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Early start heralds another successful season
The 2010 kiwifruit season looks likely to enjoy similar success to 2009, with today’s harvest echoing last year’s early start to the season. Early indications on the volume, quality and taste of the fruit also suggest that 2010 will be another good year for the New Zealand kiwifruit industry.
Some growers began harvesting ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit [...]
Slow steady improvement for manufacturing
Manufacturing showed signs of slow and steady improvement last month, with the latest BNZ-Business NZ performance of manufacturing index (PMI) indicating a continuing rise in new orders.
The seasonally adjusted PMI was at 53.3 in February, up 1.2 points from January. A reading above 50 indicates manufacturing is generally expanding.
New orders were constant at 56.1, production [...]
Strong backing for undersea fibre cable
There is widespread support for a proposed undersea fibre optic cable that backers hope will break the digital divide between New Zealand and the rest of the world.
Internet entrepreneur Rod Drury, Warehouse founder Stephen Tindall and Trade Me’s Sam Morgan are some of the names behind the venture.
Pacific Fibre has announced a plan for the $900 [...]
Entrepreneurs announce $900m fast broadband plan
Businessmen Sam Morgan, Stephen Tindall and Rod Drury are part of “an early stage” venture to build a submarine fibre cable between Australia, New Zealand and the United States, with five times the capacity of the existing Southern Cross system.
The group went public today under the name Pacific Fibre and it wants to talk to [...]
Manufacturing figures add fuel to recovery
New Zealand’s manufacturing sector – usually one of the most pessimistic parts of the economy – is singing the recovery song.
The latest Bank of New Zealand/Business New Zealand Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) further nudged into positive territory in February.
The “PMI”, which is seasonally adjusted, was 53.3 – up 1.2% from January. A rating of [...]
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NZ key industries are looking for potential collaboration with SEA
June 25, 2009In the current economic slowdown, government and businesses need to work together more effectively to create and sustain conditions for trade and investment growth.
With the recent signing of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Singapore and New Zealand have demonstrated once again their active collaboration in creating new opportunities for the region.
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