Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

A smart watch company co-founded by Sir Ray Avery has launched its wristwear-cum-personal alarm products - albeit without the functions envisioned when the business won a high tech award and $10 million total investments from Spark and Bupa reports Eloise Gibson for Newsroom.

A group of five industry members have joined together to challenge last week’s directive by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for nurseries and orchardists to contain and/or destroy tens of thousands of apple (Malus) and stonefruit (Prunus) plants.

Fonterra has announced a joint venture partnership with one of India’s largest consumer companies, Future Consumer Ltd, to produce a range of consumer and foodservice dairy products that will help meet the growing demand for high-quality dairy nutrition in India.

Lets Talk Travel with Tim Roxborogh and a very special destination it is - The KaiNiue Food Festival, as Tim says if you love food and you love travel and you love the thought of combining those two passions the KaiNiue Food Festival is a must for you.

New Zealand–based heavy equipment specialist, Tidd Ross Todd (TRT), has opened its first South Island branch to meet the growing demand for its customers in the region.

This year’s finalists for the Westpac Champion Business Awards were announced tonight at a function hosted by the Ara Institute of Canterbury at the new Kahukura Building (Engineering and Architectural Studies) located on the Ara Campus.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says it’s important not to “overdramatise” the economic international scene but warns New Zealand will be affected by more trade war rhetoric.

Trade for All is a lie writes  Prof Jane Kelsey on The Daily Blog website.

The European Union’s top-ranking diplomat has talked up greater cooperation with New Zealand during a flying visit to the country, saying the EU is a reliable partner in an increasingly unstable environment.

The long-awaited upgrade of a tiny West Coast town’s damaged sewage treatment ponds has a time extension – but the district council’s still being investigated for possible environmental rule breaches. David Williams reports for Newsroom.