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Fonterra only needs bare majority to pass TAF: O'Connor

Fonterra only needs bare majority to pass TAF: O'Connor

By Pattrick Smellie June 1 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra can implement its contentious Trading Among Farmers scheme on a simple majority vote by farmer shareholders, even if they reject constitutional amendments requiring 75 percent support, says Labour Party agriculture spokesman D...

01 Jun 2012
Fonterra wants ‘strong’ farmer mandate for amended TAF scheme

Fonterra wants ‘strong’ farmer mandate for amended TAF scheme

By Peter Kerr June 01 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra Cooperative Group says it won’t go ahead with its contentious Trading Among Farmers scheme without a clear mandate from its farmer members. The cooperative’s chairman, Henry van der Heyden, said that while the TAF resolution could...

01 Jun 2012
Vector disappointed with Appeal Court decision overturning review of price regulation

Vector disappointed with Appeal Court decision overturning review of price regulation

June 01 (BusinessDesk) - Vector, the Auckland gas and electricity lines company, is disappointed with a Court of Appeal decision overturning a judicial review of the way the Commerce Commission regulates price-setting for monopoly utility providers. The lines company claimed m...

01 Jun 2012