Finance Minister urges colleagues to re-prioritise budgets as scrapping Nat's tax cuts is not enough FONTERRA ANNOUNCES OUTCOME OF DANONE ARBITRATION Winston Peters and David Parker at odds over whether export tax breaches trade deals Achieving shared prosperity - outlining the Government's economic strategy FONTERRA REQUESTS TEMPORARY TRADING HALT Minister of Finance attempts to reassure business community with 'mini budget' Lobby group believes water tax still viable The government will cancel the previous administration's tax cuts, slow debt repayment and weed out low-priority spending to fund its policies, with the details to be set out in the Dec. 14 Budget…

Engineering New Zealand reaction to outcome of Police CTV building investigation Police will not prosecute over CTV collapse Xero faces shareholder revolt on plans to delist Tighter rules on foreign buyers to apply to virtually all NZ farms Motorsport: Heimgartner set to be fifth Kiwi on Supercars grid The New Zealand carbon price hit its highest level in more than six years on speculation the Labour-led government is likely to lift a cap on the maximum price emitters pay Kiwibank FinTech Accelerator 2.0 attracts applicants Unhealthy food Bad Taste 'winners' announced Kaitaia's new trade academy is SWEETAS 100 New Zealand…

NZ’s underwhelming top 200 Sir Patrick Hogan sells Cambridge Stud to NZ plastics moguls Local Fiat fans to celebrate Bambina's 60th anniversary Trade deal positive for Whanganui manufacturer Reserve Bank to ease LVR restrictions Licensed building practitioners disciplined for poor workmanship Steel & Tube Holdings has confirmed that it pleaded guilty to 24 charges laid against it by the Commerce Commission for making false and misleading representations about its steel mesh products Inside Fletchers' $30m concrete factory that will feed construction boom How Much Do You Know About Manual and Automatic Transmissions? Foresters urged to get advice on value of…

Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand's biggest meat company, has tapped Zespri International's chief operating officer Simon Limmer as its next chief executive, saying he adds experience in food, manufacturing and key markets such as China Complex, radical and expensive - Dennis Conner puts $200m price tag on winning 2021 America's Cup Kiwifruit portside storage gets $11m boost Full steam ahead on 100 Day Plan 'Slap in the face' as ANZ abandons another NZ small town Milking marvels: Sheep one side of the shed, cows the other James Hardie loses last bid to stop class action suit from leaky-home owners Fuel…

Industry warns against rush to university SME owners urged to act now to avoid an uncertain retirement Japanese retail giant to invest in NZ wearable sensor business UK trade secretary says NZ meat industry won't be worse off after Brexit TVNZ Polytech building apprentice pool British Trade Secretary Liam Fox in NZ to discuss post-Brexit trade deal Rail has saved New Zealand $1.5 billion a year, study shows Kiwis left in dark over secret document reports Newsroom Sir William Gallagher claims Treaty of Waitangi cover-up Northport denies grab for Auckland business How New Zealanders browse the internet Energy Minister demands…

UK trade secretary Liam Fox to visit NZ NZ social enterprise raises $2m to fuel international growth Waikato expressway, Tauranga Eastern Link speed limit increasing to 110km/h before Christmas New Zealand's monthly trade deficit widened in October as demand for imported mechanical machinery offset gains in the value of the country's export commodities with renewed appetite from Chinese buyers. Holden aims for Street Smart skills initiative to help save lives Six year first half high for mergers and acquisitions The Tax Working Group Terms of Reference Dunedin's economy expanding Chatham probes rare-earth-mineral recovery New fire rules require 'bespoke' engineering on…

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Juken New Zealand will defend court action being taken against it by Red Stag Timber over its J-Frame product, saying the rival wood processor is trying to remove the growing competitive threat of laminated lumber November17 Meetingnz The East West Link – Govt Looks For A Cheaper Solution Otago businessman Robert Wilson remembered as food industry pioneer D-Link NZ launches new Modern Router Monique Surges: The trade opportunity with Germany​ Mohawk Industries, Inc. Announces Purchase of Godfrey Hirst Group Artificial Intelligence automates tasks, not jobs, Chapman Tripp says China's terracotta armies to be displayed at Te Papa next year Ofer…

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Speirs Group turns to annual loss, foregoes dividend, amid rivalry, higher costs New Zealand's manufacturing activity dipped in October, although economists say it's too soon to tell whether the new Labour-led government has had an impact Fletcher's building products head Matt Crockett resigns Young Horticulturalist of the Year revealed Businesses' readiness for digital future called into question Energy the focus for Nuffield scholar Engineering student using his "time at the till" to help pay for his engineering degree. Stuart Nash says tax change is coming. A day later, he admits he was too hasty. The 'Big Five' could destroy the…