Latest Posts in August 2009

Resene, a  New Zealand paint company won $1 million in the competition “What’s your problem, New Zealand?” sponsored by Crown institute Industrial Research Limited (IRL).
According to Resene Managing Director, Nick Nightingale, most paints currently available in the market use a large amount of non-renewable resources in their resins. This money will be used to help [...]

New Zealand scientists from the University of Auckland have discovered a new group of yeasts affecting wine production. The researchers examined Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine yeast from a spontaneous ferment at Kumeu River winery and were surprised to find out that there were almost a hundred different strains in the ferment which were genetically distinct from [...]

The New Zealand wine industry is way ahead of its target of reaching the $1b export mark, which was predicted to happen in 2012, but a report issued last week by New Zealand Wine said the export amount was $992m for the year ending in June, a 24% increase from the previous year. New Zealand [...]

20 August 2009 - New Zealand Agritech Inc.(NZA) and Cullen Agricultural Technologies Inc. (Cullen) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to fast track the rollout and commercialisation of Kiwi pasture technology in the South-eastern United States - a market with potential earnings in excess of $US100 million to New Zealand.
NZA and Cullen will work together [...]

20 August 2009 - New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) today announced the finalists in the New Zealand International Business Awards: 17 companies, from world-leading software providers to global engineering consultants, dental technology experts and food manufacturers, growing their operations internationally and making a valuable contribution to the New Zealand economy.
Finalists, selected from more than [...]

Minister of Regulatory Reform Rodney Hide today announced the appointment of four members of the 2025 Taskforce, charged with recommending ways to improve productivity and close the income gap with Australia.
Chaired by Dr Don Brash, the 2025 Taskforce will
investigate the reasons for the decline in New Zealand’s productivity performance over recent years.
Joining Dr Brash on [...]

Living up to NZ’s goal to become truly sustainable, an NZ recycling company Visy, announced their plan to establish a new, 120,000 tonne-capacity recycling facility for sorting glass with a partner glass-maker company, Owens-Illinois.
The said plant will use a beam of light across a conveyer belt to sort glass into three colours for recycling at [...]

Tourism operators will identify the most pressing issues facing the industry at a series of 10 workshops being held throughout the country next month by the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand (TIA).
Those issues and potential solutions will then be delivered directly to the Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key at an invitation-only Tourism [...]

In a report that was issued by Nelson Forests Ltd, Nelson details the carbon footprint of a New Zealand operations from “cradle to market”. One of the most eye opening findings is that ocean freight is 5 to 10 times more efficient than road transport in terms of carbon emissions. An example of this, a [...]

New Zealand strong-wool growers have a story to tell the world and it’s one yarn the chairwoman of new wool company, Wool Partners International, is absolutely determined it will hear.
Theresa Gattung was in Oamaru last week and spoke to Southern [...]