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Food security will dwarf climate change as the world’s most pressing issue in the next few decades, and New Zealand may have seen the first signs of rich or powerful nations trying to secure food supplies for their people.
Actions in recent months by parties linked to Dubai and China appear to support a New Zealand [...]

Wellington doctoral candidate John Watt was today named the top emerging scientist in the Prime Minister’s science awards for his research aimed at reducing vehicle exhaust pollution.
Mr Watt, who last year won $10,000 as part of his MacDiarmid young scientist of the year prize, today collected $150,000 - including $100,000 to be used to further [...]

The New Zealand dollar managed to hang on to gains made on domestic economic news yesterday, tending to move around the US70c level overnight.
The NZ dollar rose in late morning trade yesterday after news that manufacturing sales volumes increased by a stronger-than-expected 3.1 percent in the December quarter, while residential building work rose 7.4 percent.
The [...]

Manufacturers are feeling more confident even as sales fell further during January, the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association’s latest survey of business conditions shows.
Total sales among the survey sample fell 3 percent, with export sales down 32 percent and domestic sales up 15 percent on a year earlier.
Net confidence rose to 45, from minus [...]

NZX Ltd expects 50 percent of its future revenues to come from fees on clearing and settlement services and high margins obtainable from derivatives trading, according to a presentation by head of traded products, Fiona Mackenzie, to investors in Wellington today.
NZX released the presentation under continuous disclosure obligations.
The presentation declares an “expected” investment of around [...]

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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.
The presentations above [...]