Agriculture Minister David Carter cannot assure New Zealanders they are not paying too much for milk despite a report this morning which found retail and wholesale markets were competitive enough not to require price controls.

School principals say the number of pupils turning up for breakfast is increasing daily, despite the collapse of one of the two main breakfast programmes...

The price of butter and cheese will drop next month in line with falling international dairy prices - but milk will stay the same.

Average prices of dairy products fell to their lowest level since early December in Fonterra's latest online auction, adding to evidence the steam in coming out of global commodity prices.

Fonterra has named Dutch dairy executive Theo Spierings as its new chief executive.

Should we be worried that the commodity spike of the past few months has peaked?