Health information changes a lot. A regular balanced diet is always going to be the best prevention against disease. A new study says antioxidants overload may not be good. It’s about balance.
Here’s the article: Fashionable anti-cancer superfoods and supplements do not prevent the disease and may even cause it, according to a scientist who helped discover the structure of DNA.
Dr James Watson said the cure for many cancers will remain elusive unless scientists rethink the role of antioxidants, which include vitamin pills and food such as blueberries and broccoli.
It is widely believed they boost health and fight cancer by mopping up oxygen molecules called free radicals. But Dr Watson argues these may be key to preventing and treating cancer – and depleting the body of them may be counter-productive.
Free radicals not only help keep diseased cells under control, they are also pivotal in making many cancer drugs, as well as radiotherapy, effective, he believes.
Writing in a journal published by the Royal Society, the 84-year-old Nobel laureate stated that antioxidants ‘may have caused more cancers than they have prevented’. (more…)
Political commentators talk of the TPP today. The NZH has good commentary. Read direct here. Or read on.
NZ gets down to business today with nine days in Auckland talking through a TPP deal. The deal recognizes regional trading between nations involved.
Protectionism is a real factor to watch. Few countries don’t see much of a future in closing their markets to foreign competition any more. Being open to a range of cultures makes you strong. A strong economy can happen as a result.
Tariff barriers haven’t risen post the GFC. A good thing. Without trade, a nation’s economy doesn’t grow. Or, new money doesn’t come into the national piggy bank (otherwise known as a nation’s total economy) unless robust trade occurs. Monopolies within nations must not dominate trade talks either. Especially in the early stages of talks for trade. Otherwise the incentives for trade can be slower than need be for the wider good.
The spirit of trade is that all people win. Thus protectionism is an area to watch there that all foreign investors and traders will be watching across trading nations of The TPP very closely.
Having written that, protecting the right things, is also healthy in trade talks. Something that NZ’s intellectual-academics look out for very well for New Zealanders, for example. If done right, their insights are healthy. We should value them too as a sounding board in the trade talks proceess.
New Zealand is one of those nations that has reduced its barriers of its own accord and has done deals with countries of a similar outlook. The TPP is one arena that reflects a desire to trade more in trade talks already started by New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei and Chile. The United States, Canada and Mexico join the talks with NZ and Pacific Rim nations.
The USA’s strategic considerations are used as a heavy bargaining point in US trade policy talks. (For example the USA-Britan-France are the biggest weapons sellers in the world). The US in particular can bring that element into trade talks quite heavily (arguing -you never can be too prepared when it comes to ‘security’) in order to heavily promote the USA’s range of products, for example – that it has to move and barter with. (more…)
Units in the new Fonterra Shareholders Fund have debuted at $6.66 per unit – a $1.16 premium to their $5.50 issue price.
At $5.50, the units are expected to yield 5.5 per cent a year.
The unit’s debut coincided with the official opening of Fonterra’s new $500m milk processing plant near Christchurch.
The plant will process 2.2 million litres of milk a day into whole milk powder bound for South East Asia, China, and the Middle East.
–Reporting Jamie Gray. Gotta say… the South Island’s had a bumper year. Max use of water from the South. Fonterra’s new friends have had a good year too. :)
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Question:Now who owns the water?
~Photo: Old Skool Kiwi Dairy. Freeze, Flowing or Dried. Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 30.11.12~
Australian’s do want Kiwi products in supermarket aisles. Particularly products that are new.
According to the FGC, Australia seeks to triple food and beverage exports to some $65 billion by the year 2025. This is anticipating the world’s agricultural and manufacturing trends moving more the South Pacific’s way in supply chain needs heading towards 2025.
Australia sees New Zealand as being a part of that. It gives NZ a chance to export into Australia. Yet Australians want to back their own Aussie-made products first. So, there’s only leighway for NZ food producers to come up with products that are different to what Australians are already supplying their own people.
Specifically: “Supermarket chain Coles, one of the major two players across the Tasman, won’t stock kiwi products if they’re indistinguishable from Australian-sourced suppliers.”
