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Success: Flooring firm tries to avoid slip ups
Impact-absorbent tiles could become a safety feature in rest homes.
Impact-absorbent tiles could become a safety feature in rest homes.
After years in the doldrums, forestry is booming. Could this be the start of a new golden age, or is the next bust already on the way? Nick Smith reports.
Nekta transforms fruit into everything from drinks, to a fat replacement for baking.
An overnight sensation seven years in the making.
They are as recognisably Kiwi as gumboots and Swanndris, but scarves and beanies sported by All Blacks supporters are being made abroad.
Steel & Tube Holdings has reported a 78 per cent fall in annual profit to $5.7 million.
Chinese firms are eyeing local roading contracts, but some builders are voicing concern, report Anne Gibson and Fran O'Sullivan.
A company that falsely labelled products as Kiwi made has been fined $48,000.
Chinese dairy investors may be media shy, but they have been lobbying politicians and other key players at the highest levels.
Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples has reacted with horror to new figures showing Maori out of work is up from 14.2pc to 16.4pc.
Pressure is going on the Reserve Bank to stop hiking interest rates, after today's surprise jump in the unemployment rate.
New Zealand's unemployment rate surged back to a 10-year high in the last quarter, rising from 6 per cent to 6.8 per cent, a leap which surprised analysts.