The Auckland Council is sitting down for a three-day meeting this morning to work out the final shape of its controversial Unitary Plan.

New Zealand may boost the number of trade specialists in Asia in the wake of Fonterra's botulism and DCD scares, Prime Minister John Key says.

After Fonterra's Sri Lankan stand-off at the weekend it is tempting to say the company is having a shocker of a year, writes Liam Dann.

New Zealand dairy exports remain stuck on Chinese wharves, more than three weeks since Fonterra's botulism contamination crisis erupted.

The Auckland Council is set to put the brakes this week on Ports of Auckland expanding its operations any further into the Waitemata Harbour.

Britain's Food Standards Agency has issued a nationwide warning about misleading and illegal claims made on the labels of manuka honey jars, in a worrying blow to the fast-growing Kiwi industry.

World dairy prices rose 2.3pc in the latest overnight auction, suggesting overseas buyers aren't fazed by the latest milk scare.

Trade Minister Tim Groser warns further international bans on New Zealand dairy exports remain a real threat after the Fonterra botulism scare.

The Fonterra contamination scare has claimed its first scalp with Gary Romano, Managing Director NZ Milk Products, resigning with immediate effect.

A fund manager has raised concerns over Moa's ability to execute its international growth strategy if the craft beer maker is failing to sustain momentum.

Former Soviet republics Belarus and Kazakhstan have joined Russia in banning Fonterra dairy products.

Jill Brinsdon, director of the branding consultancy, Radiation agency. She is a speaker at the Path to Market programme run by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

Moa chief executive Geoff Ross has described the company's poor trading update as "outrageously disappointing" as its share price plunged this morning.

Four of New Zealand's top technology firms - Gallagher Group, Endace, Wynyard Group and Tait Communications - have teamed up.

Another mistake with food exports has jeopardised jobs and triggered calls for an overhaul of meat inspection methods.

An error with carton labels which stopped meat getting into China has led to about 240 workers being temporarily out of their jobs at a South Island freezing works.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson said yesterday he was "deeply concerned" by the infant formula contamination scare.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings reckons Fonterra's reputation will be fully restored in the Chinese market.

Fonterra said it had been fined $900,000 following the conclusion of a review by Chinese authorities into the pricing of dairy products in the people's republic.