What I think: This puts all of the ingenuity onto Kiwis to do the thinking of the new. It’s not as if Australia invented pasta or pizza, is it? Yet in Coles supermarket stores, if an Australian company makes it, it is suddenly Australian now? What a cheek! That’s too funny.
The question is then: If a Kiwi thinks of a new product, won’t an Australian company then make it, in time? So where is the line drawn here of FGC’s strategy.
Also, Australia is saying because NZ pays such low wages (in an age of high unemployment too – almost record highs in NZ history), is that they want to exploit NZ labour to provide their food needs. It’s very “Fee Fi Fo Fum…” in tone from Aussie. Just saying.
What the study found is that franchising Kiwi ideas are worth $20b to the New Zealand economy p.a. The study found that 22,400 franchisee businesses operating in the country are employing 101,800. Even more remarkable is that 90% are homegrown franchise brands.
Water + sunshine + nutrition are some of the most sought after commodities in the world today.
No one knows this more than gardeners and agricultural farmers. They combine the three elements with earth’s nutrients and distribute their products via supermarkets and markets.
A TV Channel in New Zealand showed a story of shoplifting at Australian check out lines in supermarkets. The footage focused on Asian customers faces when claiming supermarket theft is up for fruit and veges purchases at Aussie supermarkets. The story was run on 12th November 2012, a story taken from months ago re-aired today. (more…)
FOMA has been working to expand the Māori economy for 25 years. It’s members have a $10b asset base. Here’s a quote from the Chair: “It is essential the Maori business network actively participates in the fundamental development of New Zealand’s economy. Maori economic development and its contribution to the growth of this country must continue to be realised and I am determined to facilitate this growth through the provision of a robust networking capability within our membership.” –Tangata Whenuanews.
Their anniversary was celebrated at Rauhoto Marae in Taupo today.
Young Hinerangi Goodman was there to showcase the hope Maori entrepreneurs have as corporate entities in the collective of community thinkers.
Some facts: Forestry and fishing are two industries that Maori could develop quite well into more innovative ways. Maori could also diversify capital from these too – into new arenas of business expansion.
Watch Traci Houpapa in the clip who makes it all sound so exciting. So beautiful with a refreshing spirit too. Inspiring stuff.
In NZ Politics, Hollywood cross-over news (totally unrelated) News:
One of the big news stories today is that like Julia Gillard of Australia (who was spotted avoiding punches, while) seeking a seat on The Security Council, New Zealand’s Murray McCully is too.
Rewind for context: My view is that when food security and drinking water security is such a may-jah issue in the world ahead (NZ agreed to sell off up to 20% of our no.1 dairy products supply chain in principle, the last year, potentially to foreign investors in ‘the future’) and oil and gas around Islands are the next pit stop in planning the world ahead, it is a given that Australia and New Zealand should get a seat.
We also allowed a German buyer to purchase New Zealand’s no.1 fruit and veges supply chain distribution company, we delivered to German owners too over the last year. The reason given was that the company could supply to Eurozone nations better. So Security Council picks aside, the world outside of New Zealand is packing around our food supply chain companies anyway, lining themselves up for our (New Zealand’s) resources. The private sector does such company acquistions in foreign sales, at the same time new foreign policies collude together for wealthy citizens of the world, all seeking to position their own interests in attempts to control New Zealand as well.
Oil and gas are kinda up there too in a list of stuff to gun for, if you think of planning and world consumption trends, fifteen years down the track.
Back to The Security Council appointments: If The Security Council don’t give Julia and Murray a seat, then you get into the awful situation where you have remote control governance of the South Pacific froms The Security Council, and that breaches all of the laws in NZ and Australia and Islands of the South Pacific’s people, so it’s a high certainty that both Gillard and McCully will.
Back to Sercurity rhetoric and how they’re used to mask inequality’s prevalence: At the time of writing too, NZ is engaged in a battle of invasive law that gave powers from Washington (Joe Biden‘s name was thrown into the hat at the time) via the NZ government to invade New Zealand residents’ privacy illegally, breaching a true sense of security in NZ, that can be described as an incident that left a ‘bone-chilling effect’ on New Zealanders cultural-life, happiness, security and sense of Kiwi freedom. Taser guns were also being touted everywhere by our state agents in news headlines that went with such rhetoric from ‘security industries’ (it is Security Councils entertainment, basically!) gloat in news.
