The kiwi is expected to appreciate further against the Australian after the cross rate hit a near five-year high this week.

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Today, more than 70 billion animals are raised and killed for food worldwide annually, the majority in factory farms.

Businesses expect the New Zealand dollar to peak around the middle of the year before declining, according to an ASB Bank survey.

It is "highly unlikely" horse-flesh has been introduced into beef products illegally in New Zealand, the meat industry said yesterday as a contamination scandal widened in the UK.

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

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.

The terms of trade fell for the fifth straight quarter in September, to be nearly 10 per cent off the peak in mid-2011.

Kiwi fish are causing a stink overseas. At the heart of the scandal is the snoek - thyrsites atun - known here as barracouta. South Africa's City Press newspaper reported Kiwi barracouta was being sold in that country as snoek.

Fishing firm Sanford posted an almost 7 per cent drop in full-year profit yesterday as one-off events in its Pacific tuna operations took a toll on earnings.

New Zealand's trade accounts sank deeper into the red last month.

New Zealand chalked up its third monthly trade deficit in October, with the annual deficit widening to $1.37 billion.

Kiwi fishing operator expects increased exports to the Asian power with a growing appetite for seafood Seafood.

Productivity Commissions on both sides of the Tasman recommend waiving rules of origin rules for transtasman goods trade.

The dumping of Italian processed tomatoes onto the local market had little impact, according to a MED report.

New Zealand's terms of trade fell in the first three months of the year as a decline in commodity prices weighed on exports.