President Trump handed China its clearest opening yet to tilt the geopolitical balance in Asia in its favour.

US President Donald Trump's executive decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) has confirmed many Bay

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COMMENT: Bill English should act sooner rather than later if he wants to get a bilateral trade deal with the US on the table, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

Blue Sky Meats' directors say they want China-based Heilongjiang Binxi Cattle Industry Co to lift its takeover offer by 30 cents a share.

This season's honey harvest will be the worst for years after bad weather affected the nectar flow, with Comvita estimating it will

A Manawatu couple have retired and downsized so they can live the tiny house dream.

A shock earnings downgrade from NZ's biggest manuka honey maker, Comvita, highlights the damaging impact of the current unsettled weather.

Protesters have chained themselves to a gate to prevent coal being delivered to Fonterra's Clandeboye dairy factory in South Canterbury.

There has been concern in recent years about the concentration of our seed heritage into the hands of a few large multinational corporations. Very

New Zealand's most often quoted statistic - the sheep to people ratio - has taken another hit, according to Statistics NZ.

The last of four charted flights packed with $50 million worth cherries, bound for Chinese New Year celebrations left yesterday.

A dramatic boardroom spill is underway at troubled baby formula maker Bellamy's, spearheaded by Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron.

An avocado-flavoured beer will be on show at next month's Katikati A&P Show. But the experimental brew hasn't been tasted yet.

Whole milk powder prices failed to live up to expectations by registering a slight fall at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Dairy product prices inched higher at the Global Dairy Trade auction, stemming two consecutive declines.

COMMENT: Fonterra's new ad campaign says exactly the right thing in exactly the right way, Vaughn Davis writes.

New Zealand businesses stayed relatively upbeat about the state of the economy in the final three months of 2016.

Silver Fern Farms, the meat processor in which a controlling stake was sold to China's Shanghai Maling for $267 million at the end

Returns from New Zealand's lamb exports may be restrained by the kiwi's strength against the British pound.

Food prices fell in December, with vegetables, meat and dairy cheaper, although fruit became more expensive.

Laura McBain was as a pioneer of the baby formula boom, making Bellamy's a $1 billion company - and then it all came crashing down.

It's a classic clash between urban growth and farmers.

Northland farmers are facing drier than normal conditions.

Wool prices at this week's auction fell, particularly for varieties sourced from the North Island.

Comvita has sold its Medihoney brand to US partner Derma Sciences for about $19 million, and will reap a further $11m selling shares.

Port of Tauranga's new megaship service was expected to boost containers handled by the port to a record-breaking total of more than one million.

Bellamy's Australia shares took a nose dive after it cut its profit forecast for a second time, announced chief executive Laura McBain is leaving the company, and tweaked the terms of its supply contract with Fonterra.

Tauranga fertiliser manufacturer Ballance Agre-Nutrients is opening its doors to the public as part of the Port of Tauranga's summer

Fonterra's Malaysia operation, which turned 40 last month, is enjoying double-digit growth in terms of both value and volume, says