While these power games were being inflicted on citizens (or residents), meanwhile greed and inequality levels concerning many of NZ’s youth have escalated to all time highs, where other nations have released studies on an abusive culture, that marginalized certain people over others, the entire time this ‘securities’ rhetoric was being spun. It is fair to say, that 275,000 NZ youth currently living in economic poverty, were not given a sense of security.
The New Zealand worker was not given a true sense of ‘security’ either with unemployment levels currently at a 20 year high. Many children who are real NZ citizens, future prospects were being stripped, robbed, stolen in New Zealand at this time. Many foreign companies have been given preference over such citizens of NZ. This is kinda not cool, too.
The foreign companies have stolen NZ kids sense of security from them via economic preferencing from the government who let in these companies to do their job, of creating sustainable employment for NZ citizens, it’s just that Kiwis are often underpaid and the profits largely go offshore.
So what is security and a security council’s role then? is a question that must be asked by the citizens who actually have more say, than foreign councils. That’s the legal position of NZ’s citizenship status that must be observed at all times, regarding foreign policies intentions to take a slice of our beautiful country. Tracking citizen’s happiness results (economically especially) is where Security Councils should be more focused on perhaps if true security, really is the reason they say they exist for signed members.
Photo caption: Veteran actor Tom Berenger was on deck at the Governor’s Ball to party last night with actor Bill Paxton, Emmys 2012. No matter what, the USA always parties.
Sports events used as excuses to up security industries products: We (NZ citizens) also endured the Rugby World Cup’s management mechancisms of the event, in a touting of Russian special security agents bought in to man a sports event. The Russian security firms agents were given high profiling in NZ, a year or so back. Our PM loved cracking Russian jokes at his state dinner parties at the time and flew to oil rich provinces of NZ with private Russian billionaires too as guests on hospitable state duties. If you believe the NZ papers, showing his ‘NZ is Russian friendly’ face – good on him - became his new ‘look’ we had to consider. Leaders might feel they have to show such a face when being hospitable to other nations richest citizens. It’s often a thankless task being diplomatic and polite, at the best of times.
However, the Russian referencing ”over-play” in conjunction with ‘security industries dominated speel’ was very much a moment that chilled culture via our government too, as an election lead in, in the last election where psychologically NZ was put into a ‘lock-down’ mode state (culturally) with a false flex of power by the current government who was hoping to get into office again at the time. Many Kiwis have remained psychologically in that lock down state since. It’s been damaging for the country of real citizens in my opinion.
Security talk speak was done in ‘jest’ bully boy fashion in areas (voting electorates) that were friendly to opposition parties, mainly. I was left with the one question at the time.
As security industries’ work on selling fear rhetoric (eg: more scary stories in the news are up-played more than normal in such games) to move products or increase state powers over private citizens in order to move security products sales for billionaire company owners, we must be wary of security industries rhetoric if a private citizen of NZ.
The one question I was left asking was: If ‘Security Industries’ arouse fear in citizens, in order to supply the product (‘security’) and are a ‘brake’ in peoples psyche’s freedoms as citizens are more conscious of the State’s presence when S.I is used, people tend to clam up more. Therefore should a PM hold the Security portfolio as well as being a cheerleader of growing an economy?
Economic growth is about inciting a national spirit of “be free, go for it, create,” the essence of a creative spirit. Security power-plays are about “freeze. No one is more powerful than the state.” Therefore economic growth and the S.I speel is often working against the good of a country’s growth. Older people also tend to favor ‘security’ rhetoric overplay more so than younger populations of a nation. Thus you can tend to get the wrong cultural blend in a culture for youth with S.I appearances in news.
We saw a record number of youth in NZ exit to Australia during such games (hence raising the point in the way I have) in a culture where most citizens felt powerless to curb the government’s ‘power-talk’ being so prevalent in news at the time, using ‘security’ as the reason. The result? our nest was gutted of our young minds potential. They flew elsewhere where they felt safer.
