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Fonterra Confirms No Affected Product Sent to Russia
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:35:51 +1200 | Fonterra
Fonterra has confirmed that none of the potentially affected whey protein concentrate (WPC80) was supplied by Fonterra to Russia, Belarus or Kazakhstan. In addition, no Fonterra products sent to these countries used the affected whey protein concentrate ...More >>
New Zealand Company Goes Global
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:21:13 +1200 | EB Engineering Solutions
Water is arguably the single most important factor facing the world today and making it more readily available has been a significant motivation behind the recent success of EB Engineering Solutions, a small South Island based business with global aspirations.More >>
Ploughs Need Cigarette-Style Warning on Them
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:32:55 +1200 | Baker No-Tillage
In Holland the first beef burger without disturbing a cow has been eaten, globally governments intend to ban smoking and, in New Zealand, a soil scientist is campaigning to outlaw the plough.More >>
Port alliance set to transform South Canterbury economy
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:47:42 +1200 | PrimePort Timaru
An exciting joint venture between PrimePort Timaru and Port of Tauranga creates the opportunity to deliver huge benefits to the community and transform trading opportunities for the South Canterbury region, says port chairman Roger Gower.More >>
Tauranga and Timaru Ports Agree Strategic Alliance
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:28:52 +1200 | Port of Tauranga Limited
New Zealand s leading international freight gateway, Port of Tauranga, has today announced a strategic alliance with PrimePort Timaru that will herald a new era for New Zealand freight.More >>
Greenshell NZ Wins at American Chamber of Commerce Awards
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:35:15 +1200 | Greenshell New Zealand
Greenshell New Zealand proved just how strong its mussel business is at last week’s American Chamber of Commerce DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards, scooping up two prestigious awards.More >>
Country needs to work together and clean up its act
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:45:19 +1200 | University of Waikato
New Zealand’s 100% Pure branding is too valuable to get rid of so the country needs to clean up its act and live up to its promises, a University of Waikato senior academic says.More >>
Martin Doyle cartoon: China wants the Truth
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:04:04 +1200 | Martin Doyle
A Prime Minister pathologically addicted to 'spin' needs to be very careful when waltzing into the presence of people wanting nothing less that the truth. More >>
Key cranks up kowtow with govt inquiry, promises China visit
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:15:02 +1200 | BusinessDesk
Aug 12 (BusinessDesk) - Prime Minister John Key is vowing to go to China as soon as he can to apologise personally for the Fonterra botulism scare, armed with the findings of a new kind of Ministerial inquiry, for which new law will be passed, ...More >>
Aucklanders want no further port expansion
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:00:48 +1200 | Auckland Heart of the City
A clear majority of Aucklanders wants Ports of Auckland to seriously look at alternatives to expanding further in to the Waitemata Harbour a new poll shows. In addition, more than twice as many citizens say enough of the Waitemata Harbour has been reclaimed ...More >>
Ex-CBA boss Ralph Norris to lead Fonterra board inquiry
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:17:30 +1200 | BusinessDesk
Aug. 12 (BusinessDesk) – Former Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief Ralph Norris is to lead Fonterra Cooperative Group’s board inquiry into the botulism contamination scare, helped by former High Court judge Judith Potter and Chapman Tripp lawyer Jack ...More >>
Fonterra Board establishes WPC80 Inquiry Committee
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:01:08 +1200 | Fonterra
Today Fonterra Chairman John Wilson announced that Fonterra’s Board has established the WPC80 Inquiry Committee, and charged them to oversee an independent review into the circumstances giving rise to the affected whey protein concentrate (WPC80) and ...More >>
Q+A Theo Spierings Interview
Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:31:21 +1200 | TVNZ
Sunday 11 August, 2013 Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings told TVNZ’s Q+A programme that the cost of the milk powder botulism scare could run to tens of millions of dollars. When pressed on what the cost would be, Spierings said, ‘It’s tens of millions.’ ...More >>
Inquiry must be truly independent
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:54:20 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
Announcements today that Fonterra and the Ministry for Primary Industries will conduct their own inquiries into potential contamination of baby formula will not satisfy concerned Kiwis, farmers and international consumers that the botulism scare has ...More >>
The cost of ignoring a festering sore
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:04:22 +1200 | Canterbury Sustainable Business Forum
The recent description of our once-proud 100% pure brand as a "festering sore" had special relevance to me. A few weeks ago I had a very minor graze on my knee that I dismissed as not worth worrying about, but a week later it turned into "a festering ...More >>
Ports of Auckland welcomes two new services
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:52:40 +1200 | Ports of Auckland
September 2013 will see two new services call at Ports of Auckland - MSC’s Capricorn Service, which currently calls at a number of New Zealand ports and Kiwi International Express (KIX), a new vessel sharing arrangement between ANL, APL and Hanjin Shipping.More >>
Coming up this week on The Nation: The Fonterra Crisis
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:34:54 +1200 | The Nation
Government ministers met Fonterra executives on Friday and left the meeting with news of a fourth inquiry into what happened with the whey protein contamination scare at the company's Hautapu plant.More >>
Korero Mai Ki Ahau - 10th & 11th of August 2013
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:08:47 +1200 | Radio Waatea 603 AM
In April Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples took Maori business leaders including Maori Trustee Jamie Tuuta and Federation of Maori Authorities chair Traci Houpapa to China to look for trade and investment.More >>
Local Communities want Stricter Controls of GMOs
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:56:30 +1200 | GE Aware Nelson
GE Aware Nelson is concerned that the Environment minister has chosen a fight with local councils and their ratepayers concerned about outdoor use of GMOs. In 2001 Nelson City Council voted to make Nelson a GE Free city, pre-empting the decision ...More >>
Arrest of Wildlife Trafficker
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:20:25 +1200 | US State Department
We commend the Togolese authorities on their recent efforts to halt the illegal trade of ivory in West Africa by arresting a notorious wildlife trafficker on August 6. This arrest represents an important step in protecting valuable African wildlife ...More >>
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