The Economist's Big Mac Index finds New Zealand's stubbornly high dollar is marginally undervalued against the greenback.

A New Zealand exporter selling infant formula in China says the latest agricultural chemical issue is a public relations disaster and sales have fallen "to zero".

The world's economic recovery remains stalled five years after the global financial crisis and is likely to remain that way until 2017, international credit reporting agency Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) said.

Kiwis have been imbibing it since 1987, but the boss of Kiwi herbal mineral water brand Ch'i says the firm still has plenty of scope for growth.

New Zealand's largely small and medium-scale businesses are the key to driving the export growth we need to sustain employment.

A whiff of lollies in the breeze - with a trace of gravy - is the sweet smell of success for a South Auckland factory providing steady jobs and export earnings.

And so this is Christmas, and what have you done, New Zealand business?

The New Zealand dollar hit a four-year high against the Japanese yen yesterday, prompting concern from local exporters whose returns are getting eroded..

NZX-listed fishing firm Sanford says its attendance at a major Chinese trade show hooked the company a number of new customers.

TPPA negotiations in Auckland comes to an end the New Zealand public has still not been told what is being discussed behind closed doors.

The government's second round of tenders for oil and gas exploration blocks has yielded 10 new exploration licences, including two in the previously unexplored Pegasus Basin.

There is no denying that making products in New Zealand is vital to having a healthy economy.

Kiwi businesses expect the New Zealand dollar to peak against the US dollar in June next year at US86.2c, according to ASB's kiwi dollar barometer.

Commodity prices rose for a fourth straight month in November, led by pelts, beef and wood pulp.