Fonterra
Fonterra to progress with milk price clawback
Fonterra Australia won't follow Murray Goulburn's decision to axe its controversial repayment program.
Fonterra won't say if it will repay milk payout money
Fonterra won't say if it will repay Australian farmers millions of dollars in milk payout money it took back.
Midday News for 5 May 2017
Police have released all the Pike River film footage and Fonterra's controversial milk payout clawback is heading to an Australian court. Audio
Corporates squeeze contractors with "extortionate" tactics
An Australian Ombudsman has just released a damning report into delayed payments to small businesses by large corporates and a similar problem seems to exist in New Zealand. The Australian Small and… Audio
Fonterra encouraging winter milking
Fonterra is encouraging farmers who want to invest in their farming systems to milk cows through winter for the cooperative.
More on the Yahoo-xtra transition
Craig Young of the Telecommunications Users Association with more insights on the Yahoo-xtra email saga. Audio
Fonterra slow to pay
Fonterra is being accused of slow payments by the Australian small business ombudsman. Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Kathryn Ryan talks to Rod Oram about the good and bad of Fonterra's half-year results, and also the lack of ambition in the Government's trade policy "refresh". Audio
Fonterra lifts profit slightly, as it makes $418m in six months
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings sits down with RNZ business reporter Nona Pelletier and tells her it would be premature to assume the second half year will be weaker than the first. Video, Audio
Fonterra half year result steady, faces similar challenges
Fonterra has reported a largely flat first half result and while expressing confidence in the second half it concedes there are challenges. Audio
Dairy giant reports stronger half-year result
The dairy co-operative Fonterra has reported a slightly stronger half year profit as it puts more milk volumes into higher value products.
Spinning yarns from our farms
A media campaign about "New Zealand's red meat story" is in the pipeline. It follows a recent ad campaign putting dairy farmers front and centre to boost the image of Fonterra. Is the farming lobby… Audio
Spinning yarns from our farms
A media campaign about "New Zealand's red meat story" is in the pipeline. It follows a recent ad campaign putting dairy farmers front and centre to boost the image of Fonterra. Is the farming lobby…
AudioCo-op economy mapped for first time
The New Zealand Co-operative Economy report is a collaboration between Co-operative Business New Zealand and researchers from Massey & Auckland Universities. Lisa Callagher is a senior lecturer in the… Audio
Protesters chain themselves to Fonterra factory gate
A handful of people have chained themselves to a South Canterbury Fonterra factory, to protest against the organisation's burning of coal to power its processing plants.
Chemical scare at Fonterra plant
Part of Fonterra's Waikato factory was shut down after a chemical scare.
ASB expects Fonterra to lift forecast payout early next year
A rural economist expects the dairy co-operative, Fonterra, to lift its forecast payout early next year. Audio
Lewis Road Creamery to take on Fonterra
The boutique dairy company Lewis Road Creamery is preparing to take legal action against Fonterra.
Lewis Road accuses Fonterra of milking chiller space
Fonterra is being accused by a boutique dairy company of trying to stifle smaller producers, but the dairy giant says it is playing fairly.