A secret Auckland Council agenda item has revealed the Wynyard Quarter as a possible site for Fonterra's planned new $100 million campus-style world HQ.

When the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund made its debut on the NZX last December, the co-operative was finally able to put its capital structure on a firm footing.

It's always interesting to see how corporations and governments respond to a food safety crisis, writes Sue Kedgley.

Hot, dry weather has many Bay of Plenty dairy farmers struggling to make ends meet as Tauranga stares down the barrel of the third driest month in living memory.

A New Zealand exporter selling infant formula in China says the latest agricultural chemical issue is a public relations disaster and sales have fallen "to zero".

Traces of a toxic agricultural substance detected in some Fonterra milk powders has international dairy customers asking for answers.

An important fertiliser aid has been culled from farmers' chemical shopping lists after it turned up in milk products destined for human consumption.

Demand for New Zealand dairy livestock in China appears to be booming, with more than 38,000 live animals leaving our shores for Chinese pastures last year.

A trial involving five parties linked to the running of Crafar Farms who face hundreds of charges between them of animal abuse has been postponed.

The number of sharemarket trades hit a record high in December capping off the best year for the New Zealand stock market since 2004.

World dairy prices have risen in the last online auction of the year.

The driver of a Fonterra milk tanker was killed yesterday when his truck crashed into a drain near Dargaville. The man died at the scene, said Northland fire service spokesperson Tania Matthews.

The world's largest global milk processor and dairy exporter wants to move into New Zealand's best new building in four years.

Prices of dairy products fell in Fonterra's latest GlobalDairyTrade auction - the first decline in four sales.