Four auditors vied for lucrative Fonterra contract
By Paul McBeth | Tue, 12 Nov 2019
Fonterra's chosen auditor, KPMG, was just one of four audit firms to throw its hat in the ring to put dairy cooperative's books under the microscope.Chief financial officer Mark Rivers told shareholde...
National environment monitoring too passive, needs funding - PCE
By Gavin Evans | Thu, 07 Nov 2019
Some form of shared funding will likely be required to fill gaps in the country’s environmental monitoring and provide a coherent national overview, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment...
Breakthrough on climate change policy as Nats support Zero Carbon Bill
By Pattrick Smellie | Thu, 07 Nov 2019
The National Party has allowed an important breakthrough on climate change policy by throwing its weight behind the passage of the government's Zero Carbon Bill, which is expected to pass into law tod...
Weak aluminium prices won't help smelter
By Rebecca Howard | Tue, 05 Nov 2019
Aluminium prices fell for another month as global mining giant Rio Tinto reviews the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, including possibly closing the site near Bluff.The ANZ commodity price...
China tariff cuts a 'foot in the door' for NZ paper, packaging
By Gavin Evans | Tue, 05 Nov 2019
A phased tariff reduction for a range of paper and packaging products is an extra “foot in the door” into the Chinese market for those products, the country’s wood processors say.An upgrade to New Zea...