Also, as a Maori-Kiwi we mustn’t look too closely at how State Agents were used in the Tuhoe Maori tribe’s recent history either as yet another example of security methodologies and invasive spying techniques, that then action violent actions on innocents (NZ citizens, some children) are needing an overhaul in this country I write from.
Most breaches of citizens personal security come through internet tracking. NZ is a small country, so IT companies (this includes phone and mobile telephony spying of communications and information gathering) handing over private citizens communications that go down the wire, to government agencies using a ‘security’ reason. The truth is a lot of such techniques being used to information gather, just equates to spying from the wealthiest citizens of NZ, using politicians and government agencies to do that for their own minority ends and means. It is a topic that should be discussed before even daring to use a word “security”, when asking ‘what makes citizens feel secure and their overall wellbeing a lot happier,’ when being a society is governed right.
In reclaiming Kiwi culture and restoring it back to a less sinister style of culture, that Kiwis are known for in the world, we must look at security as a concept, the methods used in ‘intelligence stings’ on citizens and abuse of power by a few selfish people who effectively cramp a culture off by their stupidity and greed. We also must acknowledge that NZ is wired like a digital colony. Who gets fed the information that has been gathered from the ‘digital colony’ also could be involved in having prior knowledge of business competitors’ ideas.
This then leads to insider trading breaches of information sharing as well in the business world, all under a ‘security’ excuse that could quite possibly be abusing citizens or NZ residents human rights, economic interests and laws of NZ where politicians are elected first and foremost to protect actual New Zealand citizens and not foreign interests whims first. That’s an entire other kettle of fish to discuss.
One more thing: the sales of ‘security industry products’ (eg: billionaire Larry Ellison‘s story being one example of this industry) are huge in the world. Thus New Zealand politicians (and our ones working for the UN in New York too) must ensure that NZ is not a guinea pig colony, behind hidden doors, where citizens are being tracked, studied etc in our IT use, where the information beefs up the wider ‘security industries’ billionaires profits as a rule (or other industries like science or health-sciences too) without citizens knowing, agreeing to it happening or giving their consent. NZ citizens never signed up to do that in games of ‘security’ testing.
Now back to The Security Council hopes of Australia and New Zealand: Australia’s Phillip Coorey boasts that Australia is well situated. Herald Sun kinda likes Julia’s “charm offensive” style. It’s true that Americans at the time of writing are Aussie crazy in terms of their local hood star picks (California research). Americans are also Kiwi crazy too, yet most Americans do not yet know the difference between Kiwis and Australians in their consciousness as a people yet. As Kiwis, it doesn’t phase us too much, still check out our Hobbit movies though and our sports stars and athletes.
In Hollywood News: At last night’s Emmys, part-time actor and oil mopper upper company owner (apparently), Kevin Costner, was awarded an Emmy for his cameo appearance in Hatfields & McCoys for playing William “Devil Anse” Hatfield, beating Bill Paxton and Woody Harrelson to the gong in the mini-series Western. H&M was History’s first scripted drama. As an actor, still got it aye. Costner also created music with Modern West to add to John Debney‘s soundtrack.
Kevin Costner and Nancy Dubuc pose for a photo, Governor’s Ball, Emmys 2012. Photos: The Age, ODT, Getty Images.
So, apart from New Zealand’s amazing people, what makes the world go hmmm?
Natural resources. water, geothermal steam, airwaves, aquifers, minerals, ironsands, magma, rare earth deposits, coal, lignite, methane, oil, milk and uranium. Aotearoa New Zealand. Ross Seas. Te Reo Rangatira, Conservation, Exclusive Economic Zone, pounamu, metals, fish, agriculture, high protein foods, pharmaceuticals manufacturing, superfoods, health & beauty products, financial literacy, good wines, beer, green technology manufacturing, farming, apiculture, precious metals, beef. lamb. te wai pounamu. Iwi, Kiwi, oceans, islands, teamwork… Iwi & Kiwi things that make you go hmmm.
… But the greatest of all… is Aroha.
Snapshot of Aotearoaland in this moment.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 16.9.12~
Kiwibank chairman and former Hong Kong based investment banker Rob Morrison reckons every business should have a China strategy.
