Blank Canvas rides white wine wave as New Zealand wine sales soar in China
If you find a new consumer in a developed wine market, you are taking them from someone else, says Blank Canvas co-founder Sophie Parker-Thomson MW.
A Chinese business leader says Chinese investors are unfairly viewed as potential security risks in New Zealand.
Bank of China NZ chief executive and China Chamber of Commerce NZ chair Warren Hu told the China Business Summit in Auckland today that New Zealand should follow Singapore when it comes to working with overseas investors.
Hu says while working in Singapore he was involved in many big infrastructure projects involving overseas investors including many from China.
“But in New Zealand, if a Chinese investor wants to invest in a highway project here, there are questions around sensitivities and security risks.
“Can China build a highway here and move it to Beijing?’ he asked.
“I think the sensitivity around security is bullshit.”
He says that as a small country like Singapore, NZ should be open to working with resources from all over the world.
“Singapore is the best friend of China and also the best friend of the US.”
The conversion of productive farmland into trees has pretty much annihilated the wool industry.
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Thus far in 2025, the Hawke's Bay rescue helicopter crew have completed over 220 missions, resulting in numerous positive patient outcomes.
The New Zealand Food Network's (NZFN) fifth birthday celebrations have been boosted by a whopping five tonne meat donation from meat processor ANZCO.
Pukekohe vegetable growers farewelled 101-year-old Alan Wilcox in late July, celebrating his many achievements and reflecting the widespread respect in which he was held.
A new nationwide survey shows New Zealanders expect farmers and food producers to play a leading role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but also gave them higher marks than most industries for their current efforts.