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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There’s a form of economic nimbyism that’s going on in this country.

And if we want to get ahead, everyone knows there must be trade-offs.

No economic miracle. New business or growth opportunity comes without a cost.

Whether its intensive agriculture on the environment or water to run the data centres that power your smart phones.

Every success costs you something.

The trick is to be reasonable and take risks then mitigate them or just be willing to wear the costs.

The problem we have here is not a lack of opportunities. Not even, in many cases, investment.

I was in Otago just recently.

Beautiful place. Stunning.

There’s a gold mine permit been issued. Sam Neil’s dead against the project, as are many others.

There's opposition and legal challenges etc etc.

Fair enough. He has a house around there and is worried about trucks on the road etc.

But it’s also an area that would be serviced by this brand-new hospital Dunedin’s getting.

Half the towns and buildings in Otago wouldn’t be there to be begin were it not for gold mining. The permit’s been issued and the rest is set for the fast track.

Wānaka said no to a McDonald’s, in part due to concerns about healthy eating.

Residents objected to a solar farm in part because of something called lunar reflection. That the moonlight might reflect off a solar panel like it would, oh I don’t know, a lake or the ocean.

Which is all well and good but if want stuff like new hospitals, highways and potholes fixed, it must somehow be paid for.

There’s a little too much economic nimbyism going on for anyone to be seriously complaining about the state of things.

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Former Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has threatened one of his fiercest critics with legal action.

He has compelled a London-based central banking news publication to unpublish an article about his tumultuous resignation, written by a former Reserve Bank senior staffer, turned blogger, Michael Reddell.

NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explained further.

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One expert is warning the job market won't get easier any time soon.

The latest Stats NZ data shows the unemployment rate has reached an almost nine-year high of 5.3 percent in the September quarter.

That's 160,000 people looking for a job, and another 138,000 wanting more work.

Infometrics principal economist Nick Brunsdon says we're on the cusp of a recovery - but not a quick one.

"Our forecast is for it to hit 4.6 by the end of next year - and that's not a low unemployment rate by any means. It's still gonna be pretty uncomfortable."

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Five years ago, Port of Auckland was struggling with a shocking health and safety record.

Three people had died and many more had been injured at work.

Financially, the company was dealing with a costly but flawed automation project, and COVID added plenty of headaches for the global shipping industry too.

The company needed a complete turnaround, and Roger Gray was picked as the new chief executive to get on with the job.

With a background of 20 years in the Australian Army and roles at Goodman Fielder and Air New Zealand, Roger came with experience in leadership, but this was a big job with big problems.

Roger Gray joined Kerre Woodham in studio for the latest episode of Bosses Unfiltered.

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The Government's putting more than a million dollars into rolling out farming tech designed to cut down emissions.

A $1.2 million dollar investment's been announced through AgriZero.

It's developing a device for cows that spreads their urine across a farm as fertiliser- reducing the need for artificial application.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained the project further.

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