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Oslo-listed Tomra Food buys kiwi small fruit packing company BBC Technologies

Oslo-listed Tomra Food buys kiwi small fruit packing company BBC Technologies

By Rebecca Howard Feb. 27 (BusinessDesk) - Oslo-listed Tomra Food has inked a deal to buy 100 percent of the shares in Hamilton-based small fruit packing and sorting company BBC Technologies for $66.9 million.  The deal - expected to close at the end of February - will see...

Rebecca Howard 27 Feb 2018
NZ carbon emission rise lags economic growth, but forestry carbon sink shrinking

NZ carbon emission rise lags economic growth, but forestry carbon sink shrinking

By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 27 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's carbon emissions continue to rise, but new figures from Statistics New Zealand show the increase is slower than growth in the economy for most of the last 25 years, suggesting a relative improvement in resource use....

Pattrick Smellie 26 Feb 2018
NZ imports, exports reach new highs in January

NZ imports, exports reach new highs in January

By Tina Morrison Feb. 27 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand increased its trade activity at the start of 2018, with imports and exports both reaching new highs for a January month.  Goods exports jumped 9.5 percent to $4.31 billion compared with January last year, while imports s...

Tina Morrison 26 Feb 2018