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Toby Manhire: Crisis a red flag to NZ's cow dependency

Roughly 70 per cent of NZ exports come from primary industries, writes Toby Manhire. Fonterra alone is about 10 per cent of the economy. When the sector sneezes, the country catches cold.

'Serious lessons to learn'

Fonterra's board will conduct a "full, thorough, formal review'' into the handling of the infant formula contamination scandal, says the Fonterra chairman.

Liam Dann: Apology just the start to rebuilding reputation

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has apologised to New Zealand but this is just the start and he will need to do more, writes Liam Dann.

Bryce Edwards: The ideological basis of the 'Fonterror' scandal

"Was the Fonterra milk scandal caused by New Zealand being 'hostage to a blinkered devotion to laissez-faire market ideology'?" asks Bryce Edwards.

Willy Leferink: Openness will see dairying through botulism scare

Claire Trevett: Solidarity in the face of adversity has its day

It was in a rather grand display of statesmanship that Labour leader David Shearer stood in Parliament on Tuesday to talk about the Fonterra whey powder contamination

Formula stock under control

As Fonterra's boss said sorry to NZ over the formula scare, it emerged four batches of potentially contaminated formula reached Hong Kong and Australia.

Hong Kong hotline gets hundreds of calls

More than 80,000 cans of suspect infant formula have been recalled in Hong Kong and a hotline set up by the city's authorities has been fielding hundreds of calls.

'Out, damned spot!'

Very unhappy farmers

Bacteria first found at Australian plant

Fonterra's boss reveals testing at an Australian plant confirmed clostridium bacteria in a semi-finished product later blended to make Karicare in NZ.

Crisis hits in midst of PR shakeup

The baby milk botulism scare comes to light after changes at the top of Fonterra - including moves by the company to take more direct control of its communications strategy.

Editorial: Harm done to NZ requires full answers

As days pass, emerging details raise more questions about the infant formula scare. Here's just a few of them.

Fonterra on notice in China

China will not tolerate another slip-up from Fonterra, with the dairy giant caught up in its third contamination scare there since 2008, says a marketing expert.

Fran O'Sullivan: Fonterra back on China's blacklist

There is widespread anger within the dairy industry over the length of time it was kept secret from the market while officials worked on a gameplan, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Sri Lanka suspends NZ milk powder imports

Sri Lanka is the latest country to suspend New Zealand milk powder imports because of botulism fears from contaminated Fonterra products.

Paul Brislen: End unhealthy reliance on dairy giant

We need to diversify. We need a concerted government-level drive to build up our other export earners, writes Paul Brislen.

Fonterra fallout shouldn't have short term impact on GDP - English