Tracy Withers

New Zealand manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in almost five years in June as central bank Governor Anna Breman pointed to a burgeoning economic recovery, underscoring this week’s decision to raise interest rates.

Manufacturers have a difficult, and costly, task to adapt production lines and protect workers.

New Zealand's farms are set to become a real-life laboratory for one of agriculture's toughest climate challenges — reducing the methane cows and sheep belch.

New Zealand business confidence recovered in the second quarter as a tentative US-Iran peace deal helped push down fuel prices, a survey showed.

New Zealand inflation may not slow as quickly as the Reserve Bank forecasts, Chief Economist Paul Conway said Tuesday, suggesting further interest-rate increases may be in prospect.

New Zealand meat exports surged to a record in the second quarter, boosted by sales to the US where cattle herds have shrunk and an invasive parasitic fly threatens some farmers.

New Zealand’s annual inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter, fanned by soaring fuel prices and reinforcing the Reserve Bank’s decision to begin raising interest rates.

New Zealand needs to more than double the pace of greenhouse gas emissions reductions if it is to meet its targets in 2030 and beyond, the nation’s climate watchdog said.

New Zealand’s jobless rate rose to an 11-year high in the second quarter as the global energy shock squeezed company profits and more people sought work.

New Zealand’s statistics agency may need to run the next five-yearly census in 2028 after all as a plan to defer it and revert to annual surveys from 2030 runs into political hurdles.