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Distribution deal launches value-added dairy product into Japan
Monday, 10 June 2013
Waikato-based dairy biotechnology company, Quantec Ltd, has signed a distribution and supply agreement with a major Japanese specialty ingredients company, Kanematsu Chemicals Corporation.  
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Understanding is key to doing business in China
Tuesday, 04 June 2013
Now is the time for New Zealand businesses to be setting up operations in China, but cultural differences need to be addressed, says visiting global business risk leader. Stanley Chang, Grant Thornton International global business risk leader, said China’s strong growth prospects over the next five to 10 years and the growing average disposable income are reasons why businesses are moving to China not just to produce, but to sell.
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Clever Kiwis vie for export awards
Thursday, 30 May 2013
New Zealand designers and suppliers of jewellery, yacht masts and aeroplane safety checks are doing such good business on distant shores; and they are among the finalists in the Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Auckland Awards 2013.
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Bank organised trip pays off for Kiwi exporters
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
  A business trip to India, organised by ANZ Bank, has generated new business for several customers who took part. In late April ANZ took 13 New Zealand businesses, including meat, dairy, wine, fruit and juice exporters, on an eight-day trip to India. 
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Logistics expert highlights economic development potential
Thursday, 09 May 2013
Global issues of energy and food security provide massive opportunities for New Zealand, leading supply chain and logistics expert Dr Hermione Parsons has told the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation (CBAFF) conference.
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Recognizing the success of NZ-China traders and investors
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
New Zealand makers of yoghurt and customized shop fit-outs, and a film studio, are doing such good business in China they have been chosen as finalists in the HSBC NZCTA China Business Awards 2013.
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Investment doubles Supreme Biotechnologies' production capacity
Wednesday, 01 May 2013
Nelson-based company Supreme Biotechnologies, which makes the highly potent antioxidant AstaSupreme™ astaxanthin, has received a new investment that will allow its astaxanthin production capacity to double.
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Mahé Drysdale helps save local business
Thursday, 25 April 2013
A new business venture, fronted by Kiwi rowing champion Mahé Drysdale, has revived a New Zealand knitting factory which was on the verge of closure.
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Airborne showcases HUT honey in Shanghai
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Airborne Honey recently introduced the world’s first honest, undamaged and traceable (HUT) honey jar label at the Andaz Hotel in Shanghai. Airborne Honey presented to an audience of 250 people, including 60 media at, “China and New Zealand Celebrating the Future,” an event designed to celebrate strengthening trade relationships between the two countries.
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Perfecting the small stuff reaps huge rewards for Kiwi innovators
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
  The late Sir Paul Callaghan once said that the brilliance of New Zealanders was in the ‘niches’ – and the global success enjoyed by winners of this year’s World Class New Zealand Awards is a testimony to those wise words. The category winners for the 2013 Awards, a New Zealand Trade and Enterprise initiative delivered by Kea New Zealand, were announced recently.
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US-NZ Awards give winners tangible benefits
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Companies trading with the United States are invited to enter the 2013 American Chamber of Commerce – DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards, held in conjunction with Hawaiian Airlines.  Over the past thirteen years, prizes valued at more than $300,000 have been collected by winners. 
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Rinnai blazing new trail through Aussie market
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The Australian demand for New Zealand made energy efficient gas heating has seen local manufacturer Rinnai grow export earnings to this market by 51% over the last two years. 
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Giesen makes its mark in the US
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Giesen Wines’ growing momentum in the United States has been underlined by recent successes at wine competitions there. The Marlborough winery has just won six gold medals at US wine competitions.
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Alliance Group and Oritain Global develop food origin technology
Sunday, 17 March 2013
New Zealand’s leading meat processor and exporter Alliance Group, and food certification company Oritain Global, are utilising technology designed to enable Alliance Group to scientifically certify the origin of New Zealand sheepmeat.
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Expat Māori population represents untapped potential
Tuesday, 05 March 2013
  “Understanding the profile of our international Māori population is an important component to realising the potential of the Māori economy,” says Te Puni Kōkiri Chief Executive Michelle Hippolite. Te Puni Kōkiri and Kea New Zealand are working together to create opportunities to connect Māori businesses to the large international network of New Zealanders based outside of Aotearoa New Zealand, and to better understand the Māori expats among them.
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Vodafone technology enables Kiwi business to globalise
Tuesday, 05 March 2013
New Vodafone technology will open up global markets for Kiwi exporter Mi5 Security. The security and surveillance firm is the first New Zealand company to connect all its devices in North America and Europe with a single SIM card in each device. 
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Kim Crawford Wines clocks up one million
Sunday, 03 March 2013
New Zealand brand Kim Crawford Wines has hit a record one million case sales in the past 12 months with 60 percent of them going to the US. 
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Moa adds Canada to export markets; drives into China
Friday, 01 March 2013
  Marlborough’s Moa Beer is adding Canada to its export markets after upping its presence in North America.  Canadian craft beer drinkers soon get their first chance to enjoy a Moa - the first shipment of a container is en route to Richmond in British Colombia. 
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LanzaTech named as one of America’s most promising companies
Monday, 11 February 2013
  LanzaTech has been ranked as Number 48 in the Top 100 list of America’s “most promising privately held companies” by FORBES magazine. LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from gases, is the only clean energy or bioscience firm in the top 50. 
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International bakery deal dishes up the dough
Monday, 11 February 2013
Chef-turned-businessman Sean Armstrong’s successful business Loaf is expanding internationally in a multi-million dollar deal.
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