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![Damien Grant: Let's just trade, it's fairer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Damien Grant: Let's just trade, it's fairer
Damien Grant asks: Why can we buy Fair Trade coffee but not Fair Trade electronics?
![Fran O'Sullivan: Japan PM's visit likely to concern more than free trade talks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fran O'Sullivan: Japan PM's visit likely to concern more than free trade talks
John Key will have to pick his way through a diplomatic minefield when he hosts Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Auckland on Monday during his first formal visit to New Zealand.
![Drop in milk price sets off ripples](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Drop in milk price sets off ripples
Fonterra's $7 per kg farmgate milk price forecast for 2014/15 is once again under significant downward pressure because of ongoing falls in international dairy prices.
![Commodity prices fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Commodity prices fall
New Zealand commodity prices fell for a fourth straight month in June, led by apples, logs, whole and skim milk powder.
![World dairy prices plunge overnight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
World dairy prices plunge overnight
Dairy product prices fell to the lowest level since January 2013 in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, paced by a drop in butter and anhydrous milk fat.
![Dairy drives seventh monthly NZ trade surplus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dairy drives seventh monthly NZ trade surplus
New Zealand posted its seventh monthly trade surplus in May, led by overseas demand for the nation's primary products such as milk powder, butter and cheese.
![Jane Kelsey: Secret talks bring threat of financial crises](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jane Kelsey: Secret talks bring threat of financial crises
Our Government, with almost 50 other countries, is negotiating another secret deal in the shadows of the World Trade Organisation, writes Jane Kelsey.
![Aussie foils RBA as growth rivals kiwi, pound](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Aussie foils RBA as growth rivals kiwi, pound
Australia is forecast to be among the fastest-growing economies this year, making it harder for the central bank to convince currency investors it won't raise interest rates.
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Dollar touches 2-month high
The Kiwi dollar touched a two-month high overnight, approaching 87.50 US cents, after a measure of Chinese manufacturing was stronger than expected
![Growth will keep rate hikes coming](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Growth will keep rate hikes coming
Strong growth in construction led to a 1.0 per cent rise in gross domestic product (GDP) in the March 2014 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.