The aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point is restarting an unused potline as rising metal prices and a power deal have made it economic to expand production.
Consumers aren’t feeling great about the economy in the short and medium-term, but that reluctance to splurge could work out best for consumers in the long-haul.
It has been a big year for New Zealand wine exports into the United States and it is part of a larger growth globally in the sale of wine particularly into emerging markets.