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.

From the moment a Rotorua man offered to help a friend steal nine tonnes of native logs, the foolhardy scheme was destined to fail.

Poor Tim Groser. As if the Trade Minister did not have enough to do.

Pan Pac-owned Pacific Wood Products (PWP) in Napier is to close with the loss of 41 jobs.