The 2025 China International Import Expo has gotten underway in Shanghai and some familiar Kiwi brands are making an appearance.

Fonterra, Zespri, Silver Fern Farms and Comvita are among the big names showcasing their output on the world stage.

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Officials warn the $200 million set aside to encourage gas exploration may be too small - with production falling and closure of the ageing Māui field looming.

The Government's widening the scope and terms of the commercial co-investment fund.

BusinessDesk reports a Cabinet paper released today states the field will stop production, with the rest of the sentence redacted.

Resources Minister Shane Jones says he isn't privy to when the closure will happen.

"We're suffering a decline in the known reserves from those historically large sites and they're working through the process - it's up to them to identify when it will actually cease."

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Those who are in work are taking more sick leave.

New research by Southern Cross Health Insurance and Business NZ has found an average staff member took almost seven days of sick leave last year, up 1.4 from two years earlier.

It's costing the country about $4 billion a year.

Business NZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich told Mike Hosking the rise in leave entitlements has had an impact, but many employees are also doing what they’ve been told, staying home when sick so they don’t pass it onto their coworkers.

She says post Covid, people think more about their wellness and are less likely to solider on like the Codral ad.

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