The takeover of Cadbury is leaving a bitter taste in the mouths of chocolate fans and workers from the UK to Dunedin.

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Dani Wright talks to a tour de force of entrepreneurship, Linda Jenkinson, about how setbacks should be embraced and why there's no luck involved in her global business success.

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The union representing the workers set to lose their jobs at Cadbury's Dunedin factory has spoken out against a public boycott of the brand's chocolate.

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A Dunedin dairy owner has vowed to boycott Cadbury products and called on other New Zealanders to do the same.

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Comment: New Zealand will clearly be interested in its lamb and dairy exports into the UK once it leaves the EU, which account for almost 60 per cent of goods exports to the UK.

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Two months into the job, new Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith talks to science reporter Jamie Morton about the state of the sector.

Speaking at the World Government Summit, Elon Musk talked about aliens, AI, commercial space flights and a 'universal income' for every human.

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With the Trans-Pacific Partnership on ice, Trade Minister Todd McClay has been travelling the globe ahead of a meeting in Chile next month.