Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Milk powder, butter, and cheese, and crude oil have dominated a 2.8 percent fall in exports to $9.2 billion in the December quarter, says Statistics New Zealand.

Wellington, Nov 16 NZPA - Marlborough bio-energy entrepreneur Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, has teamed up with a Chinese company Greenleaf Environmental of Sichuan.

Wellington, Nov 16 NZPA - Marlborough bio-energy entrepreneur Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, has teamed up with a Chinese company Greenleaf Environmental of Sichuan.

Wellington, July 24 NZPA - Two South Island companies seeking to turn algae -- grown in sewage and other polluted water -- into fuel are combining their efforts.

Wellington, May 26 NZPA - The value of merchandise goods imports and exports both fell in April this year, compared to April last year, Statistics New Zealand said today. Imports tumbled 18.1 percent, while exports fell 4.5 percent.

Wellington, April 21 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket tumbled in early trading in the wake of falls of more than 3 percent in European and United States stock indices as analysts ratcheted back their earnings expectations.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - New Zealand Refining said it processed 6.8 million barrels of crude oil through its Marsden Point refinery in November and December. Apart from a short shutdown of the hydro-cracker the refinery operated at full capacity in the two months.

Wellington, Jan 8 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell away against the greenback from a three-week high above US60.30c reached early today. By 5pm the kiwi was buying US58.53c, after heading steadily down during the day from the peak about 2.30am.

Wellington, Dec 29 NZPA - New Zealand has secured options for 2009 to buy oil and petrol in the event an emergency is declared by the International Energy Agency (IEA). This country has an IEA obligation to hold 90 days of the previous year's net fuel imports.

Wellington, Dec 18 NZPA - The New Zealand share market slipped lower this morning as about a dozen stocks dropped value. The benchmark NZX-50 index was down 7.346 points, or 0.272 percent, to 2688.584 in the first few minutes of trading.