Neal Wallace

Milton sharemilkers Nathan and Deborah Erskine were last night named Otago sharemilkers of the year at the Otago Dairy Industry Awards in Balclutha.

Urban New Zealand will be able to get beyond the gate tomorrow and see how farms operate, when Federated Farmers holds its second Farm Day.

The University of Otago's School of Business is keen to mix town and gown and work more closely with the region's businesses.

Meat exporters will work independently to develop the Chinese market after the collapse of a sector consortium created to jointly supply it with New Zealand lamb.

The emissions trading scheme will cost it $25 million in the first year of introduction from July 1, despite having dramatically cut energy use and waste, Fonterra, the country's largest company, says.

NHNZ, formerly Natural History New Zealand, likes to fly just under the radar, but its new premises at the southern end of Princes St, in Dunedin, will give it a higher public profile. Business Reporter Neal Wallace reports that NHNZ today has changed rapidly in the past few years.

Murray Horn is surprised his task to unite the strong wool industry has been compared with making peace in the Middle East.

A reporting season described by one broker as patchy, has received some welcome news as Scott Technology advised it was trading ahead of last year and would reward shareholders.

OceanaGold has poured the three millionth ounce of gold from its Macraes mine in East Otago since it opened in 1990.

Fairlie farmer Anne Munro has been elected Meat and Wool New Zealand's new director for the Central South Island, unseating incumbent David Douglas.