Neal Wallace

Cook Howlison Toyota has been named New Zealand's top Toyota dealership for 2008, the third time it has won the award.

Demand for ewes shows little sign of easing, judging by demand at Friday's sale at Balclutha.

A solid interim operating result from investment company Pyne Gould Corporation was compromised by one-off costs.

Mention New Zealand anywhere overseas and sheep jokes come thick and fast. But have you heard the one about the woolly beast that transformed a couple of antipodean islands into a first-world economy? If not, you are not alone.

Rural servicing company PGG Wrightson has turned in a better-than-expected half-year result, while also announcing plans to repay debt.

A positive full-year profit outlook by Air New Zealand yesterday caught the market by surprise, even though analysts say the airline's $24 million interim profit was in line with expectations.

Analysts fear Air New Zealand's interim profit could be 69% below last year's when the national carrier reports today, but say the airline has taken steps to weather the economic downturn.

The first of ten delivery trucks, reconfigured and outfitted in Dunedin, headed to Auckland this week, part of a new food-delivery service for cafes and restaurants launched by Dunedin company Zeagold Foods, a division of Mainland Poultry.

A miserable month for rural servicing company PGG Wrightson is expected to be capped off tomorrow with the announcement of a sharp drop in its six-month result.

Synlait, the Canterbury company behind the country's newest dairy factory, already has plans to expand it.

Used car dealers are warning of price increases as an unfavourable exchange rate and lower vehicle-emission standards causes the number of used car imports to fall below 2000 for the first time in 20 years.

Food purchasing decisions based on the flawed "food miles" concept could wipe 0.24% off New Zealand gross domestic product, a new study has revealed.