The principle of: ”Whatever China produces will go down in price and whatever it consumes will go up in price,” is a factor of business. “China is a key variable in pricing of almost anything,” he said yesterday at a symposium in Wellington hosted by Victoria University and the NZ China Council to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations with China.
The real drivers of growth in China are increased urbanisation of China’s 1.3 billion. The shifts in China’s population to cities was at 20% in the ’80′s. It is now at 47 %. It will rise to 51.5 % by 2015 and 80 % by 2050. Thus consumption, pollution, water usage are factors to think about.
“If you’re going to do business in China, think of those market conditions. These factors apply to the global economy as China will be the single biggest economy in terms of growth globally. Kiwis should spend more time strategising about that future,” Morrison said as reported by Audrey Young.
Alright: From New Zealand: “Chiwi Coffee Cafes” on every major city blocks. Pizzerias in every hood. Sushi bars with 100% NZ supplied tuna in every city. Baby Pod Stores: for new parents premium early childcare needs in every city. English schools with high teacher ratios to students. Grains and maize product ranges from NZ. Superfoods development exports too. NZ wine exports. Smartphone banking software products. Limestone. Steel. Forestry products. Water products exports. Cosmetics. City planning in NZ must be considered (Chinese comedians can stay). So much to think of here. Water is the big one though. That will get ugly by 2050!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific, 7.9.12~
Because science, innovation, education are New Zealand peoples spirit - of our strong outrigger canoe culture of navigatable adventurous and creative discoveries into new horizons of destiny and change too:
In investing R&D capital into our future innovative inventors of sustainability and peace news:
In my mind I see, children all throughout the South Pacific, even up to the Marshall Islands into even the island of Guam, maybe Vietnam too. They each have a laptop and tablet each. On the internet they are taught curriculum subjects from New Zealand.
Their learning is accelerated and a generation of Polynesian (and Asian?) children arise, supported by their New Zealand friends nearby and afar, to allow the potential of Polynesia’s youth to be all they will be, for the gifts in their lives the world will need to be stronger, smarter, more creative – in the years to come. If we all do this for them that’s so going to happen.
This is the burden that sits very strongly on me today. I really want to see our groovy and unique white, Pakeha New Zealanders do it, just to teach the world what cool New Zealand citizens look like as architects of the world – and to push back the powers of greed, on our Island dwelling Polynesian friends.
Although we admire the braun of Polynesian peoples natural dna (Jonah Lomu storms to mind) - it is their Peaceful spirit (most days), their respect for their elderly, their creativity so rich yet largely untapped, their spiritual gifts, the notable and noble warmth of heart, a trusting innocence in the good of the wider world and their unique thoughts that dwell within their minds; that we will need to see more of in the world, twenty years out from this point. We need to invest more in it.
Ti Tonics celebrates entrepreneurialship with Kiwi food exports. Poutama Trust of Wellington, has big plans to launch an international Māori exports initiative. Ti Tonics is a Māori-made product from one of 18 companies that will come under the Trust’s new brand, Indigenous New Zealand. Now you too can experience what we have here in New Zealand all around the world. Way groovy! Like titanium strength superfoods brightening up the healthier lives and futures of the people of Te Ao (the world). I can see Japan really going for these. American footballers too, who do the haka before each game could dig Ti Tonics new range, as well. Hawaii and Texas, definitely!
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aoteraoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 31.7.12~
Best reporting today was: Miriama Kamo‘s insightful interview into water and how Maori New Zealand citizens are defined by its lifegiving flows.
Quote: Water in our veins:
"We own the water, in our concept of ownership, my flesh tells me, my blood tells me, my skin tells me -
it doesnt have to talk, I know we own that water" says Te Arawa iwi.
Profound. Deep. Calming. True.
I like the name for the South Island: The Waters of Greenstone. Te Wai Pounamu – that awareness has always been inextricably linked about water to Maori reality and kinship towards land, water, sea. Fancy naming the largest land mass before you hit ice, after water. I would have been impressed by the mountain ranges alone and their majestic beauty, however… water we always are. Water we be.
