The risk of the kiwi dollar remaining high is the biggest risk to Government forecasts for growth in the nation's farm, forestry and seafood exports, a new Government report says.

The dairy industry has been a star performer for decades, but the time has come for others in the New Zealand family of commodities to share the limelight...

New Zealand's terms of trade - the amount of imports that can be funded by a fixed quantity of exports - fell in the third quarter, driven by falling prices for primary sector exports and a strong kiwi dollar.

A Treasury forecast of a plunging kiwi dollar should mean a surge in the New Zealand primary sector, says a new MAF report.

Has anyone noticed that "100 per cent pure New Zealand" has quietly been changed to "100 per cent pure you"?

About 60 jobs are expected to be cut in a merger between the Ministry of Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced today, but the Public Service Association says restructuring will cost more than it saves.

Redback spiders could thrive in some areas of NZ, posing a real threat to native wildlife, a scientist says.

New Zealand recorded a trade surplus of $276 million for the month of June, equivalent to 7.3 per cent of exports.

New Zealand's farm and forestry exports are bouncing back in the wake of the global recession, agricultural economists say.

Sheep numbers have continued to fall, dairy cow numbers are rising and grain crops increased markedly, latest agricultural production figures show.