Published: Sep 18, 2015

New Zealand campaigners against pesticides are calling on the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to ban sales of a chemical used to coat seeds, after a court decision has taken it off the market in America.

Published: Sep 17, 2015

A large study into the evolution and distribution of a major banana disease virus has been carried out by an international team of researchers, led by Dr Arvind Varsani from the University of Canterbury with funding from the Marsden Fund of New Zealand.

Published: Sep 17, 2015

Dairy prices on GlobalDairyTrade auction site have risen for the fourth session running, outperforming the future’s market.

Published: Sep 15, 2015

The food industry in Hawke's Bay was ready to party last night after confirmation the Hastings District Council has become the first local body in New Zealand to block genetically modified food production.

Published: Sep 15, 2015

The New Zealand exporter JP Exports, has been attending Asia Fruit Logistica for seven years and has a track record of success in establishing new relationships with customers at the event. This year was no exception.

Published: Sep 14, 2015

The second reading debate of the Tariff (Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea) Amendment Bill was interrupted when the House rose at 6pm with Labour indicating they would support the bill with one misgiving.

Published: Sep 10, 2015

The recent disappointing financial results of Woolworths might not appear encouraging, but that is not the view of some expert analysts.

Published: Sep 09, 2015

New Zealanders want more regulation to ensure school food is healthy, a survey indicates.

Published: Sep 01, 2015

LeaderBrand, one of New Zealand’s largest producers of fresh vegetables, has noticed a significant increase in spinach sales this year.

Published: Aug 27, 2015

New Zealand's trade deficit was smaller than expected in July as exports of fruit and meat drove overseas sales higher, and offset flat dairy export receipts.

Published: Aug 26, 2015

A study published in Public Health Nutrition shows that consumers may be more likely to buy foods that have front-of-pack nutrition labels regardless of their healthfulness.

Published: Aug 25, 2015

Following the successful launch of their graduate programme last year, kiwifruit exporter Zespri is once again looking for graduates to join its growing business.

Published: Aug 21, 2015

New Zealand Avocado released its 2015 Annual Report today, reporting record volume with 7.1 million trays. Other highlights included that 90,000 new households are purchasing avocados in NZ along with record volumes being exported to priority Asian market

Published: Aug 21, 2015

The Kiwifruit Claim will launch a five-week information campaign next month to inform kiwifruit growers of the 9 October deadline to sign up to its efforts to seek compensation for the Crown’s negligence in allowing Psa-v into New Zealand.

Published: Aug 21, 2015

CHEP New Zealand’s strong workplace safety culture has recently been recognised as ‘best in class’ by parent company Brambles in its inaugural safety awards.

Published: Aug 20, 2015

People who maintain that eating tomatoes can cause their gout to flare up are likely to welcome new research from New Zealand's University of Otago that has, for the first time, found a biological basis for this belief.

Published: Aug 19, 2015

New Zealand whole milk powder futures are pointing to the first gain in GlobalDairyTrade auction prices since February after Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd., the world’s biggest dairy exporter, cut the volume it will offer.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

Growing the country's apple and pear industry and using New Zealand and overseas workers to do so, was the hot topic at the Pipfruit Industry Conference this morning.

Published: Aug 12, 2015

The New Zealand government says it has imposed a temporary ban on fresh produce from Fiji because it is not fully confident in Fiji's anti-fruit fly procedures.

Published: Aug 06, 2015

New Zealand (PMA A-NZ) and Nutrition Australia are proud to announce the start of a fresh new era promoting consumer health awareness. PMA A-NZ and Nutrition Australia are joining forces in this year’s National Nutrition Week (11-17 October) to help peopl