[Photo: Te Rangiaheke (Yvonne) Bidois - Ben Fraser]
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 16.7.12~
Out of the hundreds of business related stories on this Hollywood entertainment news-fusion website, the top business story being read today is: LIQUID ENERGY ASSETS, DAIRY ASSETS, REAL ESTATE EXPORT SALES ECONOMIES – FONTERRA FARMERS, MINING & NEW ZEALAND.
It combines some of the best things we know as “the Kiwi life”. It also defines the current government’s focus as real estate acquirers and sellers to foreign buyers in their time in office. So coporate governance is the story fused with how the environment (natural and cultural) can withstand the pressures of the world wanting New Zealand’s most valuable resources. In truth though, New Zealand’s citizens are the best things of New Zealand we have. When they smile… we see our culture on display in the faces of Aotearoa. Hard to beat. Read the story.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific.n 15.7.12~
Bromhead does his Kramer Vs Kramer cartoon art commentary today down in New Zealand with his cartoon titled: A More Interesting Split.
The diversions of US In Kiwiland over a cuppa of Chanui Pure Ceylon tea.
So clever!
[... Far more fun than Kiwi families contemplating whether to get out of the house and go get their own damn sovereign breadmakers at the local Ware-Whare store!]. A homemade Weta Wheat Bread recipe is due about now from those myriads of reality TV Master Chefs - to show Kiwis how to make their own German bread to go with their cuppa too. :)
What this means: After Maori get water rights sorted with blindie, shall we start growing wheat in the South for the USA and other countries that get parched in summer? That’s so Bill Clinton down in Queeenstown, after Monica-gate back in the naughty presidents golfing club yarn-around-the-greens days.
Wheat n’ Wheels. [I think NZ and Iwi-Kiwis can more than do a big ag project for "Africa"peeps on our own!].
As this is not a Turners & Growers German distributed idea (at this stage), it could quite possibly be a Ngai Tahu and other Iwis distributed model - if the dry goods produce are to be “China” bound, here’s that look for baby pandas and Aussie friends afar off – growing up on Canterbury plains good grains and our shared Iwi-Kiwi wai ora in the future.
[grains, hops, beer, wines - Project Generation Joseph Store House Economies for the longer view].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 8.7.12~
In the biggest news story so far this year in New Zealand, concerning farming real estate, the building block of the New Zealand economy, and the biggest cash cow in our history, (dairy farming) Nadine Chalmers Ross was assigned the night shift in over-time to cover the story.
Fonterra farm co-op, made up of 10,500 farmers were proposed a scheme where they could trade shares amongst each other, and also sell to foreign (or external investors) up to 20% of the co-op. Or, to give consent to a trading scheme – where the biggest land mass of useable productive farming land in NZ, went partially on the block as collatoral.
Under strictly private filming conditions, Chalmers Ross explains how a 75% result of voters being ‘in favor of’ would have been the result needed to ensure the co-op’s shareholders would create the stable and unified environment of shareholders, showing trust in Fonterra’s managements future development plans with the $500million plus money, raised from the vote and partial sale of the trading shares plan.
The reporting was worded this way: “Farmers continue to worry that letting outsiders invest in their co-operative will ultimately lead to a loss of control. Among comments from farmers voting against the scheme today were that it takes Fonterra too far away from tried and proven co-operative principles, it is not needed and that it has not been well enough tested.
They also say 50% is not enough and that 75% shareholder support should be required to see it pass. “Anything less than that will actually create a rift in the shareholder base,” said Allister McCahon, a Dargaville farmer.”
Well 2/3rds or just over 60% of farmers agreed. Well below the 75%, the spin doctors of Fonterra, claim it’s enough and they’re romping off with 20% of farmers capitol to invest in arable farming land in new territories abroad.
The benefits: Agricultural knowledge, the scinence of the technology and expertise can now be exported to feed far reaching markets with farming ventures on foreign land. This reduces freight expenses and allows for business networking to develop for the NZ co-op in foreign territories, if the scheme goes well. I hope it does.
