Fonterra has said that has set a new 12-month export record, sending 2.1 million metric tonnes of product to international markets for the first time in its nine-year history.The exports were 60,000 metric...

New Zealand is set to receive a boost to its dairy industry, with the announcement today of a NZ$170 million (A$133.6 million) research program designed to ‘drive transformational change in the dairy...

The World Trade Organisation has publicly released its final ruling, vetoing stringent Australian quarantine rules and allowing the widespread importation of New Zealand apples into Australia. The 598-page...

A New Zealand judge has ruled that shechita kosher slaughter practices in New Zealand can resume until a lawsuit filed against Agriculture Minister David Carter comes to trial, most likely next year. Justice...

New Zealand meat processor Silver Fern Farms has announced plans to close its Brooks operation in the UK city of Norwich. The company notified its Brooks employees of the closure on Friday. Some 64 employees...

New Zealand’s Regal Salmon has landed the meat and smallgoods award at the 6th annual Food Magazine Challenge Awards with its Regal Smoked Salmon Pastrami. The win for the Kiwi company comes hot...

New Zealand meat processor Silver Fern Farms has announced plans to close its Canterbury lamb-cutting plant and restructure operations at its Belfast facility. The moves, which could affect up to 174 jobs,...

New Zealand’s Talleys Group is lining up a full takeover of the country’s only listed meat processor Affco. Talleys has signed a pre-bid agreement to purchase the shares Toocooya Nominees...

On 28 May 2010, New Zealand became the fourth country in the world to outlaw shechita, the slaughtering of animals according to Jewish law to produce kosher meat and poultry. New Zealand’s ban on...

A New Zealand poultry farmer has been sentenced to 1 year in jail, fined $10,000 for investigation costs and had his right to own broiler hens revoked for 10 years, after the New Zealand Food Safety Authority...