Sleepyhead, one of New Zealand's last big privately owned manufacturers, has unveiled aggressive expansion plans as it prepares to open a new $35m bed factory in Melbourne.

Canary Enterprises' success is built on taking a familiar product, then adding value.

Lots of people start new businesses. Not so many sell them for more than $10 million. Two sisters tell Christine Nikiel how they did it - and why lunch matters.

New Zealand tourism businesses and manufacturers that export to Australia are expected to be the winners from a strengthening Australian dollar.

Exports were up 15 per cent or $405 million in August from a year earlier to $3.2 billion, led by higher prices for dairy products.

Christchurch company that make tools for surgeons is exporting almost everything it makes.

Lower taxes from foreign investors have helped push NZ's current account deficit up.

Energy-saving lightbulb maker survived tough times thanks to keeping a close eye on cashflow.

Fisher & Paykel has shown off the result of 17 years of top-secret research, saying its new compressor is a revolutionary change.