International Business News - Zealand http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif New Zealand's central bank slashed its key interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to 5.0 percent Thursday--its biggest move yet in the fight against the global financial crisis and sharply weakening growth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/nz-central-bank-cuts-1-5-percent-from-key-rate.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:55:19 EST New Zealand will introduce a new emissions trading scheme before next year and remains committed to helping combat climate change, Prime Minister John Key said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/leader-new-zealand-to-get-new-climate-law-in-2009.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:44:40 EST New Zealand will spend about $3.8 billion on stimulus measures in the next two years to try to lift the country out of recession, the new government said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/nz-stimulus-package-to-boost-faltering-economy.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:34:59 EST New Zealand's dairy farmers, a mainstay of the isolated South Pacific nation's exports, face a 24 percent fall in payments for milk this year because of slumping world prices, a new blow for an economy already in recession. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/nz-dairy-farmers-facing-big-earnings-cut.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:31:43 EST John Key became New Zealand's conservative new prime minister Wednesday and underscored the economy as his top priority, planning to head for a Pacific Rim summit the following day to discuss the global financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/conservative-takes-power-in-nz-economy-top-issue.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:38:04 EST Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. The research suggests that the first humans in New Zealand hunted the newly found Waitaha penguin to extinction by 1500, about 250 years after their arrival on the islands. But the loss of the Waitaha allowed another kind of penguin to thrive--the yellow-eyed species that now also faces extinction, Philip Seddon of Otago University, a co-author of the study, said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/scientists-find-new-penguin-extinct-for-500-years.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:25:36 EST John Key became New Zealand's conservative new prime minister Wednesday and underscored the economy as his top priority, planning to head for a Pacific Rim summit the following day to discuss the global financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/conservative-takes-power-in-new-zealand.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:14:30 EST The party representing New Zealand's indigenous Maori people will get its first Cabinet posts under a multiparty deal Prime Minister-elect John Key signed Sunday to form a center-right minority government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/new-nz-government-will-have-maori-ministers.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:53:59 EST New Zealand's Maori Party struck a deal Wednesday to support the new center-right government, but Prime Minister John Key refused to say whether he would honor their demands that he safeguard indigenous rights. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081112/nz-indigenous-maori-party-to-support-new-govt.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:07:21 EST New Zealand entered a new era of conservative rule Sunday, with incoming Prime Minister John Key promising to be a moderate amid fears some of the country's policies on global warming and indigenous people could be rolled back. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081109/new-zealand-enters-new-era-of-conservative-rule.htm Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:09:35 EST The two contenders to be New Zealand's next prime minister: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/2-seek-to-become-new-zealands-prime-minister.htm Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:16:04 EST New Zealand elected its first conservative government in nearly a decade on Saturday, ending the rule of one of the world's longest-serving elected women. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/171334-new-zealand-election.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/new-zealanders-vote-on-new-government.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/new-zealanders-vote-on-new-government.htm Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:11:15 EST New Zealand's election at a glance: VOTERS: Nearly 2.9 million registered voters cast ballots at 2,600 polling stations to elect 123 lawmakers. Voting is not compulsory, but voter registration is. Turnout for the previous election was more than 80 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081108/facts-and-figures-on-new-zealands-elections.htm Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:15:47 EST New Zealand's election at a glance: VOTERS: Nearly 2.9 million registered voters cast ballots at 2,600 polling stations to elect 123 lawmakers. Voting is not compulsory, but voter registration is. Turnout for the previous election was more than 80 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/facts-and-figures-on-new-zealands-elections.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:08:56 EST The two contenders to be New Zealand's next prime minister: ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/2-seek-to-become-new-zealands-prime-minister.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:08:35 EST New Zealand's indigenous Maori minority went into elections Saturday inspired by Barack Obama's victory in the United States and with a chance of securing the balance of power at home. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/170496-new-zealand-election.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/nz-maori-party-may-hold-general-election-key.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081107/nz-maori-party-may-hold-general-election-key.htm Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:32:05 EST Prime Minister Helen Clark found New Zealand's "Joe the Plumber" on the campaign trail Friday. Clark was campaigning at a retirement home in the northern city of Auckland when a visiting plumber, Morgan Luxton, asked her how her Labour party would help the self-employed. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164560-mccain-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/morgan-the-plumber-hits-new-zealand-election-trail.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/morgan-the-plumber-hits-new-zealand-election-trail.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:19:19 EDT A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164170-new-zealand-rare-reptile.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/rare-prehistoric-age-reptile-found-nesting-in-nz.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/rare-prehistoric-age-reptile-found-nesting-in-nz.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:54:47 EDT Doctors removed a tumor from an East Timorese baby that was almost one-third the child's body weight during a life-saving operation in New Zealand, officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/163127-correction-new-zealand-east-timor-giant-tumor.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/nz-surgeons-cut-giant-tumor-from-baby.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/nz-surgeons-cut-giant-tumor-from-baby.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:54:38 EDT Canadian oil explorer Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. said Wednesday it has found shale rock with the potential to contain billions of barrels of oil on New Zealand's East Coast. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/big-oil-prospect-in-new-zealand-says-canada-firm.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:58:00 EDT