All News
Wool Equities, Primary Wool Coop in tie-up talks as they eye Fonterra success
By Tina Morrison Dec. 13 (BusinessDesk) – Wool Equities, which manufactures wool for its grower shareholders, and Primary Wool Cooperative, a farmer-owned joint venture with wool broker Elders, are in talks about merging to boost returns as they eye the success of dairy industr...
NZ consumer confidence near four-year high ahead of Christmas retailing
By Paul McBeth Dec. 13 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand consumer confidence was near a four-year high in the lead-up to the Christmas season, an all-important period for retailers. The ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index increased 1 point to 129.4 in December, the highest le...
Green lobby cries foul on draft EEZ oil exploration rules
Dec. 13 (BusinessDesk) – The government is ploughing ahead with proposals that would continue to shield deep-sea oil explorers from public scrutiny of their plans to drill exploration wells in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Environment Minister Amy Adams has released dr...