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Wind farm will create 260 jobs, but iwi's concerns remain

Hawke's Bay will soon be home to the country's second-largest wind farm.

Juha Saarinen: Elon Musk's challenge to Kiwi rural broadband providers

New broadband option is bound to tempt some users.

Berry farm owner seeking new challenge

Windermere Farms makes use of latest technology and science to up production.

210 jobs on the line: 80-year-old mill may shut down

The mill employs just over 210 people and is Whakatane's biggest private employer.

Sanford to forfeit $20m vessel, fined for illegal bottom trawling

Sanford convicted of bottom trawling in a Benthic Protection Area.

MPI brings charges against QEX unit

NZX-listed QEX Logistics is under investigation from MPI over export charges.

PGG Wrightson first half profit leaps 41%, raises dividend

The company's net profit leapt 41 per cent.

Kate MacNamara: Storm brewing for the Climate Change Commission

Drip-feed of info now threatens to reduce the window of public consultation to theatre.

Tractor industry says farm equipment harder to source in pandemic

TAMA president says expect delays in global manufacturing as well as shipping this year.

How high can they go? Dairy prices notch up 7th gain in row

Demand from China is driving up wholemilk powder prices.

Investors buy record share of homes as first-home buyers squeezed

The biggest housing boom in two decades is taking its toll on first-home buyers: analysts.

Strong run continues for Global Dairy Trade auction

Prices are up across the board for the seventh auction in a row.

Richard Prebble: The sneaky new tax you may have missed

The "technical" amendment will turn the ETS into a revenue-raising tax.

Move to Jersey herd an easy decision for Waikato dairy farmer

"In every aspect of the business, I'm trying to maximise returns," Zach Mounsey says.

Origin Capital buys kiwifruit orchards after raising $69m

Origin Capital has raised $69m to invest in kiwifruit orchards.

Kiwis acquire Trinity Hill winery after US investor's jailing

The ex-winery owner pleaded guilty to defrauding former NBA star Tim Duncan of millions.

Business digest: New partnership to develop platform for agritech research

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Liam Dann: RMA rewrite looks like a special kind of hell

Everyone cheered the RMA's demise but will new laws be at the mercy of political conflict?