Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today announced a revision to its forecast 2017/18 Farmgate Milk Price, and updated its normalised earnings per share and dividend guidance.

Air New Zealand has been named in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the second consecutive year.

The Government has announced their Mana in Mahi – Strength in Work Scheme, which will provide support payments equivalent to the persons benefit to employers who take on apprentices aged 18 to 24 years, who have been on a benefit for six or more months.

The Free Speech Coalition has resolved that, contingent on raising sufficient funds, it will be issuing legal proceedings against the Vice-Chancellor of Massey University.

Fonterra Cooperative Group's 2018 earnings may differ from its previous guidance, the country's dominant dairy company said today. Its securities trading on the NZX and ASX have been halted while it crunches the numbers, with an update expected tomorrow . . . .

Newly appointed KiwiRail chair Greg Miller has also been appointed to a five-member working group charged with writing a new upper North Island supply chain strategy to guide the government's desire to integrate port, rail and road transport infrastructure planning for the country's economic and population epicentre.

The period for providing feedback on the proposal to simplify Victoria University of Wellington’s name to ‘University of Wellington’ has been extended to Monday 27 August.

Seequent, (formerly ARANZ Geo) a developer of revolutionary visual data science software, has been named a finalist in the LPC Champion Medium/ Large Exporter category in the Westpac Champion Business Awards 2018.

Statement by Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr:

The Government has approved the purchase of a new simulator for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) NH90 helicopters.