Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

New national rules governing plantation forestry are in some cases weaker than district rules, causing concern for communities living close to erosion-prone land. Farah Hancock reports for Newsroom.

Labour unveils a plan allowing couples earning up to $180,000 a year to bid for houses costing $650,000. Phil Twyford describes KiwiBuild as "a middle-class aspirational home-ownership policy" writes Thomas Coughlan for Newsroom.

Between August 21 and October 11 last year, two men stole avocados from Gisborne orchards, worth about $22,000. It was a series of planned thefts that involved up to five people.

Engineers from Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT have developed a streamlined prosthetic foot that lets wearers walk with a fluid motion, and can be manufactured at a low cost.

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose 4.2% in May 2018, compared to the same period the year before. This was slightly down from the 5.2% (revised from 4.1%) growth in annual demand recorded in April 2018.

Kiwi apex body, Cooperative Business New Zealand, says through co-operatives and collaboration, NZ can become the world’s most sustainable nation.

Synlait recognised high achievers in their milk supplier network at their annual conference in Christchurch for dairy farmers and partners on Thursday 28 June.

New Zealand's government has a strong enough balance sheet to close the nation's infrastructure deficit sooner, which the International Monetary Fund says would generate long-term economic gains

Hansell's have come a long way since John Maunsell established the company in Masterton some 60 plus may even be 70 plus years ago.  Now under the wing of Graeme Hart's son, Harrison Hart, the Hansells Food

Nineteen bureaucrats are travelling to China to attend a finance and economics seminar organized by the Chinese government.