Wellington, Aug 27 NZPA - Australia's Woolworths Ltd today expressed satisfaction with its New Zealand supermarket business, particularly in the second half of the year.

Wellington, July 29 NZPA - A Labour MP's bid to ban products made by slave labour failed in Parliament tonight after the Government said it would be impossible to identify them.

Wellington, July 22 NZPA - New Zealand supermarkets owned by Australian company Woolworths sold $5 billion worth of goods in the 52 weeks to June 28.

Wellington, June 24 NZPA - Fonterra is re-merging 10 business divisions into a giant "operations and trade" business to drive the business deeper into markets offshore.

By Pam Graham of NZPA Wellington, June 19 NZPA - A tilt at Australian rail and port operator Asciano by New Zealand's richest man Graeme Hart is being seen as cheeky.

Wellington, June 5 NZPA - About 30 percent of the containers leaving or coming into a New Zealand port are empty, which is costing the country dearly.

Wellington, April 16 NZPA - The Warehouse Group said Gary Rohloff has resigned as chief executive of Warehouse Stationery and will be replaced by Mark Powell.

Wellington, Feb 26 NZPA - A proposal to merge the container businesses of Ports of Auckland and Port of Tauranga has foundered.

Wellington, Nov 26 NZPA - Specsavers, a privately owned international optical group, is investing $20 million in a bid to revolutionise the New Zealand optical market.

Wellington, Nov 17 NZPA - Fonterra says it plans to build a new 45,000 tonne drystore and a 17,000 tonne coolstore on the former 16.45ha Fisher and Paykel site at Mosgiel, near Dunedin.