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Blackball: The little West Coast town with big economic ambitions

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The birthplace of the Labour Party is once again at the forefront of a new movement, this time harnessing the power of the collective to step away from coal towards a low carbon future. Blackball is a small place with a huge history.  This week the town, 29 kilometres from Greymouth, gained a long-awaited boost … Read more

Cheat Sheet: Why Fonterra has taken a massive financial hit

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New Zealand’s largest company has warned it will lose as much as $675m this year. What has happened in dairying and are we doomed? What has Fonterra said? Fonterra Co-operative Group has given farmers and the markets an update on its financial situation. It says it will make a whopping loss for the year of … Read more