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![Landcorp pushing to diversify, says chair](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Landcorp pushing to diversify, says chair
Landcorp's decision to take full control of New Zealand's largest red meat genetics business is an example of the state-owned enterprise's push to diversify its operations.
![Peter Lyons: Ignoring super is political hypocrisy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Peter Lyons: Ignoring super is political hypocrisy
If an investment approach is suitable for other beneficiaries, education and healthcare it should also be applied to government superannuation, writes Peter Lyons.
![AMP unfazed by global volatility](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
AMP unfazed by global volatility
Fund manager AMP Capital is unfazed by last week's volatility on international financial markets.
![China trade needs more than logs and milk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
China trade needs more than logs and milk
Two-way trade with China has doubled every five years since the early 1990s but the historic growth rates may not continue.
![Why the poor pay sky-high interest rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why the poor pay sky-high interest rates
An entire industry has grown around handing low-income earners a lifeline to the material rewards of middle-class life, but it comes at a hidden price.
![Will more Chinese snap up NZ houses?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Will more Chinese snap up NZ houses?
An economist says China's plans to ease the restrictions its citizens face when investing overseas will see more Chinese money flowing into NZ's property market.
![NZ's most popular car for 26 years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's most popular car for 26 years
Latest figures show that New Zealand's most popular car over the past year is the same one that has topped the list for the past 26 years.
![Chch pips Aklnd as NZ crane capital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Chch pips Aklnd as NZ crane capital
Major centres are sprouting a growing crane population, with 76 cranes now on big sites.
![David Hisco: Five ways to set NZ up for a bright future](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
David Hisco: Five ways to set NZ up for a bright future
With the most resounding mandate in living memory, what's a third-term National Party-led Government to do?
![Bob Jones: Living wage is a reward, not a right](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bob Jones: Living wage is a reward, not a right
Like barristers, I hand write everything: it enables clearer expression. It's a life-long habit which I enjoy in a tactile sense.
![Global fears hit NZ shares](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Global fears hit NZ shares
Investor fears on world markets flowed through into local share trading yesterday as concern mounted about growth in the leading economies of the United States, China, Japan and the European....
![House sales up 7.8pc - REINZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
House sales up 7.8pc - REINZ
The general election failed to dent September house sale volumes which rose nearly 8 per cent last month.