Wellington, Feb 11 NZPA - Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd, the largest distributor of steel and allied products in New Zealand, suffered an 85 percent fall in first-half profit and is signalling only a gradual improvement.

Wellington, Feb 2 NZPA - Fonterra says it wants to invest in two more dairy farm operations in China near its existing pilot farm there.

Wellington, Jan 8 NZPA - Sales on Fonterra's internet-based trading platform globalDairyTrade have reached $US1 billion ($NZ1.36b) over the 19 trading events since the system was launched in July 2008.

By Ian Llewellyn of NZPA Wellington, Dec 27 NZPA - The 2009 economic year ended far more brightly than it started, but the silver lining blinded many from seeing the very big dark cloud that lay behind it.

By Michael Daly of NZPA Wellington, Dec 23 NZPA - Another year, another wild ride for the New Zealand dollar. Few, if any, are happy at the fluctuations in the currency, but the limited number of possible solutions seem to face major drawbacks.

Wellington, Nov 24 NZPA - Canterbury dairy company Synlait Milk Ltd has admitted it can't get enough support from investors for its planned $150 million float.

(Adds Brownlee quotes) Wellington, Nov 18 NZPA - Export earnings from New Zealand's petroleum sector could increase tenfold by 2025, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee told industry representatives today.

Wellington, Nov 13 NZPA - A column in a leading British newspaper which accuses New Zealanders of unjustifiably trading off their "clean, green 100 percent pure" imagery doesn't make for nice reading, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says.

Wellington, Nov 4 NZPA - Rising prices for houses and rents in Auckland, and for dairy products, are thought to be adding to pressure on the Reserve Bank to raise official interest rates earlier than planned.

Wellington, Oct 30 NZPA - China Vice-Premier Li Keqiang will visit New Zealand from Sunday. He would be accompanied by a 50-strong delegation and visit Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English said.