OpinionStock Takes: Beingmate buy raises questionsIt remains to be seen how, if at all, Fonterra will communicate the performance of its Chinese infant formula investment to farmers and unit holders in its NZX-listed shareholders' fund.19 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionJamie GrayJamie Gray: Wild swings look like becoming part of the landscapeJust when you thought it was safe to venture into the dairy market, prices drop by 8.8 per cent.18 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: 'Fonterra first' puts rest outside the loopWellington Beltway denizens often refer to MFAT as standing for the Ministry for Fonterra and other Trade.17 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Plenty of practice with dairy safety issuesThis time, with the threat made by some nasty individual to poison baby formula with 1080, it certainly seems like Government and industry efforts have been much better co-ordinated.15 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionHeather du Plessis-Allan: Open letter to a blackmailerTo The 1080 Blackmailer, you should know people are pretty angry with you around here, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.14 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Key played cards right over baby formula threatPeters’ thunder stolen but timing of 1080 revelations wasn’t deliberate, writes Fran O'Sullivan.13 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: 1080 warning a double-edged swordThe Government was right to say nothing until discreet inquiries had failed and there is a chance a public appeal might help police catch him. The interval appears to have permitted the industry to be well prepared.11 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionJohn Armstrong: Key's silence right way to handle crisisShould New Zealanders have been kept in the dark about the 1080 threats for nearly four months? The answer, on balance, is yes, writes John Armstrong.10 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionChristopher Adams: All eyes on reaction of Chinese media and consumersAfter everything New Zealand's infant formula industry has been through over the past few years, the last thing it needed was yesterday's news of the 1080 threat.10 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAalt Dijkhuizen: The future of NZ Dairy - more with lessCan the NZ and The Netherlands develop farming systems that will satisfy growing demand while being more environmentally sustainable?26 Feb 12:30 AM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: White Gold Rush hits sticky patchThis will be the year in which New Zealand dairy farmers, companies, investors and their bankers will find themselves consumed by a crucial question - is the White Gold Rush finally over or will....13 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Telltale topics on economic barometerIn dramatic terms 2014 ended with several big business and economic stories on cliff- hangers.04 Jan 08:30 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Milk price could sour English's optimismRock star to rock bottom? That's not where the New Zealand economy is heading, writes Fran O'Sullivan.16 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Petrol price still too highThe sharp decline in oil and dairy prices could have a huge impact on the domestic economy as the former is our largest import item and the latter our biggest export earner.12 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionBrian Fallow: Riding the dairy monsterA $6 billion drop in dairy farmers' incomes this season is a blow to the wider economy, no question, writes Brian Fallow. But it's not all bad.11 Dec 08:30 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Fonterra still in a state of denialThere is one salient comment in the report by Queens Counsel Miriam Dean into the WPC80 incident that ought to give Fonterra's directors and shareholders cause for concern: "A company that is....09 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionMark Lister: Dairy not only apple in the basketIt's not all about dairy. We saw another poor result from the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, with the headline index down 3.1 per cent and the important whole milk powder price down 5.1 per cent to US$2400 ($3072) a tonne.25 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionIan Proudfoot: NZ can be local producer to worldThe rest of the world has woken up to the growth in demand for food, particularly for proteins, that will occur over the next 30 years.25 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionEric Watson: Look beyond the milk shedNZ has led the world developing technologies to maximise output from our limited land resources, but it's reaching the geoclimatic and biological limits of its "pasture-based" model.25 Oct 11:08 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Key catches drift on waterwaysThe Prime Minister has finally acknowledged the political reality that there are limits to growth as his Government takes a tentative step towards ensuring dairy effluent doesn't continue to despoil our major waterways.21 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Govt opts for caution and stabilityThe most notable item in the Government's third term agenda outlined to Parliament yesterday is an intention to hold "job fairs" in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane aimed at New Zealand....21 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionPeter Lyons: When rock stars run out of puffNZ has a "rock star economy" and surveys reveal high levels of business confidence, but what could make the economy run out of puff? Peter Lyons looks at the issue.06 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Economy will ride on the exchange rateNew Zealand's "rock star" economic growth of the past couple of years has been attributed to two things: high dairy prices and the Christchurch rebuild.05 Oct 04:00 PM
OpinionJamie GrayJamie Gray: Tatua outperforms FonterraTatua, the small Waikato-based dairy co-operative, did well over the 2014/15 dairy season while its far bigger competitor, Fonterra, did not. The reason - powder.30 Sep 04:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: How's the economy? You choose.Liam Dann offers up five reasons for economic gloom and five reasons for cheer.28 Sep 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Greens' ideas on dairying hold plenty of good waterNo party in an election campaign has a monopoly on wisdom; most have something important to say.14 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Recovery's still got a mountain to climbHere we are again, hearts in our mouths, as we watch an international commodity slump knock the shine off New Zealand's economic recovery.07 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionPhil O'Reilly: Foreign buyers a boon for economySales of farmland to foreigners has become a heated issue just before the election, writes Phil O'Reilly.11 Aug 05:46 AM