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Infrastructure Report: Making the right connections

Huawei is out to build a better connected world, leveraging the internet of Things, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Infrastructure Report: A new port of call?

David Green asks: Have the assumptions and options that have driven infrastructure ownership changed - and are there now other ways to achieve the desired outcomes?

Infrastructure Report: Water a sector under pressure

Water will be the big issue this century, say leading experts from law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts.

Infrastructure Report: The NZCID policy prescription

Based on overseas experience, NZCID has made four recommendations for best-practice infrastructure planning.

The transformers of infrastructure

New Zealand has earmarked $35b worth of funding over the next 20 years into mega infrastructure projects, each with a price tag of at least $1b.

Infrastructure Report: Golden age for infrastructure

Infrastructure Report: More bang for your bucks

Bill English is promising a tool kit to enable co-ordinated infrastructure planning.

Infrastructure Report: Model start to redevelopment

Computer modelling at the start of planning a project means less disruption, Graham Skellern reports.

Infrastructure Report: Building a community

A model development in Warsaw has just the right space to make residents happy and healthy, reports Greg Hall.

Agribusiness: More than just the sheep's back

Sheep milk products may become a Holy Grail as the agricultural industry continues to diversify, writes Tim McCready.

Agribusiness: Plan to boost food earnings

A $16.65m programme to develop new ways to process food could add $250m a year to NZ's export earnings.

Agribusiness: The value-added approach

Three key strategic disciplines will create more product value, writes Hamish Gow.

Agribusiness: Funding scarce for new projects

Challenges faced by a major meat industry player of a previous era in pursuing its branded strategy will sound familiar.

Agribusiness: Some cheers among the dairy doldrums

Jamie Gray reviews the roller-coaster year in the primary sector where horticulture, beef and wine have been shining lights.

Agribusiness: Online farm budgeting advice is close at hand

Some farmers need to get better at budgeting to weather the slow-down in dairying, says David McCall of DairyNZ.

Agribusiness: Improving on the workhorse

Experts expect New Zealand farmers to be among the first wave of businesses to benefit from the internet-of-things.

Agribusiness: Dairy makes a positive impression on the country

New Zealanders' impression of the dairy industry is positive, according to DairyNZ's latest Public Perceptions of Dairy survey.

Agribusiness: Spreadsheets in the cloud

Technology firm Xero is moving in and providing online support for farmers, writes Bill Bennett.