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Landcorp sees Fonterra payout hitting high-water mark
Landcorp Farming, New Zealand's biggest farm business, expects Fonterra's payout to slip next year and its own earnings from beef exports to fall, reflecting the high kiwi dollar.
NZ dollar rises as weak US data spurs QE3 talk
The New Zealand dollar rose against the greenback on bets that weaker US data will force Fed chair Ben Bernanke to unveil a third round of quantitative easing.
Broadsides: NZ dollar intervention
National's Nikki Kaye and Labour's Jacinda Ardern on whether the Government should act to lower the NZ dollar.
Fran O'Sullivan: China ready to fight for its pound of flesh
Trade Minister will be under pressure in Beijing to live up to the terms of the FTA.
Paul Callow: Quenching our thirst for water
Developing greater access to irrigation is critical to our economic prosperity and the private sector will likely play a big part.
Logs and dairy fall, kiwifruit up in latest commodity index
New Zealand commodity prices were stable last month, with weakness in logs and dairy products, while kiwifruit prices rose, according to the latest ANZ Commodity Price Index.
Dairy and meat push exports up 4.5pc, dollar dips
New Zealand's trade surplus was $230m in June, missing forecasts and pushing the kiwi dollar down by almost a third of a cent.
Bernard Hickey: Reserve Bank currency claims no longer wash
How on earth are we going to export more high value, high wage-producing goods with a currency headed for parity vs the US dollar?