Throughout Gallagher's long history, the company has remained privately owned.

Icebreaker's Jeremy Moon loves the symbiotic relationship between the families, the land and the animals on sheep stations. Icebreaker's Jeremy Moon is obsessed with merino. Viva catches up with him at a Queenstown sheep station where it all begins.

Prices of dairy products extended their slide in Fonterra's latest global dairy auction, reaching the lowest since August 2009.

Prices have plunged overnight in the latest world dairy auction, falling to below the 10-year average for the first time since 2009.

New trade barriers to New Zealand beef exports will be on the table when Prime Minister John Key meets the Indonesian president today.

Prices of dairy products fell overnight by the most in eight months on Fonterra's online auction platform amid concern demand for commodities may be slowing with China's growth outlook.