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NZ key industries are looking for potential collaboration with SEA June 25, 2009

In 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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Eastpack Lifts Performance With Fresh Investment

Bay of Plenty kiwifruit post harvest service provider, EastPack, intends to invest another $8.5 million on sophisticated new plant and automated equipment in 2010 to support higher volumes, continue to lift the quality of out-turns and deliver greater efficiencies.
The grower-owned company, which operates three sites in Te Puke, Edgecumbe and Opotiki, is set to report [...]

Kiwifruit release decision in June

Kiwifruit exporter Zespri will decide later this year whether to release some of the new varieties it’s been testing.
Zespri has been collecting production data from several new lines of kiwifruit growing in 30 hectares of trial blocks on orchards.
The exporter has written to growers advising them that it will decide in June whether it will [...]

Aquaculture bill by mid-year, minister says

The Government is on track to introduce new aquaculture legislation by mid-year, Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley says.
“The complexity, cost and uncertainty of the current regime, together with poor incentives for development, have been impeding aquaculture growth,” he said today.
“I am confident we will get a regime in place that enables this crucial industry to achieve [...]

PM celebrates with Mako Networks

Prime Minister John Key was full of praise when he attended the celebratory launch of Mako Networks’ PCI DSS Merchant Solution, a world first in PCI (payment card industry) DSS compliant solutions.
In an animated speech, Key said he gets “excited about companies like Mako” and the possibilities they bring. He said New Zealand will never [...]

Telecommunications Industry Group providing a launch pad for Kiwi businesses

Innovative New Zealanders keen to set up their own business will have a chance to turn their dreams into reality in a competition being run as part of the Planet 2010 Communications and Technology Conference in Auckland next month.
The Telecommunications Industry Group (TIG) is offering 10 start-up companies the chance to pitch their business ideas [...]