Kiwi drops by 3c as greenback rises
Kiwi drops by 3c as greenback rises
A rally by the United States dollar in the past week led to the kiwi falling 3c.
Neal Wallace
Award-winning GPS firm moves to Mosgiel premises
Award-winning GPS firm moves to Mosgiel premises
The Dunedin business community received some welcome news yesterday, with local guidance and mapping company TracMap New Zealand moving into new Mosgiel premises and announcing the release of a new product.
Leasehold exclusive - report
Leasehold exclusive - report
Claims pastoral lessees do not have exclusive possession of land in their lease, flies in the face of Crown Law opinion.
An eye on cyclical nature of farming
An eye on cyclical nature of farming
Depending on how you look at it, Udo Fuehrer is either a visionary or a reckless risk taker.
Better prospects not enough for meat and wool
Better prospects not enough for meat and wool
Improving prospects for sheep and beef farmers may not be enough to stem the flow of farm conversion to dairying.
Hilton developers hit by slowdown
Hilton developers hit by slowdown
Developers of the Hilton Dunedin in the former chief post office are looking at their marketing options.
Doing crate business with Falklands
Doing crate business with Falklands
Sutton Crates' biggest design and build contract in recent years originated from an obscure, unsolicited email to the Dunedin engineering firm 20 months ago.
German help at Botry Zen
German help at Botry Zen
German biotechnology pioneer has taken a 5% stake in troubled Dunedin company Botry Zen.
NZ past worst of times - NZIER
NZ past worst of times - NZIER
The worst of the economic recession could be behind us, according to a leading research organisation.
Sale allows for equity partnership
Sale allows for equity partnership
Shareholding in a third-generation family-owned Otago audiology business has been sold to the publicly listed Abano Healthcare Group.
Shareholders begin to vote on partnership
Shareholders begin to vote on partnership
The decision whether Silver Fern Farms will form a partnership with rural servicing company PGG Wrightson will be made by up to 4500 mostly South Island holders of rebate shares.
Fertiliser prices up, food may follow
Fertiliser prices up, food may follow
Food prices look likely to rise again after one of the country's largest fertiliser co-operatives, Ravensdown, announced its third price rise in ten months while warning further price increases were inevitable.
'White knight' provides capital for Botry Zen
'White knight' provides capital for Botry Zen
Dunedin company Botry Zen has been given a last-minute reprieve, with an agreement with the Bank of New Zealand on new overdraft facilities and a new investor providing a loan and fresh capital.
Action group directors speak against remits
Action group directors speak against remits
Two members of a meat industry ginger group elected to the board of Alliance Group this year, say they will not support the group's remits being considered at a special meeting next Friday.
Lambs may fetch up to $90
Lambs may fetch up to $90
Sheep farmers look set to share in booming international prices with some saying lambs could be worth up to $90 each this season.
Discord across wool sector decried
Discord across wool sector decried
No-one is winning with the current fighting and absence of unity in the debate about the future of the wool industry, the chief executive of Romney New Zealand says.
Great changes predicted for Pacific Edge
Great changes predicted for Pacific Edge
Dunedin medical device company Pacific Edge Biotechnology (Pebl) expects to have its first cancer diagnostic products on the market next year.
Superfine fleece wool prices surge
Superfine fleece wool prices surge
Fine wool farmers received a huge boost at the season-opening sale in Melbourne this week, with prices for superfine fleece wool rising 15 to 20% on last year.
Gattung offers ear to all in wool industry
Gattung offers ear to all in wool industry
It was hardly surprising there was little unity in the wool industry given a decade of decaying prices and confidence, chairwoman of the newly formed Wool Company Theresa Gattung says.
Move to save meat industry
Move to save meat industry
Resolutions to be considered at special meetings of the two Southern meat co-operatives are designed to avert a collapse of the sheep-meat industry, South Otago farmers were told yesterday.