June 27, 2025 | Australia

A toast to transformation: Vinarchy’s roadmap to wine industry leadership

Sean Cunial, Regional Managing Director for Asia at Vinarchy In a significant development for the global wine industry, Accolade Wines and Pernod Ricard have merged their wine assets to create…

June 26, 2025 | Export & Import

New Zealand and Indonesia sign halal cooperation arrangement

The Halal Cooperation Arrangement (HCA) supports ongoing collaboration between New Zealand and Indonesia on halal standards, certification, and product assurance, helping exporters meet requirements and streamline trade The Government has…

June 23, 2025 | Australia

Strategic alliance set to accelerate Arla’s growth in ANZ performance nutrition market

Alexander Leufgen, Head of Asia-Pacific at Arla Foods Ingredients Arla Foods Ingredients is aiming to enhance its presence in the rapidly evolving performance nutrition market of Australia, New Zealand, and…

June 20, 2025 | China

Zespri signs MoU to double fruit exports to China

The four companies represent around 80 per cent of Zespri’s business in China Zespri has signed Memoranda of Understanding with four of its long-term distribution and retail partners in China…

June 13, 2025 | Company News

Nestlé enters research collaborations to explore innovative aquaculture

One approach involves farming different aquatic species from various levels of the food chain together Transforming the world’s food and agriculture systems is essential to feed the growing global population…

May 30, 2025 | Food Security

AI-Driven underwater tech set to boost NZ mussel industry by $80Mn

The research aligns with the New Zealand Government’s Aquaculture Strategy, which aims to build a $3 billion industry by 2035, including a $1 billion goal for the Greenshell mussel sector…

May 27, 2025 | Australia

Arla Foods Ingredients and Alchemy Agencies sign distribution agreement for ANZ

The ANZ region has the second highest per capita global spend on sports nutrition products, including bars, drinks and powder shakes, and Australia is the world’s third largest sports nutrition…

May 27, 2025 | Australia

Australia and New Zealand launch SmartFacts to revolutionise on-shelf product transparency

SmartFacts enables consumers to simply scan a GS1-powered QR code on product packaging using their smartphones to instantly access a suite of trusted product data In a major step toward…

May 27, 2025 | Food Security

New Zealand Food Network teams up with kiwifruit industry to rescue kiwifruit

With the support of Zespri and in partnership with a nationwide network of packhouses, NZFN is leading the charge to increase access to nutritious kai and reduce food waste in…

May 27, 2025 | Export & Import

Dairy, Kiwifruit, and Apples lead NZ’s April 2025 trade surplus surge

In April 2025, New Zealand exported $7.8 billion worth of goods while importing $6.4 billion New Zealand recorded a rare and significant monthly goods trade surplus of $1.4 billion in…