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NZ business confidence rises to 6-month high amid economic pickup
By Tina Morrison Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand business confidence rose to a six-month high in November, signalling a pick up in the economy. A net 14.5 percent of businesses were confident about the general outlook for the economy over the coming year, up from 10.5...

David Parker returns to Labour front bench with water, regulation in reshuffle
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) - The Labour Party's former finance spokesman, David Parker, has returned to the party's parliamentary front bench with a brace of weighty portfolios, including environment, water, regulatory affairs and the information communications...

Fonterra strikes deal with Bellamy's to make organic infant formula at Darnum
By Fiona Rotherham Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra Cooperative Group and Bellamy’s Australia have entered into a five-year, multi-million dollar deal to manufacture a range of new baby nutritional powders at the Darnum infant formula plant in southeast Victoria. Tasmanian...