Published: Dec 08, 2015

When officials from the Ministry for Primary Industries visited the four North Islanders diagnosed with hepatitis A in the frozen berry food safety scare, two still had Fruzio berries in their freezer which have since tested negative for hepatitis A.

Published: Dec 03, 2015

Prices at the GlobalDairyTrade auction have gained, for the first time in two months.

Published: Dec 02, 2015

New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has issued a statement warning of a potential Hepatitis A risk associated with imported frozen berries.

Published: Nov 27, 2015

Napier Port has opened a new administration building this week and says an increase in agricultural exports going through the port is helping drive its growth and development.

Published: Nov 23, 2015

While milk prices are at or just above break-even cost of production levels heading into 2016, there is hope on the horizon.

Published: Nov 19, 2015

The “clean eating” trend has inspired a back to basics approach in product development and is an overarching theme in Innova Market Insights’ Top Ten Trends list for 2016. New global products tracked with “organic” claim have risen from 6.3% in the first

Published: Nov 19, 2015

Commodity milk markets continued to fall, as prices on the GlobalDairyTrade auction site dropped for the third event in a row. Milk prices on the auction site, which is run by New Zealand milk giant Fonterra, were down 7.9% from the previous event, hel

Published: Nov 17, 2015

Fonterra, the world’s top milk exporter, backed ideas of a revival in dairy values ahead – but the forecast did little to prevent a further drop in futures, leading to expectations of a price retreat at a key auction on Tuesday.

Published: Nov 16, 2015

18 months after a bilateral trade agreement came into effect, New Zealand's exports to Taiwan have increased by 22%.

Published: Nov 13, 2015

Avocado volumes in the Bay of Plenty are down by 40%. This has increased competition between exporters and the domestic market. Not only were volumes down 40% from last year, but the fruit size was also smaller.

Published: Nov 12, 2015

GEA Group, Germany, is building a unique whole milk drying plant for Fonterra in New Zealand. The plant is scheduled to pump out 15 tons of product per hour and is said to be the world’s first earthquake-proof commercial whole milk drying plant.

Published: Nov 06, 2015

New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative Group launched a new Fonterra Application Center in Guangzhou, China, designed to bring innovative dairy products and services to the cooperative’s foodservice customers in the region.

Published: Nov 06, 2015

As retailers in Queenstown and New World supermarket in Wellington are selling small 125g boxes of blueberries from $15 to $20, consumers are shocked by the price and refuse to buy them.

Published: Nov 02, 2015

New Zealand-based dairy company Fonterra has established a new Application Center in Guangzhou to develop innovative dairy products and services to the company’s foodservice customers in the region.

Published: Oct 30, 2015

The central bank in New Zealand, the world’s top milk-exporting country, cautioned against getting carried away over the dairy market’s recovery from 13-year lows hit three months ago, even as futures continued to give back gains.

Published: Oct 14, 2015

Tauranga councillor Catherine Stewart was the lone voice opposed to selling a prime council-owned site in the heart of Mount Maunganui.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

New Zealand has been working to lead the way in ensuring the packaging sector plays its role in sustainability. That is where The Packaging Council of New Zealand (PAC.NZ) fits in.

Published: Sep 25, 2015

Fonterra raised hopes for dairy farmers, ditching a forecast of a further cut in farmgate milk prices, as it said that cutbacks prompted by low values had left New Zealand on track for one of its biggest output drops on record.

Published: Sep 21, 2015

New Zealand is a large exporter of fresh fruit to China. Imported fruit from New Zealand can be ready for sale in China within 48 hours after picking.

Published: Sep 18, 2015

Bank of New Zealand hiked forecasts for farmgate milk prices, while milk powder futures hit a five-month high, as investors addressed growing El Nino concerns besides another surge in prices at GlobalDairyTrade.