Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Changing farms on so-called Gypsy Day, when large numbers of farmers shift stock, requires extra precaution because of Mycoplasma bovis but the Ministry for Primary Industries won't prevent animal movements beyond the 300 or so farms under some form of

Researchers from Victoria University of Wellington’s Ferrier Research Institute, Callaghan Innovation, the University of Canterbury, and Massey University have developed cutting-edge gene engineering technology to help scientists more efficiently manipulate DNA in order to produce new products, including a new veterinary drug.

New figures released today by Council of Trade Unions Economist Dr Bill Rosenberg and the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Director of Policy Lyndon Keene show the health funding gap since 2009/2010 has grown to $2.7 billion. This amount would be needed in Thursday’s Budget to fund services to the same level they were supported in 2010, and pay for new initiatives.

Bad headlines about Fletcher Building from some segments of the media have overshadowed a business with "healthy prospects" and a new management team that is "a catalyst for change", says listed investment fund Kingfish

Workers at Blue Star Group’s four print shops are taking industrial action, with an overtime ban in place from just after midnight tonight.

Technology will soon help make New Zealand’s farms more productive while also making lakes and rivers cleaner, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says.

Havelock North businessman and former New Zealand Trade and Enterprise trade commissioner Dean Prebble, the driving force behind the concept, …

BEIJING (AP) — China is sending an envoy to the United States for talks aimed at cooling a trade dispute that threatens to upend markets from soy … #trade

In a project that’s claimed to be “top secret”, Air New Zealand has reportedly begun consumer testing in the lead-up to a major business class cabin revamp.

Four-year-old Auckland business Olivia is reportedly the first small to medium enterprise in Australasia to adopt blockchain in food traceability.