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Zespri branded 'fat and lazy', as apple titan dips toe into sector
A Hawke's Bay fruit grower says Zespri has become 'fat and lazy' and a shake-up is needed.
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'This is a good outcome': Rockit hails China court win in plant rights battle
A Chinese court ordered unlicensed PremA96 apple plants to be destroyed.
Wattie's back in profit but financials confirm 200 pea growers hit by cutbacks
Revenue fell 10.2% to $666.7m, led by steep drops in frozen and convenience meal sales.
Government invests $50,000 for grower group's McCain factory takeover bid
The Government has granted $50,000 for a feasibility study on the site.
Farmers over-exposed but not in the way they think: James Paterson
OPINION: Most farmers wouldn't run the business itself with all their eggs in one basket.
'Maybe there is a way': Hawke's Bay growers mull McCain takeover bid
'It’s a big business, but there is a lot of will out there.'
Ikea parent snaps up Tararua forest as local footprint tops 43,000ha
The 521ha Cypress Hill Forest boosts Ingka's New Zealand estate.
Debunking a cheese myth and why halloumi is 'born to blister'
When the sheep are 'on holiday', the cows come to play.
Work starts on NZ’s largest approved solar farm between Taupō and Napier
The 700,000-panel Te Rahui solar farm is set to become a landmark.
Christchurch hosts PGG's first national wool auction
The first national sale in Christchurch moved more than 9000 bales for $6.6m.
Not quite free trade, but apple growers welcome reduced 25% tariff to India
Tariffs for apples drop from 50% to 25% into India and growers are 'over the moon'.
Three Napier brothers are serving ‘NZ-style’ ice cream to celebrities. This is what their LA life is like
From Hawke's Bay to Noosa to Hollywood, the Chalmers brothers are taking NZ to the world.
What would Hastings look like if Heinz Wattie's closed? - Nick Stewart
OPINION: The council has yet to run the numbers on what closure would mean for Hastings.
Receivers’ $1m bill: Family bankruptcies leave boat firm creditors facing big shortfall
Trevor Terry and his two sons, Brock and Rhys, were bankrupted in August 2025.
Nick Stewart: Air New Zealand is the worst of both worlds
OPINION: When things go wrong, taxpayers are always on the hook.
Frozen veg in New Zealand: The data behind McCain and Wattie’s cuts
Households now spend about $312m a year on frozen and processed vegetables.
Gas up 300%, power doubled: Why Wattie's says local manufacturing no longer works
Gas costs for Wattie's have jumped about 300% in the past seven years.
'Only way forward': Heinz Wattie’s confirms plant closures, 300 jobs to go
Manufacturing sites in Christchurch, Dunedin and Auckland will close.
'Crisis': Devastated McCain growers want an overhaul of food value chain
'The question we have to ask is, why can't they make money?'
McCain plant closure follows $17m loss and soaring related-party loans
Current unsecured borrowings jumped from $38.4m to $96.8m in one year.
Oil crisis puts businesses accused of virtue signalling in the box seat to survive – Nick Stewart
OPINION: Resilience is built in calm weather, not in a storm.
Inside Rocket Lab's $17m quest to find life above Venus
The Nasa-supported Rocket Lab project will be the first-ever private mission to Venus
ComCom investigating potential Hawke’s Bay-based pyramid scheme
Commerce Commission warns against "too good to be true" schemes.
Teak Construction liquidation: Max Key caught in $7.9m failure
Subcontractors complained they were owed large amounts over extensive periods of time.
Heart attack, not EV glitch, blamed in death of man found in locked car
Clyde Potter's sister wants clearer EV emergency exits and for dealers to explain them.
Kiwi company fights to get illegal apple orchards torn down in China
T&G chief executive Gareth Edgecombe said it was a significant win for the company.