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Pike River board meets to discuss future
Pike River Coal's board is to meet tomorrow to talk about options for the company's future.
Still a future for West Coast mining, says Pike chair
Pike River Coal says all its staff are being kept on full pay, with some being reassigned to jobs including helping out at the mine site
NZ dollar recovers after big retreat
The New Zealand dollar slowly recovered yesterday after it fell to its lowest level against the greenback in nearly four weeks overnight after a shelling exchange on the Korean peninsula added to the US currency's appeal as a safe haven.
Dairy auction prices slip
Dairy prices have slipped at Fonterra's overnight online auction, with the globalDairyTrade index down 2.5 per cent.
Aussie dollar hits parity with US
The Australian dollar has finally hit parity with the US dollar.
Kiwi technology helps miners
Monitoring gear developed in New Zealand is being used to help doctors assess the vital signs of the miners trapped in the Chilean mine.
NZ microbe to produce ethanol from Chinese pollution
A local biotech firm is set to use its patented microbe technology in China.