Tim Groser
Trade Minister Tim Groser has been closely monitoring
Trade Minister Tim Groser is with us. Audio
Climate change expert says lack of progress no surprise
United Nations members meeting in Peru have reached what's being regarded as an underwhelming agreement on how countries should tackle climate change. Audio
Australian dairy farmers celebrate free trade deal
New Zealand's trade minister Tim Groser says he'll analyse the deal between China and Australia, and if the Australian deal IS better than New Zealand's, he'll take that up with the Chinese. Audio
TPP finish line in sight
International leaders say significant progress was made on the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal negotiations in Sydney at the weekend, and the end is in sight. Audio
Glamorgan Learning Maori
Te Reo Maori may be on an international endangered list, but in a new teaching scheme in Auckland, six thousand North Shore children are now learning to speak it. Audio
Tim Groser in Japan to push for trade deal
Another meeting to conclude a Pacific-wide free trade region has ended without agreement. Audio
Exporters want Govt trade stimulus for Latin America
The government is open to calls to do more to boost New Zealand's currently modest trade relationship with an increasingly prosperous Latin America. Audio
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
A United Nation's report has seen political parties embroiled in debate for the past week over how to respond to global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has dire predictions… Audio
TPP talks fail to conclude deal in Singapore
The latest efforts to conclude a Pacific-wide trade deal have failed. Trade ministers held four days of talks in Singapore to try to reach an agreement on the 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership, or… Audio
Trade Ministers in Singapore for TPP talks
Another push to create a Pacific-wide trade deal gets under way this weekend. Audio
TPP talks fail to reach agreement
Talks to conclude a Pacific-wide trade deal will drag into next year, after trade ministers failed to reach an agreement in Singapore. Audio
Government admits MPI underesourced
The Trade Minister, Tim Groser, has acknowledged the Ministry for Primary Industries is under-resourced and was unable to effectively respond to the Fonterra botulism scare. Audio
$2 million for small companies to fix botulism scare damage
The Government is setting aside two-million dollars to help small companies trying to repair damage done by the Fonterra botulilsm scare. Audio
Trade Minister on tests showing no botulism
More now on the shock new test results out today show there was no risk of botulism from Fonterra's milk powder. Audio
Sri Lanka accused of taking advantage of botulism scare
The Trade Minister says competitors in Sri Lanka are trying to take advantage of Fonterra's botulism scare. The Sri Lankan government has ordered Fonterra to recall two types of Anchor products… Audio
Trade Minister hints at competitors in Sri Lanka behind scare
The Trade Minister Tim Groser says there are competitors in Sri Lanka that want to stop New Zealand dairy imports. Audio
Labour says questions will be asked over Fonterra
The head of New Zealand milk products at Fonterra, Gary Romano, refused to clarify why it was three days between the company receiving the test results proving contamination and the public… Audio
Fonterra won't answer questions but the markets judge
The Trade Minister Tim Groser has been monitoring the auction prices overnight. Audio
Government told to start milk scare review now
Dairy prices have dipped in Fonterra's global dairy auction overnight, the first held by the company since last week's contamination alert. Prices fell 2.4 percent, after rising more than 5 percent in… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 7 August 2013
International milk prices; Fonterra won't answer questions but the markets judge; Tourism industry worries about Fonterra fallout; GCSB Bill makes progress through Parliament; Heightened security… Audio