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Kate MacNamara: Trade talks between New Zealand and the UK get tougher 11 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read How much market access will be offered to New Zealand exporters? Photo / 123RF NZ Herald OPINION: For years now, New Zealand and the UK have swapped flattery, neither one losing an opportunity to publicly coo about the promise of closer trading relations with the other. But in New Zealand, the warmth of that praise is starting to cool. Last week, Trade Minister Damien O'Connor welcomed British International Trade Secretary Liz Truss' confirmation that she would form...

Press Release – DCANZ – Dairy Companies Association New Zealand In welcoming the UKs application to join the CPTPP agreement, the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) is stressing the need for the UK to convert its statements of commitment to leadership in global trade liberalisation to meaningful … In welcoming the UK’s application to join the CPTPP agreement, the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) is stressing the need for the UK to convert its statements of commitment to leadership in global trade liberalisation to meaningful action. “The UK’s app...

This creamy cheese has been in development at Whitestone for the last two years, using a unique mould strain found in North Otago. "When we talk about it, it's like that style of a gorgonzola, but we're calling it Oamaru blue because it's here from Oamaru," says Simon Berry, managing director of Whitestone Cheese and spokesperson for New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association. Developing unique varieties is set to become more important. The European Union wants to ban other countries from using 'their' cheese names in local products. "So if we're producing a gruyere here in New Zealand, ...

Neither review specifically considered the management of the Sort It careers expo, the Manawatū Business Awards and the New Zealand AgriFood Week events. The financial implications would include the council reclaiming about $200,000 of the $1.9 million it contributed to the agency each year and could put at risk a $700,000 government contract it has for strategic tourism asset protection work. Smith told the final council meeting of the year on Monday the change was about the city council wanting to “tell its own story”. He said there was a possibility the three events could be contr...

Smith said the city council did not want to undermine the good work the agency did on economic development. But the city had its new Palmy identity to promote, was about to celebrate its 150th anniversary, and did not want to be “hamstrung by this committee”. Smith described the city council’s stance as “a political decision”, retaining the council’s prerogative to determine how its ratepayers’ money was spent. Manawatū councillor Michael Ford said he respected that point, but he said the agency was a relatively new entity doing impressive work and should be allowed to get ...