy Robertshawe, are Marks & Spencer 2012 Farming for the Future Champion of Champions. “Marks & Spencer is a globally recognised brand which epitomises quality and environmental sustainability.  This is huge for us, for the FirstLight Foods group which sells our product to Marks & Spencer, our industry and …

Green Party co-leader Dr Russell Norman wants the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to launch quantitative easing to lower the value of the New Zealand Dollar. Dr Norman writes “Since the Global Financial Crisis, our major trading partners have engaged in large scale measures that have devalued their currencies” and that “The UK, USA, Japan and the European Union have …

High passenger numbers for the 2012 season has sparked Air New Zealand to schedule another Auckland-Denpasar service next year. A Boeing 767-300 aircraft will operate twice weekly non-stop Auckland – Denpasar services for from 1 June to 15 October. This is three weeks longer than the 2012 season, again reflecting demand. Air New Zealand Group General Manager Australasia Bruce Parton …

The New Zealand dollar gained after exports to China, the country’s second-biggest trading partner, rose at the fastest pace in three months in September, easing concerns that the global economy is heading for another worldwide slowdown. The New Zealand dollar rose as high as 81.88 US cents and traded at 81.75 cents just after 8am, up from 81.60 cents at …

Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Steven Joyce is leading a delegation to India to lift  New Zealand’s profile as a destination for international students and to support NZ tertiary institutions and companies seeking to grow their business in the Indian market. “India is New Zealand’s third largest source of international students with 12,358 students enrolled in courses in …

Auckland Mayor Len Brown says Korea is a major opportunity for export-focused Auckland businesses and wants Auckland to look to Korea as an example of successful strategic economic development. Len Brown is leading 17 Auckland businesses on a trade mission to Korea and Taiwan. In Korea, the delegation visited Auckland’s partner cities of Busan and Pohang, and the economic powerhouse, …

Telecom Retail CEO Chris Quin  has taken over as chair replacing Greg Cross who is leaving the board as his own entrepreneurial activities demand more of his time offshore. Long standing ICEHOUSE board member and Dean of The University of Auckland Business School, Greg Whittred said, “Greg has been an exceptional leader in his three years as Chair of The …

So often when companies are developing a China strategy, they focus on the ‘window of opportunity’ and while they’re not wrong to do this, what many are forgetting to do (or don’t know to do) is to firstly ‘look in the mirror’. What do they see? Do they have the resources, the people, the time, the funds, the commitment, the …

Trade Minister Minister Tim Groser is playing down expectations that he will have a tilt at the top job in global trade. But it is inevitable that the potential for a Groser run at the role of director-general of the World Trade Organisation will be discussed around the edges of the World Export Development Forum (WDEF) in Jakarta this coming …

By Conor English Yogi Berra, an American baseball coach, famously said “the future ain’t what it used to be”. When it comes to water in New Zealand, he’s right. Right now everything to do with water is at play. The laws and rules around water’s ownership, allocation, management, quality and its storage are all under review. What happens over the …