The risks: Those dumb balance sheets at AGM’s (in a drastic scenario, such as witnessed in an AIG styled Wall Street banking tale) that declare, ‘oh we made a loss of $200 million over there and $100 million over there.’ Followed by ‘oops, we hope to make it up to you next year,’ so your farming co-op can remain 80% yours. They do happen.
How to reduce this: A more risk-managed culture of shadow managers (of NZ citizenship and preferably children of NZ farmers, Maori farmers children even, for a change!), working with the top execs in each global territory is now needed.
What it says: Both existing capital and projected profit earnings, were drawn down on in this business gamble of measured risk in light of food needs increasing in the world. It allows for 1 in 5, virtual ’Wall Street farmers’ to now own the co-op. They’re soon to be in the mix. Then it becomes a shark chomping game of shares now. Today, farming culture changed. This is perhaps, something that the farming industry is not au fait with, as collective community objectives have made the dairy industry pony up and work together to be the world’s no.1 dairy supplier. It introduces a new element, of comptetiveness now. Naive farmers need to choose who they trust more wisely from here on in. Now the external components of investors, can put pressure on the farmers in the future.
Management: The good -Ralph Norris (who is used to getting paid $20 million a year) is on the board. He’s doing white milk and black milk (dairy and oil portfoilio mix, this year). He sits in the middle of ‘liquid economies NZ’ where soil quality while furthering both dairy’s growth and export product, as well as energy development (that includes oil, mining energy products) must co-exist side-by-side in his two portfolios. Ralph is a good manager. The Co-Op should be able to expect a lot from him. Hopefully Norris and his buds will recoop the investment in strategic ways. (more…)
Ko Hohepa he peka hua, he peka hua i te taha o te puna; e toro atu ana ona manga ki tua o te taiepa:
I whakatupu kino nga kaikopere i a ia, i pere mai hoki, i kino hoki ki a ia:
Otiia i mau tana kopere i runga i te kaha, a i whakapakaritia nga takakau o ona ringa e nga ringa
o te Mea Kaha o Hakopa, no reira nei te hepara, te kamaka o Iharaira,
Ara e te Atua o tou papa, mana ano koe e awhina; e te Kaha Rawa hoki, mana e tuku mai ki a koe nga manaaki
o te rangi i runga, nga manaaki hoki o te rire e takoto ana i raro, nga manaaki o nga u, o te kopu hoki:
Hira ake nga manaaki a tou papa i nga manaaki a oku tupuna, tae atu ana ki tera taha rawa o nga pukepuke
tu tonu: ka tau iho ena mea ki runga ki te matenga o Hohepa, ki te tumuaki hoki ona i motuhia atu nei i ona tuakana.
–Te Paipera Tapu
[Images: Kiwi pop art icons: legatum institute graphics, a tree's root structure, the adventurous Maui: Source: Google].
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 25.6.12~
Velvety Beetroot soup in a pottle. Chorizo and chestnut creamy soup in a pottle, Thai Pumpkin with kamokamo–does winter get better than that, come snack time? Heck no!
Tasty Pot is an innovative New Zealand company. Basically they serve up meal servings, just like a traditional Maori hangi, however the meals are offered in servings of plastic pottles, just not tin foil.
New World (a supermarket chain) Victoria Park posted a Video Link to Nadine Chalmers-Ross‘s story on this groovy company’s products.
Think healthy, tasty nutritious goodness, in a pottle. It’s very Jonny & Lou Bisely, in the school of Kiwi entrepreneurs with delicious food in a package. Tasty Pot is also export ready as a company too. Whose on distribution networks duties worldwide? shadowing the German owned Turners & Growers raw veges food distribution networks – for example, with this idea?
Tatsy Pot products have zero gluten too! Los Angeles will cue for the marketing angles of this special soup.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.6.12~
JUST PLAIN WRONG HANG OVER DAYS – SUPERFOODS & MISO SOUP PROVIDE PERFECT SUPER-CURE
turn to superfoods beverages and lotsa miso soup. Similar to Superman, I come right in seconds. Can’t go wrong with it.
~Posted by Horiwoodblog, Aotearoa New Zealand, Polynesia Asia-Pacific. 19.11.12~
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