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Victorian Hydrogen is proposing a $3 billion urea plant to be located 30km northeast of Invercargill.
The company says it could deliver 1.5 million tonnes a year of urea fertiliser (using 3 million tonnes of lignite), making New Zealand's agricultural sector fully self sufficient.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further.
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The Finance Minister says politicians should see our downgraded Moody's economic outlook as a wake-up-call, as she pieces together her Budget.
The rating agency's moved our designation from stable to negative, but reaffirmed our triple A credit rating.
Nicola Willis says she's got a clear set of goals for the 2026 Budget - and she's committed to sticking with them even during the ongoing crisis.
"The most urgent thing I'm having to do, pretty much every day at the moment, is say no to spending more...many New Zealanders are saying cut the petrol tax, do this for us, do that for us - I get it."
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The ongoing uncertainty about the Middle East conflict is impacting the markets, but there's some hope.
Initial ceasefire talk saw things pick up, but enthusiasm took a dive after the weekend.
Milford Asset Management's Remy Morgan explained further.
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Michael Hill International is set to trial customisable engagement rings across some of its stores.
The popularity of its TenSevenSeven brand has highlighted the increasing popularity of custom-made jewellery - and the company's looking to utilise that as part of a restructure.
Michael Hill CEO Jonathan Waecker says more people want to build something special and unique - and they want to create that experience.
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The latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion has revealed business confidence has taken a hit for the March quarter.
Only a net 1 percent of firms expect better general economic conditions over the coming months on a seasonally adjusted basis.
EMA Head of Advocacy Alan McDonald says people were expecting the economy to get better - and this conflict put an economic 'handbrake' on recovery.
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